Karan Johar has penned an open letter to his friend Madhur Bhandarkar over the ongoing row of allegedly misuing and tweaking the title owned by the latter in Dharma Productions' upcoming Netflix show called The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. The show will be focused on the lives of four Bollywood wives - Neelam Kothari, Seema Khan, Maheep Kapoor and Bhavana Panday. Also Read - Former Karan Johar's associate, Kshitij Prasad, gets bail after 2 months in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death related drugs case
Clarifying the usage of the title and how different the format of the show is, Karan Johar wrote in his open letter to Bhandarkar, "Dear Madhur, Our relationship goes back a long way and we have both been a part of this close-knit industry for many, many years. Through all these years. I have been an ardent admirer of your work and I have always wished the best for you.” Also Read - Shaan on songs being used as marketing tools in Bollywood; 'A lot of filmmakers today don't believe in songs, you don't connect to them' [Exclusive]
He continued, "I know you have been upset with us. 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 distine, I did not foresee it upsetting you as it has and for that I duly apologise.” Also Read - Hrithik Roshan's War 2 or Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha – which Shah Rukh Khan-Salman Khan cameo are you more excited for?
Johar further assured Bhandarkar that the show won't hamper the latter's project. "I want to inform you that we have been promoting our series with the hashtag “Fabulous Lives” on all social media platforms, which is the franchise title we intend to go ahead with. We assure you that the format, nature, audience and the title of our series are different and would not in any manner dent or encumber the exploitation of your work,” he said.
Concluding his letter by sending his best wishes for Bhandarkar, KJo wrote, "I hope we can move away and onward from this and continue to make exceptionally good content for our audiences. I wish you the very best for all your endeavours and look forward to watching your work.”
Madhur Bhandarkar had earlier shared a few pictures of the legal notices that he had sent to Dharma Productions and other Cine bodies accusing the Karan Johar production house of misusing and tweaking the title of his upcoming project Bollywood Wives.
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