{"id":323247,"date":"2025-12-01T00:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/323247\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T00:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:52:14","slug":"akshay-kumar-was-once-called-kachra-by-filmmakers-reveals-suneel-darshan-recalls-actor-breaking-down-after-producer-insulted-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/323247\/","title":{"rendered":"Akshay Kumar was once called \u2018kachra\u2019 by filmmakers, reveals Suneel Darshan; recalls actor breaking down after producer insulted him |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Akshay Akshay Kumar<\/a> may today be one of Bollywood\u2019s most bankable stars, but his journey to superstardom was paved with setbacks, self-doubt, and harsh criticism. Filmmaker Suneel Darshan has now opened up about the phase in the late \u201990s when Akshay faced a major career slump, with back-to-back flops and producers refusing to back him.Speaking to Bollywood Thikana, Darshan recalled the period around the making of Jaanwar and how the actor was written off by the industry. \u201cDuring Jaanwar, Akshay had grown very close to me. He had a phase where he was rejected and ridiculed. Big filmmakers of today held on to an opinion at that time that Akshay was kachra or rubbish. He was not looked up to. At that time Dhadkan was put on hold, Hera Pheri had gotten shelved, and I presume none of his films were doing well. So the films were not moving forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Akshay Kumar broke down after producer insulted him<\/p>\n

Darshan also revealed a painful episode when Akshay broke down in his office after being mistreated by a producer. \u201cThere was a film that came before us. One day, Akshay came to my office, and he was very upset. He was in tears and confessed that he went to the producer; the film was supposed to be released on Friday, and not a single poster was up for it. The producer spoke to him very rudely and said heartbreaking things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jaanwar\u2019s massive success in the North revived Akshay\u2019s sinking career<\/p>\n

The filmmaker immediately stepped in to lift Akshay\u2019s morale during what he described as a \u201cvulnerable\u201d period. \u201cAt that time, Rahul Nanda was our designer. I told him to book the most expensive site on Juhu Circle and put up Jaanwar\u2019s hoarding with only Akshay on it. Our film was close to release, and we didn\u2019t want Akshay\u2019s morale to break because that would affect me. We did that,\u201d Darshan said.While Jaanwar opened to a lukewarm response in Mumbai, it went on to perform exceptionally well in the North. \u201cJaanwar released, and initially in Mumbai, its response was lukewarm, but it took a phenomenal start in UP, and in Bihar, it was an all-time hit. Jaanwar gave a huge comeback to Akshay,\u201d Darshan added.Today, Akshay Kumar stands tall as one of Indian cinema\u2019s top stars, with numerous blockbusters to his name. His upcoming slate is equally packed, featuring three Priyadarshan films, Hera Pheri 3, Bhoot Bangla, Haiwaan, and Ahmed Khan\u2019s Welcome to the Jungle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Akshay Kumar may today be one of Bollywood\u2019s most bankable stars, but his journey to superstardom was paved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[4951,165162,165156,165158,165161,165163,165164,165159,165160,88,206,165157],"class_list":{"0":"post-323247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshay-kumar","9":"tag-akshay-kumar-called-kachra","10":"tag-akshay-kumar-career-challenges","11":"tag-akshay-kumar-emotional-moment","12":"tag-akshay-kumar-flops","13":"tag-akshay-kumar-insulted","14":"tag-akshay-kumar-misbehaved","15":"tag-akshay-kumar-recent-films","16":"tag-akshay-kumar-setbacks","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-movies","19":"tag-suneel-darshan-jaanwar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}