3 Idiots entirely based on my work: Chetan Bhagat

ell-known writer, Chetan Bhagat said here today that although the film 3 idiots was not a carbon copy of his book, Three Mistakes Of My Life, it was based entirely on it.

Addressing a press conference, he said that the controversy about not giving proper credit to him in the film had led to some exchange of hot words with the film's producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and its hero, Aamir Khan.

The writer said that there was no need for Aamir Khan to enter the controversy particularly since he had admitted to not having read the book. Bhagat said that he did not want the controversy to drag for a long time as he did not want to stoop to the level of its producer and hero.

He said, in the western world, a film's writer is given credit at the right place. The writer said that right now, some steps were being taken,after his controversy, to set right things in Bollywood.

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