Producer-director Prakash Jha has rubbished rumours that he is planning to organise a special screening of his film "Apaharan" for political heavyweights in Bihar.

"There is absolutely no question of holding screenings for anyone either in the government or otherwise. I am not here to appease anyone. I am not in the policy of having pre-release trials for any of my films," Jha said.

The clarification comes in the wake of speculation that Jha was contemplating a special pre-release preview of his film in association with the Bihar distributors for higher ups in the Bihar government, in order to have a trouble free release of the film.

"Apaharan", Jha's venture after the engrossing "Gangajal", portrays the political and criminal nexus that thrives behind the business of kidnappings in Bihar.

The film is socially and politically relevant, considering the recent abductions in the state. Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar, Bipasha Basu, Yashpal Sharma and Mohan Agashe star in the movie. It marks the return of Patekar, who plays an antagonist.

Jha also has an interesting line-up of films on the production front, having signed Nana Patekar, Ashwini Chowdhary, Sudhir Mishra, Vikram Bhatt and Ajai Sinha, to direct films for his banner, Prakash Jha Productions.