‘Made in Heaven 2’, starring Sobhita Dhulipala, has been making headlines since its launch. First, it received slammed by designer Tarun Tahiliani for misusing his outfits. Later, Dalit writer Yashica Dutt accused them of not giving her credit score. Dutt`s declare centred across the fifth episode of ‘Made in Heaven 2’, titled ‘The Coronary heart Skipped a Beat’, starring Radhika Apte. Yashica alleged that the episode`s storyline was a mirror of her personal life experiences.
Just lately, Anurag Kashyap, in a dialog with Bollywood Hungama, was prompted to share his ideas on the simmering controversy. Labelling Yashica`s actions as these of an `opportunist`, Kashyap asserted, “For me, it appears like an opportunist. Nothing greater than that.”
Simply after Kashyap`s remark, Yashica launched one other assertion in an extended submit. Taking to her Instagram, she wrote, “Replace: In response to my mild demand for acknowledgement on an episode that blatantly used my likeness, the makers of MIH put out a hostile assertion calling it ‘deceptive’. Was it additionally deceptive when Alankrita Shrivastava, who’s a author and director of the present and co-signed that condescending assertion, requested a gathering with me in New York on July 15, 2022, that lasted 5 hours? The place she requested me every thing about my life however refused to disclose something about her intentions.”
She additional continued, “The distortion of this narrative is all about defending the ‘progressive’ picture of indie Bollywood as they proceed to steal from Dalit individuals’s lives, silencing them after they ask for his or her rightful credit score. Even the ‘vanguards’ are complicit on this.”
“I’ve immense respect for Neeraj Ghaywan’s battle to make his area inside these savarna energy buildings. However I by no means met him or advised him my story. I met Alankrita Shrivastava. Now the identical savarna energy buildings are pitting us in opposition to one another whereas making Ghaywan be accountable in public for his or her blatant theft. I hope this second is a lesson that our tales will not be for taking with out credit score or permission. This theft of Dalit labor ends now. Jai Bhim!” she concluded.
Made in Heaven, an anthology collection created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti for Prime Video revolves round wedding ceremony planners performed by Arjun Mathur and Sobhita Dhulipala.