Tag: Ollywood

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Actress Upsana files 'casting couch' case against producer Rajesh Pati

A few days after producer Rajesh Ranjan Pati levelled black mailing charges against actress Upasana Mohanty, the latter hit back filing a police complaint at the Laxmisagar police station against the producer accusing him of making a 'casting couch' attempt on her

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Gujarat Oscar investors urge CB to seize company assets

Bhubaneswar: With the Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha police yet to file the charge sheet against Oscar Group chief Prabhas Rout for his involvement in the Rs 230 crore chit fund scam, nearly 20 investors of the company from Gujarat staged a demonstration in front of the State Assembly here on Friday and demanded the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Casting couch accused Pappu Pom Pom absconding

Bhubaneswar: Ollywood actor Tatwa Prakash Satapathy alias Pappu Pom Pom, against whom a case was registered by Mahila Police yesterday for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, is reportedly absconding from his house in Jagannath Vihar area under Khandagari Police limits here. The actor was absent when a team of Commissionerate Police reached his residence […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Casting couch: Sharmistha's statement recorded

Bhubaneswar: A day after recording the statement of actress Sharmistha on her casting couch allegation against six persons in the Odia entertainment industry, Commissionerate Police recorded her statement under Sec 164 of IPC today. On Monday, Twin City Police Commissioner YB Khurania had informed that Sharmistha had recorded her statement under Sec 161 of IPC. […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Casting couch: Case registered against Papu Pom Pom, aide

Bhubaneswar: In the first instance of its kind in the state, Mahila Police here registered a case of sexual assault on a minor girl against popular comic actor Papu Pom Pom and his close associate Pradip Swain on Monday. The FIR was lodged on the basis of the complaint filed by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Casting couch: Ollywood pleads for restraint by media

Concerned over allegations of casting couch and chit fund links in Ollywood flying thick and fast, the Odisha Film Directors’ Association on Sunday said the Odia film industry should not be defamed for the misdemeanours of a few irresponsible people

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Entertainment industry in tizzy after 'casting couch' charge by Sharmistha

Actress Sharmistha today dropped a bombshell accusing three leading lights of the Odia entertainment industry of attempting to do a 'casting couch' on her. Apart from sending the three named scurrying for cover, her allegation has sent the cinema and television industry in the state into a tizzy

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Ollywood stars attended Oscar function in 2008 too!

A day after its exclusive report on how well-known Ollywood actors and actresses actively promoted the Oscar chit fund company at a function in Surat in 2009, OTV today came up with exclusive footage of some Ollywood stars, including veteran Uttam Mohanty and comedian Papu Pom Pom, lavishing praise on the company at a function in Surat in 2008

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mixed reaction to OTV exclusive on Ollywood-Oscar link

Bhubaneswar: There has been a mixed reaction to the airing of the exclusive footage on OTV today showing some top Ollywood stars openly promoting tainted chit fund company Oscar at an event in Surat in 2009. While some condemned the actors for promoting the tainted company, others defended them saying they were unaware of the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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OTV exclusive: Ollywood stars promoted Oscar in Surat!

Bhubaneswar: While the State Crime Branch police has begun an investigation into the dubious activities of the Oscar Group of Companies, leading Odia channel OTV has come up with exclusive video coverage of a grand function organised by the company in Surat in October, 2009 in which well-known Ollywood actors and actresses are seen batting […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Oscar scam: Crime Branch gets vital clues during remand of Pravas Rout

The Crime Branch has got some vital clues about the financial transactions of Oscar and links between the chit-fund company and the Ollywood film industry during the second stint of remand of its chief Pravas Rout, sources in the agency have said

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Ollywood-chit fund link media creation: Anubhav

Bhubaneswar: Even as the debate over chit-fund- Ollywood link is mounting by the day, actor-politician Anubhav Mohanty today said the media is unnecessarily dragging the issue. “The allegation of Ollywood nexus with chit fund companies has no base. You are unnecessarily making it an issue which has no veracity. I request all media persons not […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Ollywood star Archita denies chit fund links

Bhubaneswar: Popular Odia film actress Archita Sahu has denied having any chit fund links or having persuaded people to invest in any chit fund companies.

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Oscar scam: Crime Branch team leaves for Gujarat

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha police interrogated Oscar Group CMD Prabhas Rout and the company’s Gujarat head Taraprasad Hota in connection with their involvement in the Rs 240 crore chit fund scam , a special team of the agency left for the state on the western coast on Thursday to dig […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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CB traces Oscar Group’s Rs 15cr properties in Odisha, Gujarat

Bhubaneswar: After making public the possible link between chit fund firm Oscar Group and Ollywood actors in the production of Odia films, the Crime Branch of Odisha police on Monday said that the company has properties worth Rs 15 crores in Odisha and Gujarat. Preliminary investigations showed that the company has 20 acre of land […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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