Orissa Cinema

Close on the heels of Hollywood teen trivia, Orissa cinemas are going to provide quite a few relief as well.

The latest is our superstar Siddhanta Mohapatra has set a standard regarding hogging the headlines.

No wonder, he had to be booked for that. Siddhanta was caught while talking on his mobile phone even as he drove amidst a crowded area in Bhubaneswar. Nothing fancy happened after that, although he was booked for violating traffic rules

Anup Kanungo, the city traffic inspector informed that Siddhanta was returning after the shooting of a film and the police have registered a case against the actor for violating traffic rules. Later on of course, Mohapatra was let go free to the real world subsequent to his written submission that he will not violate traffic rules in future.

Lets only hope, for Siddhanta, promises are meant to be kept outside the film world as well!

After a spate of festive film releases, Ollywood is now going to withstand an assault on its image.

In what appears to be a shameful case of dowry torture and domestic violence, an actor Chandan Kar (“Babu I love You”) has been arrested by Bhubaneswar Police this Sunday.

In a real life enactment of popular social theme on reel, Mr Kar and his family were harassing Sridevi Mishra demanding for a Honda City car and a LCD Television set. Interestingly, more than 3 lakhs rupees worth of goods have also been seized by the police in connection to this. It merely means that apart from already having given dowry (for which Sridevi Mishra’s family must be penalized), there were demands for more from the greedy actor’s family.

In connection with this case, Chandan has been forwarded to Jharapara Jail after his bail petition was rejected by the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM). A criminal case no-117/2007 has been filed against the accused under sections 498 (A), 323, 506 and 34 IPC read with 4 DP Act.

Chandan, a software engineer for Infosys had been married to Sridevi Mishra, daughter of Umanatha Mishra of Basundhara Colony, Kanana Vihar, Phase-II since only March this year. Inspector in Charge of the Mahila police station Bilasini Nayak said, “The police have seized all the dowry items worth over Rs 3 lakh from Chandan’s house. We are also looking into the angle of the in-laws involvement in this matter as is alleged by the victim. The investigation is still on in this case.”

This is an unfortunate incident and the police are investigating further. However in the process, the image of good old Ollywood has stood to be tarnished in no small measure.

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