Akki’s Big Ego!!(with Saif)

Akshay Kumar, the martial art specialist of bollywood, is finding it tough to shoot with Saif Ali Khan on the basis of equality in Yash Raj Films' ' Tashan' and the buzz doing the rounds in the industry is that the two stars are not even on talking terms on the sets of the film. Akshay has been finding it very hard to digest that Saif Ali Khan has been given the equal screen space with him in the forthcoming Yash Raj flick.

As an insider from the unit of Tashan reveals, ' He could not believe Saif would have equal billing with him. Akshay thinks sharing the same screen time with his junior is a bit too much. Adi is very strict about disclosing the look of an actor in his film, but Akshay went ahead and did a photo shoot without informing him. Not one to left behind, Saif too did a magazine shoot in his new look and this did not go well with Adi. However, he could not do much because both actors are big stars.'

The director Vijay Krishna Acharya is fed up with the tantrums of the two stars on the sets of Tashan and Akki's ego is creating problems for the smooth functioning of the unit. In fact, Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan have worked together several times in films like ' Main Khiladi, Tu Anadi' etc, but during those times Saif Ali was content with playing second fiddle to Akki and did not demand equal footing.

But after Saif Ali's films became hit on its own like ' Hum Tum', the ground reality changed and Saif is no longer ready to play the second fiddle to Akshay. Hence, Yashraj had to give equal footing to him in Tashan, but Akki do not want to read writing on the wall.

Seems the success of Namastey London has gone to Akki's head and he has adopted the policy of I, me and myself…, no??.......Saif is a rising star and Akki seems to be finding it hard to reconcile with the fact, what say??

—K K Rai
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