Filmmakers Madhur Bhandarkar and Karan Johar are wrapped up in a small tiff of their own over Netflix's brand new show 'The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives'. Madhur was left deeply upset with Karan using a tweaked version of his registered title 'Bollywood Wives', despite him having made it clear that he would not part with it. Karan shared an open apology letter on Twitter last week, to which Madhur shared an open response.
He wrote, “Dear @KaranJohar. Thank you for your response. This is indeed a close-knit industry and it operates on mutual trust and respect. When we blatantly disregard norms that we ourselves have established, then it makes very little sense calling ourselves a 'fraternity'.”
Madhur said, “I didn’t hesitate a moment in the past before granting you the title “Gutka” in 2013, that you had requested from me, and hence I would have expected the same courtesy in return when I declined you the use of a title I had duly registered, and which I did not intend to part with. The fact that you went ahead and used the title anyway despite our conversation and despite it also having been rejected by the trade associations, is what had upset me deeply. This is not how I believe real relationships work. But let’s move forward. I accept your apology and would like to leave things here. I too wish you well in your future endeavours.”
In his apology letter, Karan defended his move saying, “I humbly apologise for any grievance that has been caused to you during the course of the last few weeks. However, I would want to clarify that we have chosen this new and different title – The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives keeping in mind the non-fiction format of our reality-based franchise series. As our title was destine, I did not foresee it upsetting you as it has and for that I duly apologise.”
'The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives' premiered on Netflix on November 27. It is based on four star wives, featuring Sohail Khan's wife Seema Khan, Sanjay Kapoor's wife Maheep Kapoor, Chunky Pandey's wife Bhavana, and Samir Soni's wife Neelam Kothari.
