'Mallika and me can't be friends'

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><img align="left" src="/photo/599176.cms" alt="/photo/599176.cms" border="0" /></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -5"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="52.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Mallika Sherawat and Ashmit Patel get cosy in </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Murder</span><span style="" font-size:="">.</span><a href="http://photogallery.filmfare.indiatimes.com/articlelist/type-,msid-594618.cms" target="_blank">More pics</a></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />If Mallika Sherawat doesn''t have a sense of humour, there''s nothing I can do about it, says her <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Murder</span> co-star Ashmit Patel.<br /><br />Your co-star Mallika Sherawat is extremely upset with you over an April Fool''s joke you played on her at the behest of a TV Channel. Comment. <br /><br />It was during a promotional shoot for <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Murder</span> that <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Channel [V]</span> asked me to call Mallika, pose as a journalist from People magazine and ask her to do an Adam and Eve centerspread, which required a bit of exposure. </div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="34.7%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" color:="" ffffff="">READ MORE</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" e0e0e0=""> <div class="Normal"><a href="/articleshow/590580.cms" target="_blank">I''m waiting for compliments: Kareena</a><br /><a href="/articleshow/591339.cms" target="_blank">Lata Mangeshkar sings Atal''s tune</a><br /><a href="/articleshow/591376.cms" target="_blank">Britney''s porn act angers parents</a></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">The idea was to get her irritated by suggesting the casting couch. In one of the repeated phone calls, I asked Mallika out to dinner. I did not, I insist, ask her to sleep with me, like she claims. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Shouldn''t you, as a responsible individual should not have been party to a prank that could be so upsetting ? </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Look, it was for a promotion for the film, and in my mind, it was all a harmless joke. Mallika has the tendency to make a lot of comments. The world knows who is hungry for publicity and who is not. If Mallika Sherawat doesn''t have a sense of humour, there''s nothing I can do about it. </span><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><img align="left" src="/photo/599177.cms" alt="/photo/599177.cms" border="0" />You can''t stand Mallika, can you? <br /><br />Let''s say we''re not friends, we''re professionals. I expected to hit if off well with her like I did with my other co-stars, Nauheed and Vidya. But when she accused me once of hurting her in a scene where I was to choke her, I knew it wasn''t to be. <br /><br />She also accused me of asking for extra takes whenever we had a love making scene together, which is absurd, ''coz we don''t have any hot scenes together in the movie. <br /><br />Would you have played the prank even if Mallika was a big star like Kareena Kapoor? Also, I assume the two of you will not be working together any more. <br /><br />What does that have to do with it? She has accused me of being a South Bombay snob taking on a small town girl. I think it''s not about being rich, it''s about thirsting for publicity. And surprisingly, we have been offered another movie together, which I have no problem doing. <br /><br />The opening weekend of the film has reported 100 per cent collections, which people say are because of Mallika. Comment. <br /><br />That''s 100 per cent true. People are expecting lots of skin show from her, they''re not going for her acting skills. I''m hoping that once there, they''ll be impressed with my talent too!" <br /><br /><formid=367815></formid=367815></div> </div>