Twinkle Khanna: Akshay Kumar Was Not The First Choice For Padman

After bringing out a powerful superhero trailer, the makers of Padman launched the first song Aaj Se Teri today at an event.

The event was graced by Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Radhika Apte, R Balki, Prernaa Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Amit Trivedi and Gauri Shinde.

Before releasing the song for the fans, the makers showed it to the media persons. We must say the song Aaj Se Teri is a beautiful song with some meaningful lyrics. Soon after the song was showcased, the forum was open for the media interaction. Before opening the house for the media, the host invited all the team members on the stage and asked Twinkle if Akshay was the first choice for Padman when the idea was conceptualized. She said, “No! Actually, Balki convinced me that Akshay should play this role (Laughs).”

Further when a journalist asked Mrs. Funny bones about choosing R Balki for making this film and if she had someone else in her mind. She said that Balki was the only name that she thought was apt for this film. She said, “So once I came across Muruganantham’s story and we decided that in order to reach across states and religions, there are only two things which work in this country- one is cricket and the other Cinema. Now, cricketers have their own pads and they are busy with that (laughs), so we needed cinema. And there was only one name which actually came to my mind, there were no other contenders, there was just Balki. I have seen a lot of his films and I feel that he is a sensitive filmmaker, he understands women because of his wonderful wife Gauri Shinde whom I admire and I think she is a good influence on him (laughs). And I thought that there wasn’t anyone else as apt as Balki.”