Akshay Kumar - Biography - Trivia 2

Akshay Kumar - Biography - Trivia 2

Starred in the shelved film "Dil Ka Saudagar" (1993). Directed by Sunil Agnihotri.

Starred in the shelved movie Prince & Prince International's "Prince" (1995). Starring Akshay Kumar, Monica Bedi (Replaced Manisha Koirala), Suresh Oberoi, Alok Nath, Mohan Joshi, Paresh Rawal. Music by Anand Milind, Directed by Sameer Malkan. Reels: 2.

Starred in the shelved project Rajan Films "Mere Apne"(1993). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar (Replaced Kamal Sadanah),Pooja Bhatt,Zeba Bhaktiar.Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film was going to be a remake of Regarding Henry .

In 1993, there was a announcement of a film titled "Yeh Hain Mumbai Mere Jaan" Starring Akshay Kumar,Ayesha Jhulka and Nana Patekar. The film eventually got shelved. This film is not be confused with the Saif Ali Khan film with the same title that released in 1999.

In 2000,Akshay Kumar signed a untitled film with Raveena Tandon and Aftab Shivdsani. The film got shelved.

Starred in the shelved film "Gehri Chaal" (1993). Directed by Anil Ganguly.

Starred in Yashraj's Untitled Venture in 1994. Starring Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Produced by Yash Chopra, Directed by Manmohan Singh. The film got shelved after it was announced.

Was signed for A.Krishnamurthy's "Aag" in 1991. He was dropped once Saugandh and Dancer flopped. Govinda was then signed.

Starred in the shelved film "Dwarpaal" (1991). Starring Akshay Kumar,Siddharth, Shanti Priya, Harsha, Paresh Rawal, Shahbaaz Khan, Kader Khan,Music by Naresh Sharma. Produced by Ravi Srivastav,Story,Produced,Directed by Pradeep Maini. The film may have eventually been made as "Kayda Kanoon" but with a different producer.

Starred in the shelved movie Suresh Grover's "Chura Lenge Aankhon Se Kaajal" (1992) Starring Akshay Kumar ( Later replaced by Raman Kapoor), Karishma Kapoor ( Later replaced by Raveena Tandon) Music by Bappi Lahiri. Directed by Vijay Anand. Akshay and Karishma were selected by the producer. Vijay Anand saw the rushes of "Deedar" and was not happy with them. Against the producer's better judgment, Vijay Anand replaced Akshay and signed Raman Kapoor ( who had just worked in Dev Anand's Sau Crore) and Raveena Tandon.

Starred in the shelved film "Dus Numbri"(1996) Starring Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Monica Bedi, Directed by David Dhawan.

Rejected Farhan Akhtar's Don. The role was later done by Arjun Rampal.

Offered Sanjay Dutt's role in Shabd.

Signed Mani Shankar's Tango Charlie but later was replaced by Bobby Deol.

Was signed for Phool Aur Kaante but was dropped at the last hour.

Was offered Anaam (1992) but was unable to give the required dates.

Starred in the shelved movie Parath Productions untitled film in 1993. Starring Dilip Kumar,Hema Malini, Vivek Mushran,Manisha Koirala. Directed by Harish Shah Akshay Kumar was signed for the second role but wanted a higher billing than Vivek. Shah Rukh Khan also showed interest in that role. The film finally got shelved.

Starred in I Dream Productions shelved film " Chanakya" starring Amitabh Bachchan,Akshay Kumar. This was in 2004.

Starred in Satish Rajwade's shelved film " Akhand". Co starring Abhishek Bachchan,Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty. Akshay was to play the role of a evil jailer. This was in 2004.

Starred in the shelved film O My Darling (1991). Starring Akshay Kumar,Rajeshwari Sachdev. Music by Jatin Lalit. Directed by Surendra Gupta.

Starred in Rituparno Gosh's shelved film "Rahgeer". Co starring Vidya Balan. The film was to be a remake of Dev Anand's Guide. The problem was Dev Anand did not grant the producers the legal rights to remake the film.

Starred in Rajkumar Santoshi's shelved film "Saamna". Co starring Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Urmila Matondkar, Mahima Chaudhry. Produced by Keshu . It was based on the fake god men of India with Nana Patekar playing a evil swami. This was in 2006.

Starred in the shelved movie Information and Broadcast Ministry and Base Industry Group's "Tatya Tope"(2007). Starring Akshay Kumar in the title role and Deepika Padukone as Rani Laxmibai. Produced by Feroz Nadiadwala and Directed by Vinay Shukla.

Starred in the shelved project Ranjan Films PVT Ltd "Mere Apne"(1993). Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Akshay Kumar (Replaced Kamal Sadanah), Pooja Bhatt(Replaced Zeba Bhaktiar),Ashwini Bhave,Music by Jatin Lalit, Story by Robin Bhatt, Sujit Sen,Javed Siddique. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film was going to be a remake of Regarding Henry .

Akshay Kumar signed the film Apne Dam Par in 1993. He later opted out and was replaced by Irrfan Kamal.

Personal Quotes (3)

Controversies are a package deal in this industry. You just have to understand that and accept it.

I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family. Fourteen years have given me a lot and I can't thank God and the industry enough.

Look at what destiny had in store for me. I married my idol's daughter! I still can't believe it. Who wasn't his fan in the 1970s and 80s? I remember queuing up for hours with parents to watch repeatedly Aradhana, Amar Prem, Kati Patang, Prem Kahani, Aap Ki Kasam, Chhailla Babu, Anurodh, Amardeep and then watching as a teenager in theaters Bandish, Kudrat, Aanchal, Ashanti,Souten, Awaaz, Dharm Aur Qanoon, Maqsad, and many more. These are among my favorite films of all times.