Akshay
Kumar's
stint
as
a
deejay
at
a
suburban
club
in
Mumbai
on
Saturday
night
nearly
ended
in
disaster.
The
star
who
was
out
to
have
fun
at
the
club
playing
his
favourite
songs
from
the
1970s,
ended
up
with
injuries
in
his
arms
legs
and
back.
Mob
fury
beat
down
on
Akshay,
his
co-star
Aditya
Roy
Kapoor
and
director
Vipul
Shah
when
youngsters
were
not
allowed
to
enter
the
jam-packed
club.
They
vented
their
fury
on
the
club-lobby,
shattering
the
glass
cases
and
breaking
the
furniture
as
Akshay
and
his
team
tried
to
make
their
get-away
from
the
back
entrance.
But
to
no
avail.
There
were
people
jamming
the
backdoor
too.
Akshay,
Vipul
and
Aditya
had
no
choice
but
to
push
their
way
through
the
relatively
smaller
melee
at
the
backdoor.
In
the
bustle
Akshay
was
injured.
Shudders
Vipul,
"It
was
a
nightmare.
It
took
us
a
good
half
an
hour
to
make
our
way
from
the
back
entrance
to
Akshay's
car.
By
then
the
damage
was
done."
Akshay
has
forbidden
his
colleagues
who
were
with
him
on
Saturday
evening
from
talking
about
his
injuries.
"Achcha
nahin
lagta.
They
were
well-meaning
fans," Akshay
reasons.
To
recap
to
Saturday
evening,
Akshay
Kumar
and
Aishwarya
Bachchan
were
supposed
to
act
as
deejays
on
Saturday
night
at
the
club
Polyster.
Aishwarya
couldn't
make
it.
So
Akshay
braved
the
club
armed
with
his
favourite
1970s
tracks
including
John
Travolta's
Saturday
Night
Fever,
'Jai
Jai
Shiv
Shankar'
(Aap
Ki
Kasam),
'La
Bamba'
and
'Tum
Kya
Jaano'
(Hum
Kissise
Kam
Nahin).
Akshay
was
supposed
to
zip
into
the
club,
spend
20
minutes
DJing
and
leave
quickly
before
the
crowds
started
swelling.
He
was
in
the
club
as
part
of
a
promotion
for
his
new
film
Action
Replayy.
But
Akshay
got
greedy.
Says
Vipul,
"Akshay
really
began
enjoying
himself.
Instead
of
20
minutes,
he
stayed
a
good
45
minutes.
By
then
the
word
had
spread
around
the
club
that
Akshay
Kumar
was
the
deejay
of
the
evening.
The
club
could
hold
around
400
people.
We
expected
an
additional
500
people."
Within
half
an
hour
the
crowd
increased,
with
people
trying
to
get
into
the
Club.
Shudders
Vipul,
"The
door
of
the
club
had
to
be
shut.
Those
who
couldn't
get
in
got
restless
and
angry.
They
started
breaking
all
the
glass
and
furniture.
We
fled
through
the
backdoor.
But
not
before
facing
the
mob
at
the
back
entrance."
Looking
back
Vipul
sighs,
"Thank
God
Aishwarya
couldn't
make
it.
I
can't
begin
to
imagine
what
would've
happened
if
she
was
present."
Says
Akshay,
"Hota
hai.
It
was
good
fun.
I
got
to
play
my
favourite
John
Travolta
track.
It's
a
pity
my
event
with
John
didn't
materialize.
I
was
out
of
town
when
he
was
in
Mumbai.
And
when
I
returned
he
had
left
Mumbai."
Story first published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 17:47 [IST]