Here is the shocker of the year! The leading actor of director Farah Khan's next film is not Shah Rukh Khan. It is Akshay Kumar. Titled
Tees Maar Khan (TMK), the film is a joint production
between the actor's Hari Om Productions and her company (owned jointly with husband Shirish Kunder) Three's Company.
This casting is interesting because Farah is Shah Rukh's rakhi sister and Akshay is his arch-rival. Both her previous films had her mooh-bola-bhai in lead roles. Her third film, Happy New Year was to feature him too but he kept sending her back to the writing boards as he wasn't happy with it. When it became clear that in 2010, SRK would finish Ra1 and Don, she dropped the project and approached Akshay for TMK.
Clearly, there is stress between SRK and Farah. The unwritten rule has been broken. Until now it was understood: If Farah Khan (or Karan Johar) made a film, it would star SRK. But by casting Khan's dushman, she has proved what was only being speculated so far - that all is not well between them. It is believed that the actor was not happy with the script and asked her to rewrite it a few times but she felt these were just delaying tactics and he wanted to start the superhero flick Ra1 and the action-thriller Don 2 before her film.
She felt hurt that he gave her the run-around instead of being direct with her. Things have been brewing beneath the surface for quite some time now. A daily reports that Farah has been missing from most parties at Mannat recently. She has been slowly distancing herself from the clique.