Director Raj Kanwar whose Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer ‘Humko Deewana Kar Gaye’ released recently is upset with actress Bipasha Basu’s indignant protests over promotional material of the film and her notion that she is being projected as a second leading lady.

The puzzled director said, “Why is she doing this? A film is like one complete body and soul. You are either part of it, or you are not. If the hand, which is part of the body, declared I’m not part of the body, it isn’t right. She has done my film. And before she did it she knew what she was getting into.”

He added, “We had never put it in an agreement that she will or won’t be part of our publicity. Bipasha isn’t a guest star in the film. We wanted to project ‘Humko Deewana Kar Gaye’ as a love story with two heroes and two heroines. Now she’s quoted in an interview as saying she has only one song in my film. That isn’t true. She has two major songs.”

Bipasha had fumed over the promotional material of the film, “We had mutually agreed that I wouldn’t feature anywhere in the publicity or promos because it’s not a triangular love story and I have a tiny role. They used my photos without my knowledge and consent. I never shot for a single publicity still with them. Obviously they have got it from another film of mine.”

Even though the actress put him in bad light the director is respectful of Bipasha, “She’s very punctual, respectful. I spoke to her secretary about what her problem is. He said she didn’t want to be projected as the second lead. But T Series is bound to project Katrina through her songs. Now Bipasha’s songs are also on. She’s such a wonderful girl. I don’t know what kind of insecurities are making her behave like this. Every artiste be its Bipasha or Katrina, comes with her destiny. What’s the point of drawing attention in this way?”

But still he is unhappy about his film being pulled in many negative controversies - Anu Malik and Sameer being accused of plagiarizing Aadesh Shrivastav and Anand Bakshi’s song, then Anu Malik and Himesh Reshammiya fight controversy and now Bipasha’s allgerations.

He said, “I don’t believe in this kind of publicity. Every film has its depth and will find its level. I think Bipasha is bad mouthing her own film. She’s part of it and she cannot dissociate herself from it. For me Katrina and Bipasha are equally important. They’re the two eyes of my film.”