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Producer Recalls Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty Nearly Married
Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty once had a serious relationship.
They became close after acting together in a 1994 movie.
A filmmaker says they were almost ready to get married.
Akshay later married Twinkle Khanna.
In the late 1990s, many of Akshay’s films did poorly.
Producers reportedly became unwilling to make films with him.
Suneel Darshan’s movie Jaanwar helped change Akshay’s career.
Darshan said the film became an important turning point for the actor.
Filmmaker Suneel Darshan said Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty were nearly married before Akshay married Twinkle Khanna.
Akshay and Shilpa reportedly grew close after working together in Main Khiladi Tu Anari in 1994.
The actors also starred together in Darshan’s 1999 film Jaanwar.
Darshan described Jaanwar as a major career revival for Akshay after a string of late-1990s flops.
He said producers had stopped backing Akshay’s films because they lacked saleability and marketability.
- Who
- Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Twinkle Khanna, and filmmaker Suneel Darshan.
- What
- Darshan recalled Akshay and Shilpa’s near-marriage and discussed Akshay’s career slump and revival.
- Where
- When
- Their relationship developed after 1994; Jaanwar was released in 1999; Darshan made the remarks in a recent interview.
- Why
- Darshan said Jaanwar revived Akshay’s career after producers stopped backing his films because of poor saleability and marketability.
Key facts
- Interviewee
- Filmmaker Suneel Darshan
- Interview outlet
- Minutes Of Masala
- Akshay-Shilpa film
- Main Khiladi Tu Anari, released in 1994
- Career-revival film
- Jaanwar, released in 1999
- Career difficulty
- Akshay experienced a string of flops in the late 1990s
- Producer reaction
- Darshan said producers stopped producing Akshay’s films because they saw little saleability and marketability
- Later marriage
- Akshay Kumar married Twinkle Khanna
Quotes
Suneel Darshan
Filmmaker who directed Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty in Jaanwar
“Producers had stopped producing Akshay’s films after a point in time, because there was no saleability and marketability”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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