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Juhi Chaturvedi credited in Varun Dhawan's October Trailer becomes a topic of discussion for screen-writers!

PUBLISHED DATE : 13/Mar/2018

Juhi Chaturvedi credited in Varun Dhawan's October Trailer becomes a topic of discussion for screen-writers!

In India, majority of the films do not hire an individual screen-writers; most of the films are written by the director himself or the screen-writers are never credited with as much importance as say the director or the production house. But breaking tradition, the recently released trailer of Varun Dhawan starrer October credited its screen-writer Juhi Chaturvedi individually and this was promptly caught by some of the movie enthusiasts online. Though Juhi is fairly well known, having written for movies like Vicky Donor and Madras Cafe and winning National award for Piku, even a regular movie-goer would agree that an individual credit for a screen-writer is quite rare.

Naturally, the moment caught our attention and in the process, some interesting observations too were brought to light :

So thriller to see this individual credit on a TRAILER. This is a recognition not only for @writeonj but for the need for specialized screenwriters in general.

PS: Juhi, even in the HTA days, we all knew you were destined for great things, eh? :-) pic.twitter.com/mcwwrkYeGL

— Baradwaj Rangan (@baradwajrangan) March 13, 2018

Except for Jaideep Sahni post Chak De, don't remember any other screenwriter getting trailer billing in the last decade at least.

Anyone else remembers another such instance? https://t.co/tD8ahg8pQS
— Amit Upadhyaya (@amitupadhyaya) March 13, 2018

Don't know about hindi but in telegu #Trivikram Was a renowed force in story writing and he used to get his name on every film trailer before he turned director in 2002
— Ram Reddy (@sirilpalreddy) March 13, 2018

Ironic that a National award winning writer getting credited individually is seen as a thing of wonder. However, this is definitely a step ahead in breaking the stigma attached to screen-writers!