Miffed by media reports that he is trying to harm writers, Bollywood star Aamir Khan has resigned from the 10-member committee formed by the government to look into the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act.
“It seems to me that there is an attempt by certain people to attack me in public by printing lies about me, thereby turning the attention away from a genuine debate about copyright issues,” Aamir wrote Tuesday to Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal.
According to media reports, at a recent meeting between producers and writers over the issue of royalties, Aamir tried to take the credit from the writers by saying that a song’s popularity depends on the star it was picturised on and not on the lyricist’s efforts. His remarks apparently angered Javed Akhtar who said that the song “Papa kehte hain” became a hit in spite of the fact that Aamir was not a star at that time. Read more…
