Dibakar
Banerjee
was
in
Kolkata
on
Wednesday.
Groups
of
people
who
saw
him
disembark
at
the
airport
mistook
him
for
actor
Rajith
Kapoor
(of
Shyam
Benegal's
Suraj
Ka
Satwan
Ghoda
and
Mammo
fame).
The
identity-crisis
continued
all
over
the
city
throughout
the
day
even
when
he
introduced
himself
as
a
director,
people
wanted
to
know
if
had
switched
from
acting
to
direction.
Says
Dibakar,
"All
my
life
I've
been
mistaken
for
Rajith.
Even
our
voices
are
the
same.
So
I'm
not
surprised.
Many
years
ago
when
Rajath
Kapoor
was
doing
the
serial
Bhyomkesh
Bakshi
on
Doordarshan,
I
was
often
mobbed
by
fans
who
thought
that
was
me.
"
Dibakar
was
in
Kolkata
to
promote
Love
Sex
Aur
Dhokha.
And
everywhere
Dibakar
had
to
explain
he
wasn't
Rajith
Kapoor.
Another
question
being
asked
of
the
director
was,
who
was
the
star
on
whom
a
sting
operation
was
performed
in
the
third
story
in
Love
Sex
Aur
Dhokha.
There
are
three
stories
in
Love
Sex
Aur
Dhokha
all
ripping
the
curtain
off
the
masks
of
civility
that
we
generally
wear.
Says
the
film's
director,
"The
first
story
is
entitled
Superhit
Pyar.
It
stars
newcomers
Anshuman
Jha
and
Shruti
as
a
caste-differentiated
couple.
The
second
story
is
entitled
Paap
Ki
Dukaan.
It's
about
a
real-life
MMS
scandal."
It's
the
third
story
Badnaam
Shohrat
about
a
sting
operation
carried
out
against
a
film
star
which
is
likely
to
create
the
maximum
furor.
Is
the
stung
star
(played
by
Harry
Pangri)
based
on
Shakti
Kapoor?
"Not
at
all," says
director
Dibakar
Banerjee.
However,
sources
insist
it
is
Kapoor
whom
the
third
story
is
modeled
on.
Story first published: Monday, March 22, 2010, 14:53 [IST]