“Alankrita Shrivastava Met Me In July 2022”: Yashica Dutt Makes Shocking Revelation About Made In Heaven 2
She says the show pitted a Dalit against Dalit!
Season 2 of Made In Heaven continues to be embroiled in a controversy over episode 5 of the series. Earlier, Dalit author Yashica Dutt accused the makers of creating an entire episode inspired by her life and failing to give her credit and now filmmaker Anurag Kashyap came out in support of the Made In Heaven makers and labelled the author an “opportunist”. And just hours later, Yashica put out another statement, making even more shocking revelations in response to the filmmaker’s accusations.
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Slamming the Made In Heaven makers for their “hostile statement” calling her demand for acknowledgement misleading, Yashica Dutt revealed that co-writer of the show Alankrita Shrivastava held a 5 hours long meeting with her in July 2022 and asked her everything about her life. The author claimed that the show writer did not share her intentions behind the meeting. She further shared that she left the meeting guessing what it was all about and hoping to receive an email from Alankrita with an update which never came. However, a year later when Made In Heaven 2 was released, she found out that the writer and filmmaker had not only created a character based on her but had also used information from their conversation for the episode.
Rewatched the Dalit wedding episode of #MIH Season 2. It is so beautiful and exquisitely shot and Radhika Apte is fabulous and all that.
But such a dampener that the show-runners did not explicitly take consent from @YashicaDutt whose life and words the episode is based on! What… pic.twitter.com/uIZXUiZWS3— Sohini M. (@Mittermaniac) August 15, 2023
Also Read: Made In Heaven 2 Makers Claim Radhika Apte Episode Isn’t Inspired By Yashica Dutt, Internet Is In Disbelief!
Launching another scathing attack on the makers of the Prime Video series, ‘Coming Out as Dalit’ author Yashica Dutt accused them of issuing a hostile and deintegrating statement that contradicts the statement issued by the director of episode 5 of Made In Heaven 2, Neeraj Ghaywan. She went on to claim that the makers of the show have pitted a Dalit against a Dalit as the Dalit director will have to take accountability for the episode that he only directed. She also called out Alankrita for taking her words and putting them on the screen.
Update:In response to my gentle demand for acknowledgement, the makers of MIH put out a hostile statement calling it ‘misleading’. Was it also misleading when Alankrita Shrivastava, the writer/director of MIH requested a meeting with me in NY on July 15, 2022 that lasted 5 hours? pic.twitter.com/cNJHbroTHX
— Yashica Dutt (@YashicaDutt) August 30, 2023
What Did Anurag Kashyap Say?
During an interview with Bollywood Hungama, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said that he was very affected by the fact that Neeraj Ghaywan was cancelled on social media just when he started speaking up and making his voice heard. He further questioned if the matter of the Dalit wedding episode being inspired by Yashica Dutt is such a big issue or not. Calling it a debatable issue, the filmmaker accused the Dalit author of looking for validation and being an opportunist. He also questioned why she attacked the other person who claimed to have used the term (coming out) much before her.
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Also Read: Explained: What Is The Made In Heaven 2 Dalit Wedding Controversy All About?
FYI, writer Sumit Baudh had earlier mocked Yashica Dutt for attacking Made In Heaven 2 makers and accusing them of plagiarism whereas she herself had failed to credit his 2007 article which used the term ‘coming out as Dalit’ in her 2019 book.
“As a journalist and as a writer, ideas are how I survive,” she said. “If I’m not credited and they’ve made money on top of that, then that’s not okay.” Amusing to note the obvious hypocrisy here—of @YashicaDutt’s failure to credit my article (of 2007) in her book (of 2019). 2/2
— Sumit Baudh (@BaudhSumit) August 20, 2023
In response, Yashica accused the writer of backstabbing her as she claimed that he was supportive of her when she levelled plagiarism accusations against the Made In Heaven 2 makers, only to attack her on social media later. She also questioned why he never asked to be credited for the term earlier despite knowing her and only spoke about it now. She claimed to have not read Sumit Baudh’s article before writing and publishing her book.
When I came out as Dalit in Jan 2016, it was in response to the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, a moment that changed the lives of so many younger Dalit folks including myself. It was a turning point in Dalit history that gave many of us the courage to reject our shame 1/9 pic.twitter.com/7w1vv1Srqp
— Yashica Dutt (@YashicaDutt) August 23, 2023
The Made In Heaven 2 Dalit wedding episode controversy just got more twisted.
First Published: August 31, 2023 11:03 AMAnurag Kashyap Supports Made In Heaven 2 Makers, Calls Writer Yashica Dutt An “Opportunist”
