'Even Rajesh Khanna used placards I think,' says Suneel Darshan as he reacts to reports of Akshay Kumar using a teleprompter to say his dialogues
and producer
Suneel Darshan
shared a long professional association as they did seven movies together. Infact, the producer has said that he gave the actor 'Jaanwar' when nobody else was giving him work and Akshay had promised to do 100 movies with him.
But the duo had a fall out as Akshay backed out of his project because as per Suneel, he did not want to work with Priyanka due to his personal problems. This film in question was 'Barsaat' which later went on to have
Bobby Deol
opposite Priyanka.
In a recent interview, Suneel was asked if its true that Akshay uses teleprompters as per the recent reports. Reacting to it, he said during an interview with Vickey Lalwani, "I think it's good if an actor can memorise his lines but it is difficult.
We managed it earlier because we did lesser work, focused work. But I started experiencing it towards the end of my journey with him. We didn't have teleprompters then but we had placards which he would read from.
It's not the first time an actor did that. I think Rajesh Khanna also did that."
He added further, "But talking about Akshay Kumar. He's not a bad guy firstly. Secondly, he has his good points, you can't deny it. Unfortunately, sometimes, your personal issues are not controllable and they come out. But he's not a bad guy." Suneel hinted that perhaps Akshay's wife
Twinkle Khanna
did not want him to do this film with Priyanka due to rumours of their affair.
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Talking about Akshay backing out of his film, Suneel had said, "Suddenly after asking that person to wait for 18 months for your dates, you one day just say, 'Sorry, I can't be a part of it.' I was shocked. The circumstances had reached such a point where… there were issues,' he explained. The decision was left to the producer. 'The audience, the public, the media did mention of a relationship, which the wife got more of…'
Akshay later tried to make it up to the filmmaker by offering to work on another film instead. But by then, Suneel had already made up his mind, 'He did want to compensate by saying that I did the next film for you. But I did not. I just thought this was unbelievable. Coming from Akshay… your expectations were never too much.'
However, now Suneel holds no grudges and still was all praise for Akshay's discipline and hard work.
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