" "I keep to myself a lot and I don't get over-friendly. I don't believe two actresses can be best friends.

It's an absolute myth. I will never say anybody is my friend! But we are absolutely good to each other," she added.

In Tezz , directed by Priyadarshan , Sameera has tried her hand at action. She says the genre is scary.

"Action is not easy. It is scary and has been a real challenge.

On the last day of the shooting, when I fell and got hurt, I didn't tell my parents. I tried to keep quiet and not tell anyone, but everything came up in the media and my parents were like 'please don't do this'," she said.

Besides some action, Sameera will also be seen riding a bike in the film. "When I signed the film, I said I will do it.

When the time came to perform action sequences, I said sorry sir I can't do this. But then it happened with conviction.

Now when I see the moments with the bike, I wonder how it happened," the 29-year-old said. Sameera says the crew took due safety measures for the bike scene in the film, which is to release April 27.

"The safety measures they took for me were commendable," said Sameera, who is trying to strike a balance between her southern and Bollywood films. "In south, when I lost weight, they got pissed with me.

It is difficult to handle both the industries. South is my world.

I always go with what I feel is right. They don't like if I lose weight, they don't like too much of exposure.

I am lucky that I have this parallel life going on," she said (less)

Mallika is the third actress to be approached and who is finally doing the song. Says a source, "Sameera was to do the introductory item song with Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor and Zayed Khan .

She had lost a lot of weight and was almost set to do it when she read in the media that she was no longer doing it as the makers felt she was a bit too voluptuous to fit the character. Then the producer decided to approach Priyanka Chopra.

While Priyan felt Sameera was still the right choice. But somewhere while Priyanka was in talks with the producer and director, Mallika started sending feelers from USA to Ratan Jain that she would love to do the number - and might even consider doing it for a nominal amount.

" Apparently even discussions with a top fashion model was going on. But finally everything has been sorted out and Mallika is now doing the item song.

"There was a rumor that lead actor Ajay Devgn had exressed his dissatisfaction of working with Priyanka in the item song so the makers had to backtrack. Finally Priyanka too opted out of the song citing date issues and today afternoon Mallika was signed to do the song.

So finally Sameera and Priyanka's loss is Mallika's gain. Mallika will come back from the USA and shoot for the song.

She has never shot with Ajay before and is very excited about it. Mallika will be adopting a very earthy, rustic and sensuous look for the song.

" Jalebi bai (Mallika) has certainly won this round! (less)

I think I need to clarify that being the heroine of the film and the kind of character that I have, there was no song that was for my character," Sameera said. There were reports that Sameera is upset with producer Jain, who is said to have replaced her with Mallika Sherawat in the song "Laila".

Jain was also reported to be upset with Sameera. But, from what Sameera says, there was no problem between them.

The 29-year-old clarifies that the song was made to promote the film and not vice-versa. "Whether it's me or Mallika or anybody, I always say that Tezz is a very good product and it is a very good film.

The news about the song is promoting the song more than the film. I am not happy about it because Tezz is what I am promoting, not the song," said Sameera (less)

There were reports recently that even though she was supposed to be present during the shooting of the song, she was nowhere to be seen. "I wasn't even in town then, I was out of the country.

I have no idea why I was dragged into all this. I have nothing to say on it.

Unfortunately, that's the only kind of thing people have been talking about when it comes to me and the film. But then I never shy away from controversy, because as long as they're talking about you that's a good thing," she said.

Talking about the music of the film, she said that "the focus is not just on songs, serious amount of filming is going on and songs are in the backdrop." She added, "Today as a country, we're more interested in the music than the film, at least to start with.

" And speaking of music, we asked her if she likes dancing around the trees in all the romantic numbers. "I used to make fun of Bollywood actors for running around trees.

I used to always say, 'oh there they go, it's going to rain, oh she's wearing white'. But now I believe in it, it's a religion.

I am very fiercely protective of what we represent as an Indian film industry, because worldwide, people love these sequences, it's part of a fantasy which takes you away from all the mundane things in life," she says. When we asked her if she got along well with everyone on the sets of "Tezz", since it was a multi-starrer, she gave us a long list of everyone's qualities.

"Oh, I've known Kangna for some time now, she's quite nice and we get along well. I tell Anil 'you're my lucky charm'.

I am very kicked that he's in the film. Ajay is also really cool, and Zayed is the prankster.

Shooting for "Tezz" in London took me back to "Race" where Saif used to make sure that every evening after the shoot, we relax, de-stress and have fun. Saif has this really amazing attitude that we're actors, and we need to recharge ourselves," she said.

And what does she have to say about Saif's Taj incident? "I am absolutely on Saif's side, he is too much of a gentleman to do something like this. I am sure he was provoked.

I have seen him in close quarters and there is no one who is a bigger gentleman than him and I can write that in blood," she said (less)

There were reports recently that even though she was supposed to be present during the shooting of the song, she was nowhere to be seen. "I wasn't even in town then, I was out of the country.

I have no idea why I was dragged into all this. I have nothing to say on it.

Unfortunately, that's the only kind of thing people have been talking about when it comes to me and the film. But then I never shy away from controversy, because as long as they're talking about you that's a good thing," she said.

Talking about the music of the film, she said that "the focus is not just on songs, serious amount of filming is going on and songs are in the backdrop." She added, "Today as a country, we're more interested in the music than the film, at least to start with.

" And speaking of music, we asked her if she likes dancing around the trees in all the romantic numbers. "I used to make fun of Bollywood actors for running around trees.

I used to always say, 'oh there they go, it's going to rain, oh she's wearing white'. But now I believe in it, it's a religion.

I am very fiercely protective of what we represent as an Indian film industry, because worldwide, people love these sequences, it's part of a fantasy which takes you away from all the mundane things in life," she says. When we asked her if she got along well with everyone on the sets of "Tezz", since it was a multi-starrer, she gave us a long list of everyone's qualities.

"Oh, I've known Kangna for some time now, she's quite nice and we get along well. I tell Anil 'you're my lucky charm'.

I am very kicked that he's in the film. Ajay is also really cool, and Zayed is the prankster.

Shooting for "Tezz" in London took me back to "Race" where Saif used to make sure that every evening after the shoot, we relax, de-stress and have fun. Saif has this really amazing attitude that we're actors, and we need to recharge ourselves," she said.

And what does she have to say about Saif's Taj incident? "I am absolutely on Saif's side, he is too much of a gentleman to do something like this. I am sure he was provoked.

I have seen him in close quarters and there is no one who is a bigger gentleman than him and I can write that in blood," she said (less)

" That was when he had asked producer Ekta to ensure an equal footage and promotion for his character as well as Ajay Devgn's in the film. Abhay Vs Emraan Recently, Abhay Deol's insecurity over his Shanghai co-actor Hashmi's footage in the trailer had made its way to the media.

Though, Deol had later called it a 'marketing ploy', the actors' tussle over credits in the film was whispered in the industry circles. Sameera Vs Mallika It was meant to be a promotional item number.

But it turned into the bone of contention between Sameera Reddy and Mallika Sherawat . Since both ladies were not too happy with the sharing of the limelight in the dance number, Sameera, who is also one of the leading ladies of Priyadarshan's Tezz, decided not to turn up for the day's shoot altogether.

Priyanka Vs Kareena The Priyanka Chopra - Kareena Kapoor cold war started right after their first film together - Aitraaz. While the actresses had started off on a high note, after the film hit the theatres and Priyanka (a lesser known actress at the time) walked away with all the accolades, Kareena was left rather angry.

The war later escalated through media interviews, television shows and also a particular actor Shahid Kapoor (less)