Acting with Akshay is like a master class for Bhumi
SALLU-ARIJIT SPAT SENSELESS CENSOR PAK ARTIST BAN HRITHIK-KANGANA’S ‘LOVE STORY’
AArijit Singh recently claimed that his song Jag Ghoomeya in Sultan was snipped, to which Salman Khan responded that it was the makers’ call to “replace” Arijit’s version with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s. The spat began in 2014 when Arijit’s comment at an award ceremony offended Salman. He later apologised to the actor on Facebook. ctor Bhumi Pednekar (far right) says actor Akshay Kumar (right), is a humble person and a complete entertainer.
“He (Akshay) is amazing. Our shoot is going really well and we have finished quite a bit of the film,” Bhumi said, adding, “Shooting with Akshay is just fantastic. He is so much fun on set. He’s a complete entertainer. He is so humble, down to earth and just so focussed. It’s like a master class every day," she added.
The 27-year-old said that working with the Khiladi star has been an “outstanding experience” for her. “I can easily say that this has been one of the best experiences of Director Karan Johar was lambasted by Raj Thackerayled Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for featuring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The ban came following the Uri attacks. The party warned him of protests if the film hit the screens. Johar said he’d shot the film before the ban, but was eventually asked to ‘donate’ ` 5 crore to the Indian Army Welfare Association for a ‘stressfree’ release. my life,” she added.
However, Bhumi didn’t always feel this way. The actor says the idea of working with Akshay was daunting at first. “The idea of working with him was intimidating. But he is not someone who tries to intimidate...on the contrary, he tries to make you very comfortable and it is not just with his co-stars...it is also with the director, unit and everybody,” she said.
Bhumi and Akshay’s new film, which also features Anupam Kher, is a love story with a satirical flavour that will be released next year. The ban on the Shahid Kapoor-Alia Bhatt starrer Udta Punjab for “excessive swearing and depictions of drug abuse” led to 89 cuts by the Censor Board and a call for deleting references to Punjab, where the movie was set. Producer Anurag Kashyap went to High Court, calling the board chief Pahlaj Nihalani ‘a dictator’. The movie finally released with just one cut. After an alleged affair that began 2013, Hrithik Roshan reportedly wanted Kangana Ranaut ousted from a film. In an interview, she said “why