The
media
seems
to
be
so
obsessed
with
the
Shahrukh
Khan-Shirish
Kunder
episode
that
it
is
fishing
for
similar
stories
to
report,
even
if
it
amounts
to
imagining
some!
One
such
incident
a
prominent
publication
in
Hyderabad
has
reported
is
about
Aazaan
actor
Sachiin
Joshi
teasing
Celebrity
Cricket
League
(CCL)
brand
ambassador
and
Southern
actress
Priyamani
in
a
Shirish
Kunder-like
“allegedly
inebriated"
state
at
a
party.
Luckily
for
Sachiin,
the
article
doesn"t
conjure
up
a
'slap".
Sachiin
who
plays
cricket
for
Sohail
Khan"s
Mumbai
Heroes
has
been
globe-trotting
from
Australia
to
Maldives
to
States
to
Dubai
off
late.
But
the
Hyderabad
publication
'insists"
he
tried
to
“hold
her
hand"
and
“hug"
Priyamani,
rubbing
the
damsel"s
“ego"
the
wrong
way
at
a
CCL
after-party.
The
funny
part
is
that
the
said
article
claims
that
in
spite
of
quoting
Priyamani"s
mother
in
the
same
piece,
stating
that
the
actress
was
“busy
shooting"
and
that
“nothing
like
this
has
happened."
Sachiin"s
publicist
Dale
Bhagwagar
also
points
out
that
the
report
is
a
figment
of
over-active
imagination.
“It"s
a
fabricated
story.
Someone
is
trying
to
use
the
media
as
a
platform
for
personal
gain
or
vendetta,
trying
to
plug
and
plant
false
and
fictional
information
in
the
form
of
a
news
story.
The
media
should
be
wary
of
such
people
trying
to
cause
malice
by
manipulating
a
journalist,"
he
says.
Last
week,
a
Mumbai
tabloid
had
also
funnily
reported
that
Sachiin
Joshi
was
found
strolling
in
“pink
chaddis"
at
a
Dubai
hotel
where
CCL
players
were
put
up.
“They
were
red
chaddis
and
not
pink
and
Sachiin
was
wearing
them
above
his
blue
tights,"
his
publicist
had
joked
then,
comparing
the
young
gun
to
a
superhero;
very
much
like
the
character
he
played
in
Aazaan.
Now,
now!
With
this
new
Priyamani
'story",
things
are
surely
hotting
up
on
the
Sachiin
front!
Wonder
if
the
writer
should
be
'crowned"
the
'king"
of
sham!
Shah
Rukh-Shirish
not
withstanding,
this
even
seems
to
be
a
perfect
case
for
the
Press
Council
chief
Markandey
Katju
to
comment
on,
before
Sachiin
Joshi
emerges
the
new
'Controversy
Prince"
of
Bollywood
and
cricketainment.