Overview
- In an interview with Bollywood Thikana reported on December 5, Suneel Darshan says Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty were close to marrying in the 1990s.
- He claims the relationship ended after Shetty’s parents set terms he characterizes as seeking “security of all kinds,” which he says he felt was wrong.
- Darshan places the breakup around the time of Ek Rishta and says Kumar “was not heartbroken” then.
- He recalls hearing an astrologer linked to Rajesh Khanna predict Kumar would marry Twinkle Khanna, presenting it as a coincidence rather than proof.
- The outlets report no public response from Kumar or Shetty to Darshan’s account, noting that Kumar married Twinkle Khanna in 2001 and Shetty married Raj Kundra in 2009.