Karan Johar apologizes to Madhur Bhandarkar over ‘Bollywood Wives’ title row; check out the latter’s response

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar had recently accused Karan Johar of tweaking his title ‘Bollywood Wives’ and using it as ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ for his new Netflix series. He had also urged Karan to change the title of his new series.

Karan had now apologised to Madhur for upsetting him. Read on to know if Madhur has accepted KJo’s apology.

Karan took to his Twitter handle and posted an open letter to Madhur saying, “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.’

The filmmaker added, “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 distinct, I did not foresee it upsetting you as it has and for that I duly apologise. 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.”

Madhur has now gracefully accepted Karan’s apology and wrote in his reply, “Dear @KaranJohar. Thank you for your response. This is indeed a close-knit industry and it operates on mutual trust and respect. When we blatantly disregard norms that we ourselves have established, then it makes very little sense calling ourselves a ‘fraternity’.”

He further added, “I didn’t hesitate a moment in the past before granting you the title “GUTKA” in 2013, that you had requested from me, and hence I would have expected the same courtesy in return when I declined you the use of a title I had duly registered, and which I did not intend to part with. The fact that you went ahead and used the title anyway despite our conversation and despite it also having been rejected by the trade associations, is what had upset me deeply. This is not how I believe real relationships work. But let’s move forward. I accept your apology and would like to leave things here. I too wish you well in your future endeavours.”

Dear @karanjohar 🙏 https://t.co/uNHu4cq8KQ pic.twitter.com/iE9gbQnUpI

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) November 26, 2020

Meanwhile, the series, ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives‘, follows the life of the star wives – Samir Soni’s wife Neelam Kothari, Sohail Khan‘s wife Seema Khan, Sanjay Kapoor’s wife Maheep Kapoor and Chunky Pandey’s wife Bhavana Pandey. The series is said to be full of drama and we even get a glimpse into the life of Gauri Khan who is great friends with the above-mentioned ladies.

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