Another great and extremely engaging discussion has been sparked online. Recently a journalist and author tweeted and called out the misconception that the film industry seems to have about publishing in India. Anindita Ghosh posted screengrabs of the show Bestseller, talking about a specific scene.
It appears that Indian OTT has a greatly exaggerated view of Indian publishing advances. pic.twitter.com/EaWW4WR56l
— Anindita Ghose (@aninditaghose) February 18, 2022
Ghosh wrote about a character's dialogue that claims that a writer can actually get '₹10 million' for a book, in our country. Not only this, but the lingo of the dialogue seems to be off as well. Because apparently, according to a Twitter user, in most scenarios, writers are paid advances and not 'signing amounts.'
Many others chimed in and agreed with Anindita Ghosh's tweet, almost wholeheartedly!
Please, I need to know. Who is 'she'? What is her email address?
— Bhaskar Chattopadhyay (@bhaskey) February 18, 2022
That's why they don't pay writers ...cos the writers are already making Andha paisa 😀
— Abhisek (@iamAbhisekDas) February 19, 2022
Its like the fight scenes in bollywood movies… you would sure like it to go dishum dishum… but… yea … in real life its usually just a phum.
— Vas Shenoy (@shenoy10) February 18, 2022
Tbh in Gehraiyan the guy got published and he was still broke and went back to his old advertising job.
— Vegeta Dada 🏹 (@BadalSarkar06) February 19, 2022
Bollywood - screen and OTT has an exaggerated view of life overall.
— Rahul Biddappa (@rahulbiddappa) February 19, 2022
$4 at Vogue situation 🤣🤣
— Samreen (@BeingFeline) February 19, 2022
American filmo ki nakal
— Amit અમિત امت (@amitmdave) February 19, 2022
Ha ha I was in splits when I saw the first episode - shoddy writing (script) , rediculous performances. I hope Amazon hires a better studio head. Clearly the Indian stories are lackluster!
— Parijat Thakur (@beingpt) February 19, 2022
10 million rupees "signing amount" for an author? Wow. 🤩
— Amrita Talukdar (@amritatwrites) February 19, 2022
And who is the honorable money-giver? La La Land Publishers?
Authors get advances. Actors get signing amounts. Sigh. And the amount quoted.....
— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) February 18, 2022
This is so funny
— Roshani Moorjani (Rowsh-knee) (@RoshMoorjani) February 18, 2022
Genre: Fantasy 😂😂😂
— Rachna رچنا ਰਚਨਾ (@Rachna70) February 19, 2022
It's a tad bit out of touch with reality, if you ask me.