In round three, producer Kumar Mangat registers a complaint with IMPPA against writer-director Manish Gupta
The war between writer-director Manish Gupta and producer Kumar Mangat Pathak post their fall out over Section 375: Marzi Ya Jabardasti, a film they were meant to collaborate on, has taken yet another ugly turn. Yesterday, After Hrs reported how a copy of the script, without the writer’s name on it, was reportedly being circulated by the producers (Panorama Studios) and a bid was being made for another director to come on board instead of Manish.
To us, Kumar maintains that he’s not removing Manish’s name as the writer, though he has sacked him as director. He explains, “I signed Manish as a writer, so his credit will be there. We have sacked him as the director after our first assistant director Raman Kumar and two other ADs, Anugrah Bantawa and Malavika Pillai complained against Manish and resigned.”
The producer tells us that he had signed the Writer’s Agreement and Director’s Agreement separately with Manish. “The Writer’s Agreement had no mention of the Director and the Director’s Agreement had no mention of the writer. The agreement clearly states that if there are wrong-doings from Manish’s part, then we can remove him from the movie,” he says, adding that he himself had contributed considerably to the original script that Manish had submitted two years ago. “About 80 per cent of what he had given two years ago has been changed because of the inputs shared by me,’’ says Kumar, adding, “However, I will still credit Manish as the writer. For any additional dialogues, I will give due credit to the others who have worked on it specifying that is for the ‘Additional Dialogue’.”
When asked about the mail Manish sent him asking to terminate their deal on friendly and amicable terms, Kumar says, “Manish sent that to me after I told him we can’t continue with him as a director because other department personnel had problems with his working style. Since I was out of town, I sent him the termination notice only after my return.”
Kumar says he has registered a complaint against Manish with the producers’ body, IMPPA (Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association) and wants to start the film by the end of August.
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