Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra “bullied” and “drove him close to suicide,” writer Chetan Bhagat has claimed in a tweet directed at critic Anupama Chopra, who is married to Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Mr Bhagat’s book Five Point Someone was the basis for 2009 blockbuster 3 Idiots, starring actors Aamir Khan, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi as the titular “idiots.” The film was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra who, Mr Bhagat claimed at the time of release, had been unfair to him over writing credits for the film. On Tuesday, he revisited this grievance in an exchange with Anupama Chopra who commented on a tweet from Mr Bhagat asking film critics not to “write rubbish” about actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film.
In his responding tweet to Ms Chopra, Chetan Bhagat accused her of standing by as her husband allegedly “drove (Chetan Bhagat) close to suicide.” Mr Bhagat tweeted: “Ma’am, when your husband publicly bullied me, shamelessly collected best story awards, tried denying me credit for my story and drove me close to suicide, and you just watched, where was your discourse?”
Vidhu Vinod Chopra produced Aamir Khan starrer ‘3 Idiots’ which was based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller ‘Five Point Someone’. It was a blockbuster hit at the Box Office back in 2009.
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Bandra residence on June 14, 2020. The Mumbai police questioned famous film journalist Rajeev Masand over his alleged blind items related to the actor.
Over 35 people have been questioned so far in the case.
