The
real
reason
why
Sushmita
Sen
is
staying
away
from
all
promotion
and
publicity
of
No
Problem
is
the
Anil
Kapoor-Akshaye
Khanna
pair.
They
seem
to
have
taken
on
the
onus
of
promoting
the
film.
"And
why
not?
Anil
is
the
film's
producer.
He's
also
a
renowned
limelight-hogger.
He
loves
to
make
his
presence
felt.
Sushmita
has
no
problem
with
that.
But
she
wants
to
know,
who's
the
lead
pair
of
No
Problem?
Sush
and
Anil,
or
Akshaye
Khanna
and
Anil?
Anil
adores
Akshaye,
who
was
his
leading
man
in
his
first
production
Gandhi
My
Father.
Anil
loves
to
shower
Akshaye
with
compliments.
But
you
can't
do
that
at
the
cost
of
the
rest
of
the
cast.
Sushmita
certainly
doesn't
appreciate
being
sidetracked
in
this
way," say
a
source.
To
his
credit,
director
Anees
Bazmi
doesn't
try
to
sweep
the
problem
under
the
carpet.
He
admits
there's
a
problem
regarding
Sushmita.
Says
Anees,
"About
a
fortnight
ago,
there
was
a
photo
session
with
Rahul
Nanda.
Sushmita
did
not
turn
up
for
it.
I
don't
know
why.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
ask
her.
The
result
of
her
absence
from
the
photo-shoot
was
that
she
is
now
missing
from
all
the
posters
and
hoardings."
Ask
him
why
Sushmita
is
not
doing
any
media
events
and
interviews
pertaining
to
No
Problem,
and
Anees
says,
"I
wish
I
knew.
But
she
is
not.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
ask
her.
But
I
want
her
to
know
No
Problem
is
as
much
her
film
as
Anil's
and
the
rest
of
the
cast.
Sushmita
is
a
big
star
in
her
own
right.
She
definitely
would
add
to
the
film's
audience
if
she
participated
in
its
publicity.
However,
that
was
not
to
be."
Anees
says
that
he's
addicted
to
working
with
Sushmita.
"I've
had
such
a
good
time
directing
her.
If
I
had
my
way,
she
would
be
in
all
my
films.
I'll
try
to
accommodate
her
in
as
many
of
my
films
as
I
can,
just
like
I
do
with
Anil.
I
don't
know
whom
she
had
a
problem
with.
It
was
certainly
not
me."
This
is
not
the
first
time
when
Sushmita
has
distanced
herself
from
her
film's
publicity.
During
Kalpana
Lajmi's
Chingaari,
Sushmita
cut
herself
loose
when
she
felt
the
film's
romantic
lead
Anuj
Sawhney
was
trying
to
get
publicity
at
her
cost.
"The
scenario
is
not
very
different
this
time,"
says
a
source.
Story first published: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 14:36 [IST]