Back
in
1999,
Tanuja
Chandra's
Sangharsh
got
Preity
Zinta
and
Akshay
Kumar
a
lot
of
critical
acclaim
and
helped
Akshay
shrug
off
his
wooden
and
non-actor
image.
Not
many
will
know
that
it
was
rani
mukherjee
who
was
first
considered
for
the
role
but
was
unable
to
do
the
film
for
reasons
not
divulged
and
the
audience
could
not
see
the
on-screen
pairing
of
Rani
and
Akki.
Around
the
same
time
there
was
a
Vikram
Bhatt
project
that
once
again
had
the
proposed
pairing
of
Akshay
and
Rani
but
even
that
did
not
materialize.
However,
after
a
series
of
set-backs
in
the
form
of
Laaga
Chunari
Mein
Daag
and
Thoda
Pyaar
Thoda
Magic,
rani
mukherjee
(once
called
the
Rani
of
Bollywood)
has
expressed
her
desire
to
work
with
Akshay
Kumar,
in
the
hope
of
resurrecting
her
sagging
career.
The
'Khiladi'
has
been
the
main
force
behind
many
a
new
and
successful
heroines
in
Bollywood
(read,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Katrina
Kaif
and
Vidya
Balan).
For
those
who
don't
know,
rani
mukherjee
and
Twinkle
Khanna
(Akshay's
wife)
are
good
friends
in
real
life.
In
fact,
Twinkle
has
even
done
the
interior
decoration
for
Rani's
newly
constructed
office.
The
Akki-Twinkle
couple
meet
Rani
quite
often
and
Twinkle
is
more
than
willing
to
see
the
two
of
them
work
together.
So,
do
not
be
surprised
if
you
see
the
never
before
pair
of
Akki-Rani,
in
the
near
future.
Any
producer
listening?
Story first published: Monday, July 7, 2008, 11:47 [IST]