Akshay Kumar: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has faced bad times many times in his career. There have been many times in his life when many of his films were defeated because of one line after another. He was going through the same phase around the end of the 90s. At that time Akshay was not even getting work and 13-14 of his films had flopped continuously. Then Akshay’s career was saved by a film rejected by Sunny Deol.
Akshay Kumar Recently filmmaker Sunil Darshan has talked about that worst phase. Sunil and Akshay have worked together in more than half a dozen films. These days, Sunil, who is promoting his upcoming film ‘Andaz 2’, has discussed about Akshay Kumar with a news portal.
Akshay was not getting work
When Akshay Kumar was giving flop films one after the other, the makers had kept distance from him. No one was ready to give him work. Sunil Darshan said, “He had stopped getting films. When you are already failing, people push you down even more.”
Akshay Kumar and Sunil Darshan
Sunny’s career saved by rejected film
Akshay Kumar then got the support of Sunil Darshan. He had offered the film ‘Jaanwar’ to Akshay. This film was first offered to Sunny Deol and its story was also written keeping him in mind, but he rejected it. Sunil Darshan further praised Akshay’s discipline and looks and said, “He was a very handsome, humble Punjabi boy. He had discipline, he had looks, but the big problem was that he was not marketable. Making a big budget film with someone whom the trade did not trust was a huge risk.”
Akshay-Sunil did 7 films together
Apart from Jaanwar, Akshay and Sunil have worked together in 7 films including Ek Rishta, Andaz, Talaash and Dosti: Friends Forever. Now Akshay is one of the busiest superstars. At present he has about half a dozen films. These include Hera Pheri 3, Haiwaan, Bhoot Bangla and Welcome to the Jungle.
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