Idea theft rampant from writers to stars, warn Siddharth-Garima | Exclusive

Even script registration doesn't stop producers and actors from pinching ideas, as Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal learned firsthand with their "hair" project. During their recent visit to Pune, they opened up on the unethical practice undermining creativity.

Q. There’s a rumour that many studios and producers steal ideas from writers and make changes to create their own stories without involving or paying the original creator. Do you believe such practices are widespread?

Garima: Not just the producers, but there are some actors as well who would listen to your idea and seek another producer/director to make the same film with. This happened with us on an important subject of ‘hair.’ We narrated it to an actor, who later went to another production house and made the movie with them. Honestly, we are not sure if this practice will ever stop because this happens despite registering our scripts.