India, Nov. 1 -- A day after Rohit Aarrya was shot dead by the police after taking 17 children and three adults hostage in a Powai studio, it has emerged that he had been in contact with several Marathi actors to discuss potential film projects, including one about a hostage situation.

Veteran Marathi actor Girish Oak told HT that he had visited RA Studio in Powai at around 11 am on October 29, a day before the hostage incident. "A person who had worked with me briefly in the past contacted me on behalf of Arya for a role in his film," said Oak.

"I was informed that Arya had produced movies earlier, so I agreed to meet him. I reached the studio at 11 am, and Arya arrived around 11.05 am. We discussed a project based on a social cause. I...