Mirzapur is neither acted, directed or written by Farhan: Javed

Why didn’t he tell the same thing to Farhan Akhtar when he was producing Mirzapur: Sandeep

Why is he not checking his son’s work: Sandeep

Indian screenwriter Javed Akhtar has hit back at director Sandeep Vanga Reddy over the latter’s jibe that Javed’s son Farhan has also produced films like Mirzapur that glorify chauvinist and violent characters. “When he responded to me, I was honoured. In 53 years of my career, he could not find one film, one script, one scene, one dialogue, one song. So he had to go to my son’s office and find a TV serial, which is neither acted, directed or written by Farhan. His company has produced it. Nowadays, these big companies like Excel are producing a lot of things. So one of them is this. He mentioned that. It flattered me to no end. 53 years ke career mein tum kuchh bhi nahi nikaal paye (You couldn’t find anything sexist in 53 years of my career)? What a shame,” Javed remarked. 

Earlier Sandeep had responded to Javed criticising the portrayal of characters in a scene in the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Animal. “Why didn’t he tell the same thing to Farhan Akhtar when he was producing Mirzapur. Duniya bhar ke gaali Mirzapur ek show mai hai (the series is full of abuses) and I haven’t watched the whole show. When the show was translated to Telugu, if you watch that, then you will feel like puking. Why is he not checking his son’s work,” Sandeep questioned.