The ultimate Khiladi of the tinsel town, Akshay Kumar has been raining in crores with his films off late. But at a time when Akshay made his somewhat muscular foray into the silver screen, he was rubbed off the list as an actor with no talent. While the Khans had gone past ahead of him by miles, Akshay seemed difficult to pace it up to the ruling clans. But with some definitive films and some great commercial success in the mid 2000s, Akshay reached the pinnacle of his career shunning all his critics. But what remained was the Controversial tag that haunts him till date.
The real life Casanova has always been in news for his alleged closeness to his heroines, his long lost relationships and recent tiffs. Let’s go for a brief recapitulation!
Akshay Kumar-Raveena Tandon break up
It was the mast mast girl Raveena Tandon who got head over heels in love of Khiladi Kumar during the filming of Mohra. While they went Tip tip barsa pani in the sensuous avatar, they set the screen scorching for more. Eyeballs were rolling and the couple instantly grabbed limelight when they came out open with their relationship. Akshay who broke up with Pooja Batra expressed his love for his then favorite co-star Ravishing Ravs. But little did they know, that the khush mizaj Akki would soon turn his boat to another shore, but when the Shetty Jetty anchored the actor, he was floored. Dumping Raveena, who was left in pain and an almost lost career, he moved on top Shilpa Shetty!
Akshay-Shilpa raunchy stories afloat
Post his public break up with ex Raveena, Akki soon started dating Shilpa, who according to him was one of the most beautiful actresses in the industry. The chemistry between them took off to new heights with both of them signing Main Khiladi Tu Anari together, crooning on to the lovely and yet so remembered Churake Dil Mera number. But little had Shilpa even expected facing the same Fate as Raveena and suffered a huge bolt by a not so twinkling Twinkle Khanna! While he got serious with Twinkle, Shilpa was left with a life battered and a career on a decline. Few years back, a British tabloid also allegedly revealed raunchy stories about the couple’s intimate sex life and Shilpa’s first sex with the Bollywood hunk! Matters worsened as both of them were left as mere puppets to mockery and embarrassment.
The intimate Full Monty scene with Rekha
While Akki and Raveena were still into a very established and strong relationship, it was during the Khiladiyon ka Khiladi shoot that Rekha apparently tried being too intimate with Akshay. A particular song featured Akki and Rekha in risqué avatars when they decided to go Full Monty behind a toilet’s closed door! The song brought in lot of speculations and left Raveena absconding and fuming at the legendary actress for her growing closeness to a much younger Akshay Kumar.
The legal feud for ‘Unbuttoning’ his pants at a fashion show
Akki, who has been the face of Levi’s was all set to launch the ‘Unbuttoned’ edition of the clothing brand and at fashion show, he asked his wife Twinkle to unbutton his pant publicly on the ramp. Rest as you know is history. A legal case was issued against the couple for promoting obscenity and vulgarity through their behaviour, which was condemned by most organizations. A case though very ‘weak in law’ did gain momentum, much due to the brand Akshay that got involved with it.
The Shirish Kunder spat
From taunting the Badshah to pissing the Khiladi and getting ousted from Dabangg Khan’s next. This director has always been in news for wrong reasons. A film maker whose films have regularly bombed at the box office, he also faced serious coordinating issues with Akshay while filming and promoting his no-brainer Joker. Akki on the other hand turned completely deaf and blind towards promoting Kunder’s Joker, much due to the brewing tiff between the actor and the director. Disputes over the film being visually fit and converted to 3D and the alleged editing issues led to fallout between the two where our Mr. Khiladi decided to never pair up with Kunder and his wife Farah Khan on screen ever again.
The controversy with the use of ‘786’ in ‘Khiladi no 786’:
The trailer of his much awaited action comedy had brought in a sea of cheers form his ardent fans but it hurt the sentiments of few Muslim communities who are religiously connected with the 786 number. While the number it itself has a religious connotation, the makers were asked to remove the number from the film’s title. After a lot of hullabaloo, it was finally changed to Khiladi no 786 from Khiladi 786 as Akki felt it would not be a fair move to change the entire title of their film, with the trailer already being released. To avoid negative reviews, Akki complied with the change and hoardings were immediately changed henceforth!
With the Khiladi Kumar raking in the moolah with each film every year, and being the first actor to cross the 2000 crore mark, it would be noteworthy of him to shoo away controversies from his life, only if that helps him in any case!
