Somebody trying to tarnish my image: Arjun Kapoor

Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor saysreports about him being unprofessional on the set of hisupcoming film, "Half Girlfriend" seems like an attempt by toshow him in a bad light. There were reports that the "2 States" star had anargument with the director of the film, Mohit Suri, over theactor’s alleged party bills which ran to Rs 1 lakh per day When asked about this at an event last evening, Arjunsaid, "There is some selfish reason of someone to portray meas unprofessional. Somebody is upset or jealous… "If I was not a professional, that film wouldn’t havefinished by now. My father is known as one of the mostserious, amazing producers. You think being a producer’s son,I will put the other producer in jeopardy and say ‘Yeh lo dedhlakh rupaye ka bill’?" Arjun asked. According to the reports, the 31-year-old actor handed abill of Rs 1 lakh to his producers after partying every nightwhile shooting for the film, which led to argument betweenSuri and him. The movie also stars Shraddha Kapoor. "I would like to answer this question, even though I donot like to reply to ridiculous conversations. I am aproducer’s son. When that outdoor (shoot) was happening inJune, my grandmother was seriously unwell…. You all camelater when she died while I was shooting outdoor," he said. "If I was making bills of Rs 1 lakh after drinking, theremust be seriously something wrong with me and I shouldn’t getjob after this film. I was traveling back and forth everydayfrom Delhi to Mumbai, Mumbai to Delhi, shooting," Arjun said. He did party with the team of the film till 1 am on hisbirthday, but reported for shoot the next morning, he said. "It was my birthday month. I didn’t want to do anything.But Balaji (production house) said they want to throw a party.We partied till 1 am, celebrated birthday, cut the cake…Then, we all reached for shooting at 7 in the morning. "You can go and crosscheck it with Delhi Hyatt, where weshot the film," the star said. PTI JUR KRKSHDRDS