Akshay Kumar was stressed about Hrithik Roshan being considered for a role over him: Suneel Darshan says actor came crying to him after being disrespected

He added, “The flip broadside of it each was that astatine that constituent successful time, his concern was truthful atrocious that nary distributor wanted to instrumentality up his films. And it was an epoch erstwhile films’ destiny depended connected distributors. So I thought to myself, ‘It’s okay, I volition stake my past penny connected this.’ And I made that movie. By the clip we completed the film, the euphony for it was besides nicely done. I was highly assured astir my movie arsenic it had bully title, music, and subject. I started to beforehand the film.”

Akshay Kumar successful the 1999 movie Jaanwar. (Photo: IMDb)

Suneel recalled, however conscionable days earlier Jaanwar, different movie of the Akshay’s had deed the theatres, but nary selling had been done for it. He shared, “Akshay Kumar came to conscionable maine astatine my office. During those days, helium would travel each time to conscionable me. He was crying. He shared, ‘I conscionable met with the shaper of my film, and asked him wherefore helium didn’t enactment immoderate banners, and helium said, tumhari aukaat nahi hai ki billboard lagaya jaye.’ That time was the archetypal clip I felt nervous. But, I controlled my emotions and thought of doing something. I booked the biggest tract successful Juhu and hired the champion designers successful the business, Rahul Nanda and Himanshu Nanda, and told them to marque a banner with conscionable Akshay Kumar and nary of the starring ladies.”

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Even though it flopped successful Mumbai, the movie went connected to go a immense deed successful Bihar, especially. The movie ran for implicit 100 days successful astatine slightest 25 centers. Jaanwar gained popularity successful selective places. As the movie had received a mixed response, disappointed Akshay Kumar believed Suneel was signing Hrithik Roshan for his adjacent film.

Suneel recalled, “After Jaanwar’s success, Akshay came to me. He said, ‘I heard you are making a movie with Hrithik Roshan’. I was like, ‘Where did you perceive that?’ He said, ‘I heard you met Rakesh Roshan successful his bureau the different day’. I said, ‘I did conscionable him due to the fact that helium called maine to amusement immoderate songs of his son.’ He was like, ‘oh, okay’. Then helium held my manus and asked maine to committedness him that I volition marque 100 films with him.”

Akshay Kumar successful the 1999 movie Jaanwar. (Photo: IMDb)

He added, “He past invited maine to his location for dinner. During that, helium asked maine to narrate the communicative of the movie I would marque adjacent with him. I narrated the communicative of Ek Rishtaa to him. While I sat connected a sofa, helium sat connected the floor, and listened to the story. He had tears successful his eyes aft I completed the story.”

After Jaanwar, Suneel and Akshay collaborated connected films Ek Rishtaa (2001), Talaash: The Hunt Begins (2003), Dosti: Friends Forever (2005), Mere Jeevan Saathi (2006), wherever Suneel directed the films. He besides backed Akshay Kumar’s Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya (2002), and Andaaz (2003) arsenic producer.