By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
October
04,
2007
The
pursuits
of
scoops
and
newsbreaks
have
turned
a
section
of
the
entertainment
media
into
a
nervous
and
anxious
wreck.
The
'sab-chalta-hai" brand
of
manufactured
(mis)
information
touches
new
heights
with
a
story
in
a
Mumbai
daily
where
the
over-enthusiastic
reporter
claims
'Abhishek
Bachchan
is
playing
the
true-life
character
of
Lal
Bihari
Mritak.'
Both
the
proposed
film's
director
and
producer
Anupam
Kher
and
Satish
Kaushik
are
baffled
with
this
story.
"I
never
said
Abhishek
is
playing
the
role.
All
I
told
the
correspondent
is
that
the
script
is
ready
and
an
actor
to
play
the
protagonist
will
be
finalized
shortly.
I
even
offered
to
let
her
know
the
cast
as
soon
as
it
is
finalized.
Still
she
wrote
that
Abhishek
is
doing
the
film.
Amazing!"
Producer
Anupam
Kher,
who
is
just
back
from
England,
is
even
more
dazed.
"I've
no
clue
where
such
talk
comes
from.
All
I
know
is
Satish
and
I
am
determined
to
co-produce
films
that
make
a
difference.
We
have
just
completed
Tere
Sang,
which
deals
with
the
contemporary
subject
of
pre-marital
pregnancy.
We
are
now
going
to
film
the
story
of
'Lal
Bihari".
And
only
the
correct
actor
will
be
cast."