Calling Sehmat writer Harinder Sikka accuses Megna Gulzar of stealing credit

Calling Sehmat writer Harinder Sikka has claimed that Meghna Gulzar got him removed from a literature festival, delayed his book launch and even got him excluded from an awards event in order to get every credit for Raazi.

Mumbai:Writer Harinder Sikka, author of the book Calling Sehmat on which the film Raazi was based, has accused director Meghna Gulzar of removing him "from everything" and not giving him the worthy credit.

In recent interview with a leading portal, he said, "I wrote Raazi and this is proof against my name by (Meghna) Gulzar. It was written to me by Jaipur Literature Festival. I was removed from everything, from Filmfare, my book was not allowed to be launched by Gulzar in person. You want me read out this email where Jaipur Literature Festival head says, ‘In my 35 years of career, I have never seen anybody bulldozing to remove one person.’ In this particular case, Gulzar is the case in point."

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Sikka also went on to allege her of delaying his book's launch, removing him from the Jaipur Literature Film Festival and an awards event. Meghna Gulzar has not responded to the accusations yet.

"My book was tried to be delayed? Why? Every credit must go to Meghna Gulzar. First Jaipur Literature Festival, then the Filmfare Awards. The best original screenplay award was to be given to me but it was removed, it was given to some film by the name Andhadhun which was a copy of a French book because I was to be removed," he added.

Besides, Sikka also claimed that not just Raazi, even Meghna's latest film Chhapaak also stole the credit from the original writer.