Netflix's Heeramandi songwriter AM Turaz accuses actors of ‘hogging the limelight’ & not crediting technicians: ‘Who’s stopping you from writing yourself?’

Popular songwriter AM Turaz, who has collaborated with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Netflix’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, has accused actors of hogging all the limelight and not giving credit to the technicians and creative minds behind the camera.

“If actors let the creators of the songs speak… The creators are not getting the appreciation that they deserve,” said Turaz while speaking to Bollywood Now. He added,  “In our industry, all the credit and the appreciation and the money is taken by them (actors). Because the creators are not given enough (credit and money), it affects their creativity and their next project suffers. When the creation is bad, the performances are also bad.”

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“Until the actors stop hogging all the limelight, you can’t create good things,” said Turaz. He asked actors to talk about technicians and their contribution in their interviews through a casteist remark. “Why did you work with them (directors, writers)? You write it yourself, who is telling you not to? You should credit them because not naming them is like snatching their credit away. And it is unfair,” said the talented writer.

Interestingly, Sanjay Leela Bhansali had also spoken about the same thing while talking to Galatta Plus.  “A performance does not belong to an actor. A good performance belongs to a director, dialogue writer, cinematographer, art director, costume designer, choreographer, editor, the guy who has painted the wall behind you. You are saying ‘my performance’, but you are never saying that these people are responsible for my performance. Everything is suddenly hijacked by the actor, which is where the problem in Indian cinema is,” the filmmaker had said.

Talking about _Heeramandi_, the series features Sonakshi Sinha, Manisha Koirala, Sharmin Segal, Richa Chadha, and Aditi Rao Hydari among others in prominent roles.