What a hoax in ollywood!

The news is all over town that Arindam Roy’s next Odia movie is an action movie called “Gangster”. Not just that, the film is also supposed to star “Mohabbatein” actor Preeti Jhangiani and “Aashiqui” hero Rahul Roy!
Needless to say, this piece of information spelt good news for Ollywood. But the only hitch is that neither Arindam nor Preeti have even heard about this movie. Forget doing it, they haven’t even been approached by director Tanmay Patra.Rahul had got an offer though nothing has materialized till date.
Preeti, who has just finished shooting for her Bengali debut, is too surprised with her name being dropped in the context of an Odia movie. “I have never been to Odisha and haven’t even heard the name of the movie. It’s news to me that I am supposed to do an Odia film.
I have no such plans and right now, I have just completed my Bengali film and have two Hindi releases — “Dekho Yeh Hai Mumbai” and “Kaash Tum Hotey”,” she says. Preeti now wants to check the film’s posters online.
Arindam, who is now shooting in Kolkata for “Target Kolkata”, asks “Who said I am doing “Gangster”? Neither am I doing this movie nor have I met any director with such an offer. After the success of “Raja Jhia Sange Heigala Bhaba”, I’ve agreed to do an action film called “Parshuram”. I’ll shoot for it from August. The film is about what makes a good guy take up violence.”
Meanwhile, Rahul admits that Jagannath Das, the choreographer of his film, “Mujrim”, had told him about doing an Odia movie. “A month ago, JD told me about such an Odia movie. I am not adverse towards regional cinema and had said that principally, I am okay with the idea of doing such a film. Since I was told that the movie would be based on the true story of a gangster’s life. I needed to meet the producer and director to finalize the details. But no one landed up in Mumbai and, hence, there is no question of me starring in the movie as yet. I don’t know why my name is still being dragged in promotions of this movie. But then, frankly speaking, I don’t even get perturbed when I hear such things. In the 22 years of my career, I have been killed thrice in false reports. Now, I let such rumours meet their natural death,” Rahul says.
Jagannath, who is from Bhubaneswar and is working as a choreographer in Bollywood, says that he too has heard of reports of this movie doing the rounds in Odisha. “I have heard that a lot of claims are being made about this movie in Odisha. I had got a call from a Bhubaneswar-based producer — Jagat Ranjan Mangaraj — about wanting to cast Rahul Roy. At that time, I was working in his movie and so I got him to speak to Rahulji over the phone while we were shooting in Mumbai. After the initial conversation, the producer was supposed to come down to Mumbai to discuss money and dates. However, he has not turned up as yet. Meanwhile, I hear that he has been going to town making tall claims about this movie.”
All attempts to trace producer and director Tanmoy Patra were futile.