MUMBAI: Actor Akshay Kumar, who is all set to be seen in 'Bhoot Bangla', has revealed an unknown fact about his superhit film ‘Hera Pheri’ and his character Raju.
In an exclusive conversation with IANS, ahead of the release of his film ‘Bhoot Bangla’ Akshay Kumar and director Priyadarshan spoke about their long association, about horror-comedy genre, about ‘Dhurandhar-2’ and more.
When asked about Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar’s association and how it started with the film 'Hera Pheri', Priyadarshan said, “I was telling him about the role. It was a natural hero–heroine concept, and when I narrated the whole thing, he said, ‘I don’t want this. I will play the other guy.’”
Further clarifying, Akshay Kumar added, “Actually, he wanted me to play Shyam’s role because there was a heroine opposite him and everything was there.”