Chetan Bhagat finds 'solution' to 3 Idiots' credit chaos

Mumbai: With a new post titled 'Moving to a Solution' writer Chetan Bhagat has "humbly requested" the makers of 3 Idiots to give him credit as one of the writers of the story in the official records and in the DVD and satellite version of the film.

The controversy over the story credit for 3 Idiotsstarted on December 30 after Bhagat, whose novelFive Point Someone the film is based on, expressed his unhappiness on Twitter and his blog for not getting due credit in the film.

“It’s fine that they've given me credit in the rolling credits, but how can they not give me credit for the story? The film is based on my book, they have to give me,” Bhagat said.

The team of 3 Idiots, who was on a post-release publicity tour of the film, didn't take Bhagat's views too well. Choosing to call the author publicity hungry producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra even lost his cool at a press conference on Friday in Delhi over questions on the controversy.

“I was shocked to see myself on TV screaming like a maniac. This is nonsensical behaviour and I apologise for it with my whole heart,” Chopra said.

Soon after the apology, team 3 Idiots designated a spokesperson to address the issue. And the man appointed was Rajkumar Hirani.

“According to the contract, it clearly says that Chetan will be given credit in the rolling credit, which comes at the end of the film. He is lying when he says that his name comes after the junior artists, his name is after the main artists of the movie. Se the movie to believe me,” Hirani said.

However, the cycle of allegations and counter allegations soon turned filmy with Bhagat saying, “They are going around having press conferences after press conferences. Be a man!”

While Hirani said, “He is going around saying be truthful like Gandhi, I mean look at the contract and you'll know the truth.”

So while Bhagat has now called for a truce through his latest blog post, actor Aamir Khan in his blog says that he will be distancing himself from the controversy for a while to judge it better. So we haven't heard the last on this yet!