There appears to be no respite from the controversy plaguing the reboot of the Sridevi and Anil Kapoor starrer Mr India 1987. Now, Javed Akhtar, who co-wrote the film with Salim Khan, has said the movie was not director Shekhar Kapur-s idea. The veteran writer-lyricist-s comments came in response to a tweet by Kapur. "If you are remaking a feature film, based on a director-s successful work, does the director have no creative rights over what he/she created? sic," wondered the filmmaker.

The argument on a remake of MrIndia is not that no one took permission from me or even bothered to tell me.

The question is. If you are remaking a feature film, based on a director’s very successful work, does the Director have no creative rights over what he/she created?

— Shekhar Kapur @shekharkapur February 27, 2020

Akhtar replied, "It wasn-t you idea, Shekhar saheb. The story, situations, scenes, characters, dialogue, lyrics and the title — none of these were yours. I gave it all to you. You executed it well but how can your claim on the film be more than mine? It wasn-t your idea. It wasn-t your dream sic.