Somen Mishra, Head of Content at Dharma Productions, brought attention to a common issue in the film industry. He shared a video featuring filmmaker Rohit Shetty acknowledging the writers of his upcoming series, Indian Police Force. Somen used Instagram to express his views on directors who fail to credit their writers. Without mentioning the director of a recent OTT release, Somen emphasized the importance of acknowledging writers. Reddit users have attempted to identify the director based on Somen’s comments.
He wrote, “Be like Rohit Shetty. Be like my boss KJ. Always acknowledge your writers. Stop hogging all credits. Some directors have a terrible habit of forgetting their writers. Don’t be a d**k. A film that was released on OTT recently and is getting lot of love, nobody knows who has written it or the book on which it is based. Because the director remembers only him doing everything in all his interviews.”
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Somen Mishra, Dharma’s CEO, takes a dig at Vidhu Vinod Chopra after the success of 12th Fail. He has been on a hate spree for any filmmaker who is not part of Dharma. In the last 6 months, he has taken digs at Chris Nolan, Sandeep Vanga, and now Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
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Somen previously praised director Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 12th Fail, starring Vikrant Massey. He said that the film had the best climax of the year and commended the filmmaker for making an ‘honest’ movie.
I just revisited the last 15-20mins of #12theFail. It still works, so moving, so emo. Seen the film in theatre, not a single eye ws dry. Quite an achievement when the film is abt cracking an exam + when everyone knows the climax. Still to take you on that journey and making it work
— somen mishra (@somenmishra0) December 30, 2023
However, he also noted that the director failed to give credits to the writing and editing team. He said, “As much as we all are praising the film + VVC, I hope he realizes he is too chindi with credits, especially writing and editing. Need to stop hogging all credits. Has done in the past too. Acchi film banayee, director hai, that’s enough. You become bigger by giving the right credits.”
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12th Fail emerged as one of the biggest sleeper hits of 2023, grossing around Rs 70 crore worldwide. It was recently released on Disney+ Hotstar, where it attracted a new legion of admirers. The film tells the true story of IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma’s life and struggles, and is based on Anurag Pathak’s book of the same name.
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