Akshaye Khanna was 'not nice on set,' stayed irritable over hair loss, reveals Farah Khan

Akshaye Khanna is getting the attention he deserves from his role in Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’. With more eyes on him now, people are watching his funny and real acting in Farah Khan’s crazy movie ‘Tees Maar Khan’ again. It failed at the box office when it came out, but over time it became a fan favorite and part of pop culture. Social media clips of his scenes often tag Farah, and she praises him there. But she recently said their early work together was tough, she even skipped projects with him back then.

Farah Khan traumatised after working with Akshaye Khanna

On Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, Farah Khan shared: “In the ’90s, I did a couple of movies with Akshaye, and after that I was traumatised. Because he used to be a different person. Yes, introverted, but not a nice person on set. Whenever I heard that Akshaye Khanna was in a film, I used to say, ‘I don’t have the dates.’” She added that the actor was dealing with hair loss at the time, which kept him in a bad mood.

Akshaye Khanna irritable over hair loss

“I think at that time he himself had said that he was losing his hair. He was constantly irritable. He used to throw things and say, ‘What kind of dialogue is this?’ He used to be that kind of person.” But Farah noted her view shifted during their work on Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. She couldn’t turn it down since it was her cousin Farhan’s first time directing.

Akshaye Khanna changes after ‘Dil Chahta Hai’

She shared, “He had completely changed by then. He had reconciled with his hair. In ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, he became very chill. Before that, if there was water or rain in a scene, he would always wear a cap, like see every rain song of his, such as in Taal. But after Dil Chahta Hai, something changed. And he is a brilliant dancer, if you watch ‘Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe,’ he is dancing better than Aamir and Saif.”

Farah Khan praises Akshaye Khanna today

Farah noted that they now enjoy a great bond. She even rang up Akshaye Khanna right after seeing Dhurandhar to praise him. “I called him and then I went to his Alibag house. What I like about him is that he is not about the fluff, he is about the work. He enjoys acting.”

Akshaye Khanna gets ‘Tees Maar Khan’ role

During the chat, Farah also disclosed that Aatish Kapoor’s part in ‘Tees Maar Khan’, which Akshaye took on, had been passed up by others first. “Many people said no to that role. First Sharman Joshi turned it down because he was doing Ferrari Ki Sawaari at the time. And Akshaye Khanna was the last person you would think of for that role because it’s such a zany, cracked comedy, he had to go completely hamming.”

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