Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu came under fire recently for storming out of the shoot of Lamhaa in Srinagar, without so much as a word to anyone.
The actress left the unit and director Rahul Dholakia and actor Sanjay Dutt in the lurch, apparently leaving without much of an explanation. She did say however to Dholakia, 'you won't understand, you're not a woman.'
Although she left under a storm cloud, the actress has now cleared the air and explained her abrupt departure, "The actress clears the air about her abrupt departure, "We had agreed to shoot in Srinagar as we all wanted to capture the beauty and authenticity of the region but the situation got a little tricky.
The government and the Srinagar officials have been supportive and have helped us with permissions, security and hospitality but as is common in most places, even they couldn't help with the impact of fan following and crowd frenzy."
She also insisted that her departure wasn't as abrupt as it seemed, "My departure wasn't abrupt. I tried for seven days and realised the risk taken wasn't helping as we hardly shot. It's got nothing to do with me being strong. I am very strong but I understood it was impossible to continue there.
At the same time, my family and friends were extremely worried about me. The only big scene we shot was on a day of curfew. Hence, post talking to my producer (Bunty Walia) and Sanju (Sanjay Dutt), I decided to leave for Mumbai."
The actress continues, "Shooting in Srinagar had to be cancelled a couple of times due to the large numbers of over-enthusiastic locals gathering to watch the shoot. Ample security provided couldn't help keep them at bay at times. I tried my best."
Other gossip suggests that Bipasha left because of Sanjay Dutt and something he had done to upset her. However Bipasha has dismissed the accusations saing: "Please! Sanju is one of the finest co-stars and human beings I have ever worked with. This is not my first film (Rakht) with him. So please do not look for any baseless complications."