The second season of Amazon Prime’s Made in Heaven, which acquired a optimistic response from each critics and the viewers, has additionally been getting some criticism. Designer Tarun Tahiliani took to Instagram to vent his displeasure and accused the present’s makers of not giving him due credit score for his designs being featured in one of many episodes.
Calling it a ‘stunning breach of religion’, Tahiliani alleged that the designs from his label had been used within the present, however had been attributed to a fictitious designer. “It’s most unlucky when a well-liked OTT collection violates the understanding behind the availability of clothes within the first place. Living proof: Important parts of the second episode of ‘Made in Heaven,’ had been styled utilizing garments offered by the Tarun Tahiliani studio in good religion to the stylist.
The designer shared screengrabs of scenes from the episode that includes Mrunal Thakur wherein she dons a sublime bridal lehanga. The designer stated the manufacturing home ought to have engaged a “costume designer, had costumes designed, and proceeded” if their intentions had been to not give credit score to him.
“Let’s hope that this state of affairs doesn’t repeat itself with different designers who’ve graciously lent their work for OTT productions. Moreover, it’s our hope that such actions won’t ever be thought of acceptable sooner or later,” Tahliani added.
Yashica Dutt’s claims
Tahiliani’s criticism of the present created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti comes shortly after author and dalit activist Yashica Dutt raised comparable allegations. Dutt, an alumnus of Columbia College and the creator of Coming Out as Dalit, claimed that Radhika Apte’s character within the episode 5 was based mostly on her life story, however episode director Neeraj Ghaywan had not given her credit score.
“It was surreal to see a model of my life on display screen that wasn’t however but was nonetheless me. However quickly the heartbreak set in. They had been my phrases however my title was nowhere. What might have been a celebration of our collective concepts was now tinged with unhappiness,” she wrote.
In a joint assertion on Thursday, the Made in Heaven staff denied Dutt’s claims. “The central battle of the episode is whether or not Pallavi ought to battle to have the marriage rituals which are a signifier of her id, or not. Not one of the above is drawn from Yashica Dutt’s life or her e-book – ‘Coming Out As Dalit’. We categorically deny any declare that Ms. Dutt’s life or work was appropriated by us,” the assertion learn.
