Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar face-to-face

When both actors are A-listers and are scheduled to perform at the same time for the same event, there is bound to be some amount of friction and this is what exactly happened at an awards night recently. Actors Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, who are both extremely busy and shooting round the clock, were scheduled to perform at the Balaji awards at the same time slot and juggling both their timings apparently became a slight issue. There was only one crew to pre-shoot their performances and since both of them were busy promoting their films, neither had another time slot.

While both actors didn’t have any other time slots, the organisers of the event had to shift either of the performances to shoot after the show. Saif, who flew in to town from another city, was apparently gracious enough to shoot the night before and Akshay, who had already informed that he wouldn’t be able to attend the live event, shot his portions on the same day that the event got over. They both practiced their parts and performed within four hours. Though it was difficult to accommodate the two of them, they finally sorted it out.

A source from the awards function reveals, “We were faced with a peculiar puzzle, to fit in the same shoot timings for Akshay and Saif’s acts. Due to their tight schedules, Saif was promoting his film and Akshay was shooting non-stop. We were trying to figure out the best way to accommodate their timings and not look like we’re giving preference to either of them as we also had to manage a live event. But finally it all fell in place with Saif pre-shooting his act at 2 am after he returned from his film promotion and Akshay post shooting it on D-Day, immediately after the event."