Published 13:40 IST, September 4th 2020

Richa Chadha addresses song 'Credit De Do Yaar'; says, 'I owe my career to writers'

Bollywood actor Richa Chadha urged "the crème de la crème of Bollywood" to step up and promote writers while stating that she feels duty-bound to give credit.

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Earlier in August, stand-up comedian and poet Varun Grover collaborated with Kausar Munir and Swanand Kirkire along with 15 or artists, and dropped a song, Credit De Do yaar, to express displeasure about t receiving ackwledgment as lyricists. Recently, while addressing  song, Bollywood actor Richa Chadha also shared a piece of her mind and urged actors to stand up for creators and writers. Recently, Richa Chaddha told Mid-day that as an actor she feels duty-bound to ensure that everyone gets ir fair credit. 

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Richa Chadha talks about Credit De Do Yaar

Elaborating same, Fukrey actor said that  movement to get rights for those who lay groundwork of projects is long overdue. She furr asserted that actors should take pride in promoting our collaborators. While praising writers like Neeraj Ghaywan and Mrighdeep Lamba, Chaddha added that she owes her career to m. Explaining more, Richa shared that Credit De Do Yaar is a reminder to make a change in right direction. Before signing off, Chaddha added that "crème de la crème" of Bollywood should step up and promote writers.

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Richa Chaddha's movies

On professional front, 33-year-old actor was last seen in Kangana Ranaut starrer Panga. ensemble star cast of film also featured Neena Gupta and marked Bollywood debut of Punjabi singer Jassie Gill. She portrayed character of a Kabbadi coach in Ashwiny Tiwari Iyer directorial.

Meanwhile, she has several Bollywood films in her kitty such as Shakeela and Bholi Punjaban, among many ors.  film Shakeela is said to be inspired by life of a South Indian star with same name. Late actor Shakeela Khan rose to fame after death of Silk Smitha. Shakeela acted in numerous adult films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

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Credit De Do Yaar initiative

3-minute video, later dubbed as ‘writer’s anm’, featured writers including Neelesh Mishra, Kausar Munir, Varun Grover, and Swanand Kirkire.  song is available on Varun Grover’s YouTube channel. light-hearted song received appreciation from Oscar-winner AR Rehman as he shared link of song on his Twitter handle.

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13:41 IST, September 4th 2020