India, Sept. 12 -- Jaideep Sahni did not hold back as he spoke about screenwriters' rights recently. The acclaimed screenwriter and lyricist was speaking at Vartalaap, an event organised by the Screenwriters Association (SWA), where he spoke on everything from AI and royalties to the 'power to say no'.

The session, moderated by SWA EC Member Vibha Singh, covered the high-stakes threat of Artificial Intelligence, the ongoing fight for screenwriting royalties through SRAI (Screenwriters Rights Association of India), and Jaideep Sahni's prolific body of work, including films such as Chak De India, Bunty Aur Babli, and Company.

Speaking on the rapid advancement of AI and the ethics surrounding data, Jaideep Sahni, a computer engineer by qua...