Ahmedabad: A fake news regarding the demise of noted actor, filmmaker, producer and screenwriter Feroze Irani,a very well-known name in Gujarati film industry, today went viral in social media prompting the veteran actor to issue a video message himself.

Around 70 years old Feroze, who was born on November 22, 1949 has acted in numerous movies including Hindi and Gujarati.

Feroze, who is in Ahmedabad today, said that he recieved numerous phone calls after the fake information was uploaded on the social media. He said that one of his acquaintance also forwarded it without checking the fact.

‘I am hale and hearty and am working on two of my projects currently. Two of my Gujarati movies Mr Kalakar in which I have launched my sone Akshat Irani as main lead and Gujarat Nu Gaurav shooted in the US would be released in November/December this year,’ he said.

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