On Friday, the Fashion director Madhur Bhandarkar alleged that Karan Johar stole the title “Bollywood Wives” belongs to him, he also said, in his tweet that Johar and Mehta tweaked the tile and named their series, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives.
The filmmaker expressed his disappointment and wrote in his tweet as: “Dear @karanjohar U & @apoorvamehta18 had asked me 4 the title #BollywoodWives for web,which I refused,as my project is underway. It is Morally & ethically wrong u to tweak it to #TheFabulousLivesofBollywoodWives. Pls do not dent my project. I humbly request u to change the title.”
Check out the tweet:
Madhur Bhandarkar has also filed a complaint against Dharma Productions with the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA). IMPPA has written a letter to Dharma Productions as well as Netflix asking them to change the title of their web series.
The show revolves around the stories of popular ‘star wives’ namely Seema Khan (wife of Sohail Khan), Maheep Kapoor (wife of Sanjay Kapoor), Bhavana Pandey (wife of Chunky Panday), and Neelam Kothari Soni (wife of Samir Soni) and it also features Shah Rukh Khan, his wife Gauri Khan, Bhavana’s daughter Ananya Panday, Sanjay and Samir in guest roles. The show will premiere on Netflix on November 27
Karan and Apoorva are yet to respond to Madhur Bhandarkar’s allegations. Till then, stay tuned to The Live Mirror.
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