{"id":378032,"date":"2026-04-06T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/378032\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:11:11","slug":"ekta-kapoor-was-shocked-when-akshay-kumar-returned-cheque-for-a-failed-film-nobody-has-done-it-in-31-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/378032\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekta Kapoor was shocked when Akshay Kumar returned cheque for a failed film: \u2018Nobody has done it in 31 years\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trailer for Priyadarshan\u2019s upcoming film Bhooth Bangla, starring Akshay in the lead role, was released on Monday. The film, which will hit screens next week, marks the collaboration between the director and actor after many years. At the trailer launch, producer Ekta Kapoor<\/a> said she has been waiting to work with Akshay again for years, revealing that he returned a cheque for a film that failed. (Also Read: Bhooth Bangla trailer: Akshay Kumar, Priyadarshan’s film is \u2018pure nostalgia\u2019; Rajpal Yadav brings back his best lines<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"EktaEkta Kapoor says that she has been waiting to work with Akshay Kumar for years now. (PTI)Ekta Kapoor on Akshay Kumar\u2019s returned cheque<\/p>\n

Ekta has been a producer for years now, but she says she hasn\u2019t seen anybody like Akshay in three decades. Talking about why, she said, \u201cI have wanted to work with Akshay <\/a>sir for many years now. One thing many people don\u2019t know is that he\u2019s the only actor who called me up\u2026our first film didn\u2019t do well. He gave me a cheque and said this is money back for you\u2026you\u2019ve lost money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ekta said that she was shocked when offered the money and added, \u201cI was in shock. Koi nai karta. Mere 31 years mai, kisine nai kari. (Nobody does it. Nobody has done it in 31 years of my career). And to give it so casually\u2026I said no. Please do another film with me. I\u2019ll earn a lot more from that. That film finally happened,\u201d referring to Bhooth Bangla. While Ekta did not name which film Akshay returned the cheque for, the duo had previously worked together in the 2013 film Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!<\/p>\n

About Bhooth Bangla<\/p>\n

Bhooth Bangla is directed by Priyadarshan <\/a>and produced by Akshay Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. It stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Tabu and Wamiqa Gabbi. Akshay and Priyadarshan worked together in films such as Hera Pheri (2000), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), De Dana Dan (2009), and Khatta Meetha (2010) before this.<\/p>\n

Bhooth Bangla<\/a> has dialogues by Rohan Shankar and a story by Aakash Kaushik. It tells the tale of a man who inherits a bungalow only to find out it\u2019s haunted, as is the forest behind it. To add to his woes, he decides to get married in a village where no one else marries because of the fear of an evil entity, Vadhusur. When he attempts to both possess the house and marry, nonetheless, chaos ensues. The horror comedy was supposed to be released in theatres on April 10, but was postponed. It will now hit screens on April 17, with paid previews from 9 PM on April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trailer for Priyadarshan\u2019s upcoming film Bhooth Bangla, starring Akshay in the lead role, was released on Monday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15530,144286,63979,181138,146,85,46,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-378032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshay-kumar","9":"tag-bhooth-bangla","10":"tag-ekta-kapoor","11":"tag-ekta-kapoor-on-akshay-kuma","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}