Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty shared a close romantic bond in the 1990s, but the couple parted ways a few years later. In a new interview, Akshay’s longtime collaborator, filmmaker Suneel Darshan, shared that Shilpa and Akshay were on the verge of getting married, but Shilpa’s parents had a few terms and conditions before they could bless the couple’s union. Suneel implied that their demands were not met, which probably became another reason for the couple’s breakup.

Suneel, in a chat with Bollywood Thikana, shared that the two were a “good looking couple” but “destiny has its own plans.” Suneel said that he had previously heard that an astrologer close to Twinkle Khanna’s father, Rajesh Khanna, had predicted that Akshay and Twinkle would get married but at the time, Suneel did not

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