Deepak Tijori has claimed Mohit Suri stole his film idea.
Actor-turned-director Deepak Tijori has accused filmmaker Mohit Suri of betraying him during his transition to film direction.
Actor-turned-director Deepak Tijori has accused filmmaker Mohit Suri of betraying him during his transition to film direction. Tijori claimed that Suri took an idea he had pitched to producer Mahesh Bhatt without giving him credit. The film is Suri’s debut, Zeher and Tijori insists it was originally his concept.
In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, Tijori said, ““I wanted to work with Mahesh Bhatt. I went to narrate the film to him, while he was on the treadmill. He heard me for like 15-20 minutes and then he said, “I did not enjoy it.’ Forget it.” Afterwards, the actor remembered meeting Suri outside Bhatt’s room and asking him to talk sense into Bhatt. However, four days later, Anurag Basu got in touch with Tijori and shared that Bhatt liked “Out of Time” and had decided to launch Suri with that film.
Recalling it, Tijori said, “Mereko itna gussa aya na, matlab ghar ke log. I mean, this is my second career and this is my life. Mere second career ka pehla dhoka aur itna bada dhoka. Aur uske baad se leke aaj tak woh mere saamne aake nahi bola yeh baat ki usne yeh dhoka kiya hai mere saath. (I felt so angry, because I thought of the Bhatts as family. I mean, this is my second career, and this is my life. The first betrayal of my second career, and that too, such a big betrayal. And since then, until today, he has never come in front of me and admitted that he betrayed me in this way).”
He added, “Zeher, uski pehli film. Woh mera idea tha. Lekin ek baar woh phone kardeta na yaar. Mereko bol deta na maine kiya hai yeh. Kya farak padta hai. I was working with Udita in Fox, I wanted to tell her ‘kis aadmi ke saath affair hai tera.’ (Zeher, his first film, was my idea. But if he had just called once, you know. If only he had just told me what he did. What difference would it have made? I was working with Udita (Goswami) in Fox, I wanted to tell her). But eventually they got married and they are happy. I am happy for them. But I just feel that.”
