Writer is the hero of Wazir

Vidhu Vinod Chopra has roped in Abhijat Joshi to pen the script of Wazir by paying a big sum.

Writer Abhijat Joshi, who has penned the scripts of blockbusters like Munna Bhai MBBS (2003), 3 Idiots (2009) and PK (2014), among others, has been paid a huge figure for writing the script of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Wazir, which is being helmed by director Bejoy Nambiar.

Abhijat has apparently been paid a huge amount for Wazir. He has been given anything up to 2 crore to put the script together. For a writer, this kind of a figure is quite big.

It’s known that writers in Bollywood are paid a relatively small amount, usually in lakhs, for writing a film’s script. 

 

However, Abhijat seems to have broken the set pattern.

 

Abhijat being an outsider has been groomed by Vidhu and film-maker Rajkumar Hirani. He has been the writer for all their blockbuster collaborations.”

Vidhu said, “I think writers, just like directors, are the most important people in the film-making process when it comes to putting out a good product. Our audience is intelligent, and good content that is entertaining, is what drives them to the theatres. I feel that writers deserve to be paid well, and that’s all that I’ve done with Abhijat.”