For months there have been rumors of Director Sajid Khan having a soft spot for his 'Himmatwala' actress Tamannaah Bhatia.

The actress will be seen in Sajid's next multi-starrer 'Humshakals' as well. Reports claimed that Sajid was favouring Tamannaah over the film's other actors - Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta. 

However, Sajid has now put an end to all rumors by calling Tamannaah as his sister.

"Of course not; she’s like a younger sister to me. These rumours are very funny and baseless,” said Sajid, adding that Tamannaah is his ‘rakhi ­sister’.

Tamannaah too agreed to the same and said, "Yes, it’s true. I tied a rakhi to Sajid during the shoot of Himmatwala, and I consider him as my elder brother. He treats me like a younger sister and is quite protective of me."