Madhur
Bhandarkar
has
slammed
rumours
making
the
rounds
that
he
is
going
ahead
and
making
a
film
on
the
life
of
Indian
Premier
League
(IPL)
Commissioner
Lalit
Modi.
Though
these
rumours
had
started
close
to
six
months
back
(around
the
release
of
Jail),
they
had
died
their
natural
death
with
the
filmmaker
coming
up
with
an
instant
denial.
However,
now
with
more
spice
added
to
the
entire
affair
courtesy
the
current
situation
that
Modi
and
ex-Minister
Shashi
Tharoor
have
found
themselves
in,
there
was
a
buzz
in
the
industry
(yet
again)
that
Bhandarkar
may
well
begin
work
on
the
script
and
revive
the
film
shortly.
Says
a
well
placed
industry
source
who
has
been
closely
following
the
progress
of
the
entire
episode
surrounding
the
film
(which
supposedly
also
carries
the
title
The
Commissioner),
"At
one
point
in
time,
this
film
was
a
definite
possibility
since
Lalit
Modi
was
already
in
talks
with
Shailendra
Singh
from
Percept.
In
fact
Singh
had
also
suggested
the
name
of
Madhur
and
there
were
talks
of
a
big
star
being
roped
in
to
play
Modi.
However,
Madhur
never
showed
any
interest
since
he
was
busy
working
on
a
couple
of
other
scripts
and
wanted
them
to
come
on
floors.
He
is
surprised
that
tongues
have
started
wagging
all
over
again
even
though
he
had
made
his
stand
clear
long
time
back."
Well,
tongues
had
started
wagging
because
of
a
very
important
development.
There
is
confirmed
news
around
Madhur's
production
house
Bhandarkar
Entertainment
going
ahead
and
registering
titles
like
Cricket
Politics
aur
Cheergirls
and
Cricket
Politics
and
Models.
No
wonder,
buzz
was
bound
to
become
stronger
as
content
of
both
the
titles
come
quite
close
to
what's
actually
happening
in
the
life
of
Modi.
"Registering
a
title
doesn't
equate
to
a
film
being
made",
says
a
senior
associate
from
Bhandarkar
Entertainment,
"These
are
mere
insinuations
and
that's
about
it."
What
does
the
man
of
the
moment,
Madhur
Bhandarkar,
have
to
say
about
the
entire
episode?
"Well,
for
the
record,
let
me
state
once
for
and
all
that
I
am
not
making
any
film
on
Lalit
Modi
or
IPL.
Period.
These
are
just
baseless
speculations
which
carry
no
substance
whatsoever",
says
Bhandarkar
without
mincing
any
words,
"I
don't
know
why
this
news
has
started
making
the
rounds
all
over
again.
I
already
have
things
on
my
plate
to
be
taken
care
of.
There
are
two
scripts
that
are
almost
in
the
final
stages
and
I
would
rather
expend
my
energies
there
rather
than
begin
something
afresh."
Guess
this
should
stop
the
tongues
wagging
now!
Story first published: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 15:14 [IST]