Mumbai, (IANS) A story that Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal

Varma had a hushed meeting with mobster Dawood Ibrahim’s sister

Haseena in the by-lanes of Mumbai has him scratching his head in

puzzlement.

“I’ve never met the lady. In all my life I’ve probably seen one picture of

her in a newspaper. I don’t know where this story comes from,” Varma

told IANS.

“In fact, they invented a whole screenplay where I’m shown driving up

to a secluded spot and the lady’s car driving up to meet me. Then we

both supposedly took off for an unknown destination. This is a better

screenplay than any I can think up,” added the director, known for films

on organised crime like “Satya”, “Company” and “Sarkar”.

The shooting of his film “Contract”, which features an entirely new

star cast, is over.

“So, I don’t need to do any research for my film. And I don’t need to

meet people who can help me to know more about the underworld,”

said the director who is currently readying “Sarkar Raj” for release.

“Sarkar Raj”, a sequel to “Sarkar”, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek

Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.

“And right now I’m focusing on the release on ‘Sarkar Raj’.”

He also dismissed a report that after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

(MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, his uncle Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray

had a preview of “Sarkar Raj”.