When contacted, Basheed raged, "My film's set is standing at Ramoji Rao Studio in Hyderabad. And here in Mumbai I am tearing my hair out. Sonali didn't even have the courtesy to inform me in advance that she was planning to enter the reality show. When she finally called me, she had the cheek to tell me that she has now upped her price and I will have to pay her Rs 28 lakh. I had earlier paid her Rs 18 lakh. Sonali is 100% useless."
Basheed has now taken the matter to IMPPA (Indian Motion Pitcures Producers Association). "They now need to inform the broadcasters to evict her from the show," he said. At the time of going to the press, Basheed had not decided whether to wait for Sonali or replace her with another actress. If he sticks with his first choice, the film will get delayed and the producers will incur heavy losses.