Makers of 'preaching-to-be-good' movies may not learn the lesson themselves

One would think that the makers of 'preaching-to-be-good' movies like 'Munnabhai' and '3 idiots' would be practicing some goodness on themselves too. But seeing the current '3 idiots' war between the makers and Chetan Bhagat, the writer of the book, 'Five Point Someone', clearly shows that they haven't learnt a lot from their movies except to make money.

Firstly to say that the movie is based 2-5% on the book is laughable. Clearly the basic story, the underlying principle, the twists, the plots have a lot in common with the book. Anyone who has read the book will vouch for that. Obviously the screenplay will be different as its a movie adaptation and also because you want to Aamir to be the main protagonist and him to romance the heroine, but the story is the same.

Secondly, its a little preposterous for Aamir Khan to call Chetan Bhagat publicity hungry even without bothering to read the book. Aamir probably doesn't read the books that general young Indian reads. Thats why he doesn't know the popularity of Chetan Bhagat and why he doesn't require publicity. I and many people I know did not go to watch the movie because its a movie made by the makers of Munnabhai. We wanted to watch it because we had loved the book. Yet, to say that people throng theaters to watch Aamir Khan movie makes sense but I am sure the number of people who were aware that the movie was based on the hit novel is more than the number of people who were aware that this movie is made by the 'Munnabhai' makers.

And what I don't understand is that why are the makers being so squeamish in sharing the story credit with Chetan. Chetan Bhagat, is a renowned name in the Indian publishing industry. He is to Indian publishing what Aamir is to Bollywood, a sure shot bumper opening. He is not asking for money, being a creative person he is justifiably upset at the amount of effort the makers are taking to keep the movie distant from the book.

Looks like a money minded producer will not understand the mind of a creative person. He needs to watch Munnabhai series once again.