‘Hera Pheri’ and ‘Dhadkan’ were halted midway due to Akshay Kumar’s string of flops, reveals Suneel Darshan: ‘No distributor wanted to touch his films’ | Hindi Movie News

Suneel Darshan is a well-known producer-director known for movies like ‘Mere Jeevan Saathi’, ‘Barsaath’, ‘Jaanwar’ among others. He’s worked with Akshay Kumar in many movies and shares a close association with him. In a recent interview, Darshan has reflected on the time when the ‘Khiladi‘ star had a string of flops and nobody wanted to really work with him. Infact, some of his films which had gone on floors also had come to a halt due to this.
In an interview, Suneel Darshan said that despite his flops, he cast Akshay because there was something about him which impressed him.His punctuality and dedication was also one of the major reasons for that. He said in an interview with Friday Talkies, “There was a problem. He had had many flops during that time and many of his prominent films had been halted midway. Like Hera Pheri, the film was shot 90 percent and then it was blocked. Dhadkan, four reels were made but it was also halted.”
He further added how no distributor wanted to touch his movies. “I signed Akshay and I told him that work will only happen on my terms.” He then cast Karisma Kapoor opposite him. “I told Karisma that there will be two problems. One is that I won’t be able to pay you as much money as you get from others. And the second thing is that Akshay is the hero. She said no problem, you company is our company. Her mom Babita also said that we would love to keep working with you,” said the film-maker.
Suneel strongly felt, “The man who was a liability for everyone, I knew he would be my asset.”