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Trust Farah Khan to call a spade a spade and not be scared to speak her mind. The director was taken aback when Vidhu Vinod Chopra dragged her name into the whole Eklavya controversy.

"I have the least knowledge about how I come into picture,” says Farah Khan who

is neck-deep busy with the promotion of Om Shanti Om, "In fact I didn't have a word to say about the film, let alone pass a judgment on it being nominated."

What would have made Vidhu Vinod Chopra react? "How do I know?", she questions back, "When asked by some journalists if Eklavya - The Royal Guard was a worthy entry, all I said was that there are so many films in regional languages like Bengali, Telugu, Tamil etc. being made. Since I had not seen any of these movies, how could I have a view on what should/should not be sent?"

Farah quips in a lighter vein, "How can I ever think of criticising Vidhu Vinod Chopra? For that matter, how dare anyone? Don't you all know that he is single handedly responsible for the INVENTION of cinema?"

She adds, "He is also the one who gave break to SIR DAVID LEAN. Otherwise we mere mortals would not have even heard of Mr. Lean or ever see a film. Thanks Vinod for enlightening the world!"