It was after my Time cover and some people said, 'Now you're going to be meeting Prince Charles.' I was like -- why? I had no idea that this was what was happening [Prince Charles gave the mahurat clap for The Rising on his trip to India last November].

Then the producer, Bobby Bedi, contacted me and asked me if I was going to be there for the November 4 mahurat. I was shooting for Khakee and leaving for Los Angeles on the 6th for Gurinder's schedule. I had to complete Khakee before I left.

I told him I wouldn't be there on that date but I still hadn't received the script. I was obviously exasperated by then. I was panicking because that time the film was to happen in December and I was gone all of November for Gurinder.

Then literally in the fortnight before the mahurat they sent me the script. When I read it there was hardly any difference to the role and before I could pursue that as an artist, meanwhile there was already correspondence between my agents and Bobby Bedi and they seemed to be parting ways upon whatever differences of agreement.

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