Muazzam Beg is the co-writer of  Rockstar. He feels that Indian film writers ought to get as much respect as their Hollywood counterparts when it comes to sharing credit for the project. Earlier the industry had respected writers like Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, Rahi Masoom Raza and Sahir Ludhiyanvi. In the 1980s, Salim (Khan) and Javed (Akhtar) earned much respect. The writers in Hollywood get paid as a percentage of the budget of the film. Here In India the industry does not follow this system. Muazzam feels that a writer should be paid 5 per cent of the total budget of the film. Akshat Varma, the Delhi Belly writer feels that the industry is risk-averse. Sudhish Kamat feels that writers too write just for the sake of writing. Neeraj, the writer of Shor feels  that the equation between the director and writer makes a lot of difference. Advaita Kala feels  that a film is a collaborative effoert, and a writer is just one contributor. She, however, adds that the writer’s interest must be protected.