"In life, sometimes you don't make commercial decisions, but make human decisions," she added.

Preity admitted the delay affected her financially.

"But I could afford it," she said. "I don't believe that business should be done ruthlessly."

Reacting to rumours that the film didn't have buyers, Preity said: "I will be producing again. I want to do bigger and better things. I hear these rumours from one ear and remove them from the other. I can only hit back by making sure that I do good work."