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I did try and reach them first

January 2, 2010 ()


Dear All,
Thanks a lot for your immense support. I am humbled how you all have stood behind me, despite the so called powerful people on the other side. Yesterday, you saw their behavior. You can make your own conclusions. I would like people who have not read the book to not comment on the issue, and I have been requesting that from the start.
And while I feel no reason to respond to baseless statements, I would like to point out two things about me allegedly looking for publicity. One, I did contact them first through sms, even after the premiere. They did not respond. I sent two mails, along with a fan mail attached, on Dec 29, two full days before I did my blog entry (and I did the blog only after they started accusing me). My first mail was to the director, and he never responded. The second mail was to the director as well as cced to VVC’s brother, who also works in the production house and was supposed to ‘handle my case’. The director never responded. VVC’s brother did, and the reply was so vague, I have to paste it here to you to make your own conclusions.  Secondly on publicity, I have written four books and over fifty columns. Authors can easily add a few controversial lines to their books and cause a stir to increase sales. You’d agree I’ve never had an issue like this with any of my books, or even a line of any of my columns, where I take extra effort to stick to the facts. In fact, people accusing me of that should introspect on if they haven’t read the book and are supporting the makers, how does it make them any different from a brand ambassador who is asked to peddle junk food.
I also want to address the so called contract and spell out the issue, which they are either unable to articulate or are hiding. Yes, there is a contract, which you ethically abused.  But how can you give ANOTHER credit for story, not including me, without my consent, right upfront and hide mine totally?  Isn’t that negating my already buried credit? Who will people see. Who will go and collect the story (not screenplay, which is separate) awards? The screenplay is not an issue here. The people who have done that have adapted my story – not written a new one. Maybe they can be co-credited for story, but how can they exclude me? Add to that  them constantly calling their story original, discrediting me in the media for over an year – does that not show an actual pattern of shutting me out? That is the issue. 
People have known the issue. They have been busted. They quivered, shook, cursed and fell yesterday. Making mistakes is human. Not accepting it is a sense of entitlement that only comes from an unchecked ego. However, people have given their verdict.
The mails are attached below. The fanmail comes first (copied and pasted from gmail).
God Bless,
Me
FIRST MAIL:

sachin kasera <[email protected]>  

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Chetan <[email protected]>  

date

Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:33 PM  

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3 Idiot’s  

mailed-by

gmail.com  

signed-by

gmail.com  
   
     

hide details 12/28/09 (4 days ago)

Hello Chetan Sir,
Today I saw 3 Idiot’s. Somewhere I read that it is only 10% of “five point someone” but I think it was 80% of that. It was amazing experience and I would like to give you all credit for that great entertainment along with Amir khan.
Thanks ,
Sachin
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Chetan Bhagat <[email protected]>  

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[email protected]  

date

Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:40 AM  

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Fwd: 3 Idiot’s  

mailed-by

gmail.com  
   
     

hide details 12/29/09 (4 days ago)

i have 100+ mails like this.
cheers!
chetan
—- THE ABOVE NEVER WAS RESPONDED TO —
SECOND MAIL:|

KGSG <[email protected]>  

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[email protected]  

date

Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:17 AM  

subject

3 Idiots – movie  

mailed-by

rediffmail.com  

signed-by

rediffmail.com  
   
     

hide details 12/26/09 (6 days ago)

Dear Mr Chetan
Yesterday I saw a recent movie of Amirkhan, 3 idiots.
It is almost same as your 1st book 5.1 . Is it true.
But I have not seen your name or noticed .
Can you confirm this. ?
K G Sreeganeshan

 
 

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Chetan Bhagat <[email protected]>  

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raju <[email protected]>,  
[email protected]
 

date

Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:43 AM  

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Fwd: 3 Idiots – movie  

mailed-by

gmail.com  
   
     

hide details 12/29/09 (4 days ago)

my mailbox is filled..i have no idea who these people are.
god bless.
chetan|

VIR CHOPRA to me, raju  
   

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12/29/09 (3 days ago)

 

 

 

Noted. Thank you, Chetan.
Fans will be fans and all our mailboxes at this time are full of nothing but superlatives. Let us not only celebrate all aspects of creativity that went into the film but also learn from both our positives and negatives.
It was indeed good to meet you.
Best regards,
Vir K Chopra
(Ph.D. London School of Economics & Political Science)
Director
Vinod Chopra Films Pvt. Ltd.
—– AND THAT’S IT. ATTEMPTS TO REACH ON PHONE FAILED TOO. —–


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