Bipasha Basu has denied reports of her engagement to boyfriend Harman Baweja.
The actress said she is in no rush to get married and would rather focus on her acting career.
In an interview with PTI she said: "I respect marriage as an institution. But there is a time for it. I will do it aaram se. I have films to do.
"Besides acting I want to do a lot of other things which I can't talk about now," she added.
Reflecting on her film career, the former model who began acting in 2001 with Ajnabee said she does not feel threatened by the new crop of youngsters in Bollywood.
"I think newcomers are in a different spot today. They have to prove to people and make their place. I have worked opposite a lot of newcomers like John Abraham, Dino Morea, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Grover and others," she explained.
"I don't see newcomers as a threat. I have worked very hard to reach where I am today in my career. I have seen ups and downs and I am still here. Nobody can become Bipasha Basu," she said.
"There is a hunger to do good roles. I don't want to do work just for the heck of it or do work just to be seen. I want to have a good experience and feel happy when I go for a film shoot," she said.
Basu is set to team up again with filmmaker Vikram Bhatt for Alone, in which she stars opposite TV actor Karan Singh Grover.
