Farah Khan has been garnering tremendous media attention ever since she began making her third film Tees Maar Khan. The film came into the eye of a storm when she cast Akshay Kumar, and not her buddy Shah Rukh Khan in the film.
But besides that, there was a further twist to the tale when Farah brought Akshaye Khanna into the film. It was quite a coup. Coincidentally, Raj Kumar Santoshi had also attempted to bring Akshay and Akshaye Kumar together in Khakee (2004) but had to settle for Tusshar in place of Akshaye.
Now that Tees Maar Khan is inching towards a December release, we asked the ever reticent Akshaye Khanna about his role in Farah’s film. He declared in a matter-of-fact tone, “I have a guest appearance in Tees Maar Khan. I shot for 11 hectic days for the film.”
But on probing Akshaye, he revealed his motivation behind doing the film, “I have known Farah for years and love her to death. She is mad, she is cracked, her films are cracked. It was great fun working with her.”
Speaking about the experience of working with his namesake, Akshay, he said, “We worked together for the first time. I hope that next time we do proper work with each other. I have known him, but I have not spent much time with him.” The only film Farah had choreographed Akshaye in was the super hit flick Dil Chahta Hai (2001).
BNS