Akshay, Paresh not comfortable with Madhur Bhandarkar

Producer Feroz Nadiawala doesn’t believe in the adage there is no smoke without fire. Ever since reports of fallout with director Madhur Bhandarkar during the making of Aan started, Nadiadwala’s been trying to set the record straight. “I don’t understand where these rumours are coming from,” says the exasperated producer. According to the grapevine, Bhandarkar was very rarely present on the sets of Aan, actors like Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal didn’t listen to him and that a complete fight sequence was shot in the Middle East without the National Award winning director. “I take all the orders from Madhur so there is no way that my actors wouldn’t. Also, 95 per cent of the film is complete, so how would that have been possible without Madhur,” he asks. The Chandni Bar director is just as shocked as his producer. “I don’t understand this rumour. How could we be fighting when we are already planning our next film,” wonders Bhandarkar. But, they must have had some disagreements so start these rumours. “Yes, we did have minor disagreements but which creative process is complete without one,” retorts Nadiadwala. Point taken.