Anil blasts Akshaye?

Good pals Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna recently had a round of "heated discussions". Anil, sources say, called up Akshaye and really blasted him on the phone for not promoting his home production in which Akshaye is a hero.

"Akshaye is hardly around to promote Shortkut -- The Con Is On, which is Anil's home production. Apparently, Akshaye had a difference of opinion with Arshad (Warsi) and he was not attending any promotional event which Arshad was attending. His standard excuse was that he was feeling unwell. After two occasions, we had to bring this to Anil's notice and he was obviously miffed," says a member of the production team.

This was when Anil reacted and decided to call up Akshaye and blast him. "That a film has to be promoted is clearly stated in the contract of the actors. If an actor is not doing that then he is obviously not honouring the contract. So, Anil reminded him of that clause and told him that it is also Akshaye's responsibility to promote the film," the source added.

DNA got in touch with Anil who's in LA, and he admitted that he had made the call but played it down saying that he keeps in touch with his actors for the promotions because he is not around to promote the film.

"I am in touch with all my artistes on a regular basis and I keep guiding and advising the entire team as this is for the time that I am not around during the release of the production," says Kapoor.

Though Akshaye was not available for comment, sources close to the actor confirmed that he had "a heated discussion" with Anil regarding the promotion of the film and post the screaming session, will now be seen at some of the promotional events.