Mahesh Bhatt was the ‘Messiah of the poor’ as he joined Yash Chopra and other manufacturers against the The Copyright (Amendment) Act, Javed Akhtar says: ‘I was boycotted by the manufacturers’

Javed Akhtar played an important role in passing the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. In an interview recently, The Legendary Screen writer has talked about what action has been taken to do it. political leaders To pass this bill. Akhtar also admitted that the producers of the industry including Yash Chopra and Mahesh Bhatt faced a lot of opposition. Some production houses have still boycotted Javed Akhtar and have not worked with him since, he revealed.The lyricist said in an interview with Mid-Day, “Music director came to my house and said,” We are exploiting badly. They give us an improper contract, and we want you to be the president of IPR (right society).He further stated that during that time, the ruling party PM Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi’s leaders – and opposition – Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj – got together to pass the bill in both houses of Parliament. However, he faced a lot of opposition from the industry. He said, “Some very big stars and producers were meeting people and were opposing the bill. I will take his name-Yash Chopra and Mahesh Bhatt.”Javed further jokingly said, “Mahesh Bhatt is the ‘Messiah of the poor’ from that side … because ‘poor producers’ needed their help. When I met him at the airport, he said, ‘We have come to oppose your bill.’ I told him that he has all the rights.He said, “There was a meeting, where many of the producers, for some of which I have written blockbuster films, passed a resolution that I wanted. Then someone told them that it was illegal. Exclusion someone; They are not very educated people anyway. Then he changed his attitude and decided to suggest to the people that until this problem is solved, suggest not to work with me. I lost many products; Even today they are not working with me. ,