Bangalore, July 20 - Punjabi girl Pooja Gandhi, who is one of the leading actresses in the south Indian film industry, is courting controversy for giving importance to Kannada movie 'Minugu' over 'Iniya' due to non-payment. But she has rubbished the reports calling them baseless.

'It's a separate issue. It's a fact that I have not yet been paid my dues. I had also spoken to ('Iniya' producer) Shylendra Babu about it and he had promised to settle the issue before the release of the film,' Pooja told IANS.

Rumours started floating when Pooja attended the audio release function of 'Minugu' and skipped 'Iniya' music release event.

'But it has nothing to do with my absence at the audio release function of 'Iniya'. I don't make an issue of small things and miss events that are supposed to promote my own films. If I had carried unpleasantness about the remuneration issue, why would I have gone to the television programme to promote the film on the same day?'

Pooja says she has been participating in all the promotional programmes of 'Iniya' including press meets organised during shooting.