India, Jan. 12 -- Bollywood actor Akshaye Khanna has been dominating headlines since the past one month, ever since his film Dhurandhar arrived in theatres. After his versatile performance as Rehman Dakait in the Aditya Dhar film, fans eagerly waited for his next. But the internet was shocked to learn that Akshaye had walked out of Ajay devgn-starrer Drishyam 3. Producer Kumar Mangat confirmed that Jaideep Ahlawat had replaced Akshaye and claimed that success had gone to the latter's head. Well, filmmaker Priyadarshan has now revealed how he was discouraged from working with Akshaye years ago.

Akshaye Khanna and Priyadarshan have worked together in several films, such as Hungama (2003) and Hulchul (2004). Talking about the actor in a rec...