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Mumbai: Akshaye Khanna is enthralling the audience with his mind-blowing performance in Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh in the lead. With the success of the film and their characters, fans are busy revisiting the first time Ranveer allegedly met Akshaye. Ranveer turned into a complete fanboy, and the moment was truly a memorable one.
Ranveer met the actor at Rajeev Masand’s 2019 Actors Roundtable. In addition to them, the panel consisted of Shahid Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Vijay Varma. Throughout the discussion, Ranveer seemed intrigued by Akshaye. During the interview, Ranjeev stated, "Akshaye, you're probably the most experienced of the group. You've been making movies for longer than the others have. In fact, you started just when sort of Hindi cinema was going through that really exciting change when there was that whole tectonic change taking place, and Dil Chahta Hai, your film, was in fact the marker.”
Ranveer quickly jumped in for an impromptu rendition of Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut, a popular song from the movie. Ranveer then stated how it changed Bollywood cinema at the time.
“I would totally like to put this on the table — it changed the landscape of Hindi films as the syntax," said the actor.
Rajeev then asked if the makers of Dil Chahta Hai realised the impact they were about to bring about.
“Did you know, though, at the time, that this was something different…that you were doing something different?” asked Rajeev.
Responding to the question, Akshaye stated, "Ya you get the sense of that, definitely. The writing was so good and so fresh and Farhan was just amazing. I think the credit of Dil Chahta Hai goes to him totally. I don't know why he's not made another one.”
Ranveer was then heard remarking, "But what really intrigues me is as an actor stepping into a film like Dil Chahta Hai — something that you could say has never ever been made before, you know, in that cinematic language, yeah, in that syntax.”
Akshaye revealed that he wanted to play Aamir Khan's character in the movie. However, Farhan Akhtar had other plans in mind.
Ranveer and Akshaye are killing it with their performance in the movie Dhurandhar. The film was released on December 5, 2025.
