Choreographer-turned-film-maker FarahKhan seems to have ditched her muse, Bollywood Badshah ShahRukh Khan and has signed Akshay Kumar for her upcomingdirectorial venture.
'Tees Maar Khan' will be produced by Farah and herhusband Shirish Kunder under their banner 'Three's Company PvtLtd' and co-produced by Akshay's 'Hari Om Productions.'
Farah who had Shah Rukh playing the lead in all of herfilms ('Main Hoon Na' and 'Om Shanti Om') said Akshay suitedthe role perfectly.
"Akshay suits the role in 'Tees Mar Khan' perfectly asShirish wrote it with him in mind. It will be a pleasure to beworking with him. He comes under the bracket of the top 3actors in the industry," Farah said at a press conference.
Akshay said that Farah is the best in the business and heis looking forward to work with her.
"Tees Maar Khan is going to be a special film because ithas the best of both worlds. Farah's talent as a director andShirish's story-telling ability. I am very happy to beassociated with this project and I am sure Farah will live upto the title and make this film larger-than-life," Akshaysaid.
Shirish who was initially planning to direct the filmsaid, "When Farah and I formed our production company, wemutually thought it is best that she directs this film while Itake the responsibility of a producer."
"I shared a great rapport with Akshay while working on'Jaan e-mann', and I have been looking forward to work withhim again," Shirish added.
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