This story is from April 1, 2009

Abir and Rimjhim more than friends

We didn���������t believe what the little birdie told us, until a reader mailed us a picture, that sure was worth a thousand words! Tollywood actors Abir Chatterjee and Rimjhim Mitra seem to have graduated beyond being ���������just friends���������
Abir and Rimjhim more than friends
We didn���������������������������t believe what the little birdie told us, until a reader mailed us a picture, that sure was worth a thousand words! Tollywood actors Abir Chatterjee and Rimjhim Mitra seem to have graduated beyond being ���������������������������just friends���������������������������
Raj Babbar first met and subsequently fell in love with Smita Patil on the sets of Bheegi Palken.
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The making of Dev. D saw Anurag Kashyap falling in love with Kalki Koechlin. The ���������������������������I���������������������������m-committed��������������������������� tag doesn���������������������������t have a great number of takers, especially when romance is in the air. Hence, it didn���������������������������t really come as a surprise when a little birdie told us about the brewing romance between actors Abir Chatterjee and Rimjhim Mitra.
Sources close to Abir say that he dated Nandini for four years when they were studying MBA together. The duo tied the knot a year-and-a-half ago. Even then, stories about Abir and Rimjhim���������������������������s relationship had started circulating. His ���������������������������friendship��������������������������� with Rimjhim grew stronger while shooting a megaserial, though things took a different turn at the wrap party of Cross Connection in Mandarmani. Says a source, ���������������������������Both of them are teetotallers and it seemed normal when they excused themselves from the party to take a stroll on the beach. Late into the night, Rimjhim was spotted resting her head on Abir���������������������������s shoulder while the waves kissed her toes! Work is a regular excuse for Abir to spend more time now with Rimjhim than with Nandini.��������������������������� But how quirky, or even Woody Allenesque, can this get, since Nandini, too, was at Mandarmani? ���������������������������She had a headache and went to bed early. Besides, Nandini and Rimjhim are good friends and she wouldn���������������������������t doubt Rimjhim at all,��������������������������� our source insisted.
Directors Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha were livid and asked: ���������������������������How are you sure that this isn���������������������������t a rumour being circulated by Abir���������������������������s detractors to sabotage his career, now that his Byomkesh act has catapulted him to the big league?��������������������������� True. But when repeated calls to Abir went unanswered, we decided to bury the issue till we received a picture of the duo (see above) with a caption that stated: ���������������������������We���������������������������ve read about Swastika and Parambrata. Could CT shed light on what���������������������������s brewing between Abir and Rimjhim, too? Surely, they are not ���������������������������just good friends���������������������������!���������������������������
A little confused, we called up Nandini, but she said that she didn���������������������������t have time for Photoshop trickery. Expecting a similar reaction, we still made that one last call to Rimjhim. And this time, we were in for some surprise. Pausing for a while, Rimjhim blurted out: ���������������������������I always thought I was a woman who deserved meaningful answers to life���������������������������s many questions until I found myself in this situation. How do I tell Him?��������������������������� She didn���������������������������t want to elaborate on who this ���������������������������him��������������������������� is as she continued: ���������������������������Life stares back at me as blankly in answer as I ask the question...���������������������������

By the time our edition went to press, Abir still could not be reached.
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Gotcha! Yes, all of you who believed what you read on Page 1, forgot to notice the date, today. It���������������������������s April Fool���������������������������s Day and there is as much truth in this rumour about Abir and Rimjhim���������������������������s relationship as there is to the buzz about Sourav Ganguly contesting for elections this time.
Truth be told, both stories are mere figments of the imagination. Ask Rimjhim why she agreed to pull a fast one on our readers and she says, ���������������������������I get fooled every year and all my plans of fooling others never materialise. Since people have often been speculating about my relationship, I just wanted to have some fun this time.��������������������������� But won���������������������������t there be problems on the personal front, we wonder? ���������������������������Abir is a great buddy and he treats me more like a guy than a girl. Then again, I���������������������������m closer to Nandini than Abir. She is a bindaas girl and wouldn���������������������������t mind this exercise either. Mir and Abir are two of my best friends in the industry. Those who are close to me know that there is nothing brewing between us,��������������������������� she insists.
Abir (this time his phone was reachable) is also a sport. ���������������������������We���������������������������ve been linked up pretty often and there was a time when I heard stories of me having eloped with her. Today, when people ask us if we are dating, I don���������������������������t even bother to set the record straight. I���������������������������m waiting to hear the reactions. Perhaps, I���������������������������ll have to keep my phone off the hook since many may not even turn the pages to get at the truth. They���������������������������ll all sympathise with Nandini and say: ���������������������������Dekhechho, meyeti industryr o noe. Ki je hobe or!��������������������������� I am just waiting to have some fun!��������������������������� he said.
As for Sudeshna, she was literally in splits while discussing the whole April Fool���������������������������s Day ���������������������������plot���������������������������. ���������������������������Such cross connections don���������������������������t happen in real life. I���������������������������d like to reserve them only for my movie!��������������������������� she signed off.
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