Monday was Writers Day. In the recently released Super Boys of Malegaon, there is a dialogue, ‘Writer is the boss’ but is the writer really the boss in our movies? Does he get paid equal to the director or are we still treating him as the Munshiji?
In my opinion the biggest problem plaguing the fraternity is that all of them want to be all rounders. The producers want to become directors. The directors want to become writers and the music directors want to become singers.
In the olden days three writers combined wrote a screenplay. One was credited for the story, the second for the screenplay and the third for the dialogues. In my opinion this was a perfect arrangement of accountability and quality.