Mallika's item number was not needed in 'Tezz': Priyadarshan

u00a0 quotI never wanted the item song in the film but the producers Ratan Jain of Venus said we are a musical company and hence it came in the film They went ahead with it and producers naturally are always right as they spend money all the time I did not want to do it so they shot it without me but that is finequot Priyadarshan saidu00a0 u00a0 Mallika Sherawat in the item number Laila in 39Tezz39 quotThe song in 39Tezz39 is not needed It is placed without any connection But such things they do for promotions and that is what they mean 39Tezz39 is not a musical film it is an action film so they feel item songs and all are important for promotion So I don39t know whether they are right or mequot he saidu00a0 u00a0 Mallika is seen grooving in a copper outfit to the item number sung by Sunidhi Chauhan choreographed by Ganesh Acharya and composed by music duo SajidWajid Reportedly three names had cropped for this song Mallika Sherawat Sameera Reddy and Jiah Khanu00a0 u00a0 The filmmaker insists he is not against the idea of having item numbers in a film but all he says is there must be reason for it to be part of the movie quotI am basically against item songs which are put in the film without any reason I have also shot item numbers but only when it is neededu00a0 u00a0 It should go with the film and it should not stand separately without any connection with the moviequot he said With 39Tezz39 Priyan has for first time dabbled in genre of actionthrillersu00a0 u00a0 quotI made a thriller because this is something I have never done before And that is basically because I believe in all kinds of cinema If you like every kind of cinema then you can make every kind of cinema I know I took some time to make a thriller but it never struck me But I really wanted to do a thriller like Hollywood stylequot the director saidu00a0 u00a0 quotAnd to make a thriller of Hollywood stature requires good budget right subject and now everything came in place That is why I did it I was very happy when Ramu Ram Gopal Varma said I am seeing a Hindi film which looks like an English film so it is a good compliment coming from my competitorcolleaguequot he saidu00a0 u00a0 39Tezz39 stars Ajay Devgn Anil Kapoor Boman Irani Kangna Ranaut Zayed Khan Sameera Reddy and Mohanlal The film took quite some time to release as it was earlier scheduled to hit cinema houses last year and then in March this year Now it will screens on April 27u00a0 u00a0 quotThere was a delay because we had so much of graphic work and other technical things to do I never took so much of time in my whole career to make a film But this film took almost oneandhalfyear there were lot of difficultiesu00a0 u00a0 The action was difficult then we were working with foreign crew so we had two teams they are too slow to work and we are too fast But it was a great experience I could learn many things from themquot Priyadarshan saidu00a0 u00a0 The highfi action sequences in the film are directed by Gareth Milne and Peter Pedrero who are also behind the stunts of films like 39Harry Potter39 When asked if the filmmaker ever thought of making it in 3D pat comes the reply quotNo I don t think 39Tezz39 demands to be made in 3D It is a fast pace actionthrilleru00a0 u00a0 Even in Hollywood they don39t make all films in 3D they make only those which they feel will get right impact 39Tezz39 is not a right film The thought of making or converting some portions of the film in 3D never came to my mind When a film is fast paced the effect of 3D does not go with itquotu00a0 u00a0 Priyadarshan who has made several South Indian and Hindi films in his career of over three decades is the recipient of the Padma Shri and the National Award quotI have been in the industry for quite some time I have got a National award for my Tamil film 39Kanchivaram39 then this year I got a Padma Shri so now there is nothing new to look for except Oscarsquot he concluded