Mumbai (IANS): Arshad Warsi is irritated with rumours that all is not well between him and Akshaye Khanna, his co-star in Shortkut - The Con Is On.

"I am so surprised that throughout the making of the film there was no (report of a) rift between the two actors. However, just when a film of theirs is round the corner, things start turning sour between them. Someone needs to really explain to me how and where does this actually happen," Arshad told IANS.

Regarding the promotion of Shortkut, the actor clears the air around Akshaye and him not being seen together on a common platform.

"It's all sheer nonsense when people write something or react to grapevine just for the sake of it. The fact is that I was severely jetlagged. I had travelled from New York to Macau and had serious issues with the time zone difference.

"I had an immense headache and couldn't make it for the press event where Akshaye was present. A story was unnecessarily being made out of it when both Akshaye and I knew what was really wrong," he said.