When Akshay Kumar Revealed That Ajay Devgn Snatched Away ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ From His Hands
Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn are two of the most successful actors of present times and both of them are known for their penchant for pranks and fun antics on sets. Both Akshay and Ajay share a warm relationship and keep sharing banters with each other. Both of them started their careers in the year 1991 – Ajay with ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ and Akshay with ‘Saugandh’. During an interview Akshay had revealed that ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ was supposed to be his debut film but Ajay snatched it away from his hands. He joked “Hum dono ne apna career saath mein hi shuru kiya tha. Aisa shuru kiya tha ki ek hi film ke liye dono lade the. Pehli film jo humari thi, Phool Aur Kaante, jisme pehle main tha phir mujhe dhakka maar ke isne liya.” (We both started our careers together. We, in fact, fought for the same film. I was originally cast in Phool Aur Kaante, but he pushed me out and got the film.)

Ajay Devgn who is a cool cucumber, cited a different story and revealed that when he was offered the film, he wasn’t even ready for it. His father had wanted him to be an actor and at that time he was pursuing his college degree. He revealed : “I would go to college till 11 am, and then work as an assistant director for the whole day. I was really enjoying life, making my own films. Suddenly, I came home one day, and Kuku Kohli (director of Phool Aur Kaante) was just sitting there with my dad. My dad always wanted me to be an actor. Kuku ji told me, ‘I want you to do a film for me.’ I was like, ‘Are you mad, I am just 18 years old, I am enjoying life.’ He insisted and said, ‘No, no, you are doing a film.” He didn’t even want to do the film initially but then went ahead with it and the rest as they say is history.

Finally it did not matter for us because we got both Akshay and Ajay as our favourite stars. So we are not complaining!