India, Dec. 25 -- Actor Akshaye Khanna has been enjoying a fresh wave of acclaim for his chilling turn as the ruthless Rehman Dakait in Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar. Now, the film's costume designer Smriti Chauhan has revealed that the actor was deeply involved in shaping his character's appearance and even rejected his look initially.

Costume designer Smriti Chauhan spoke about working on Aditya Dhar's spy thriller in the latest episode of Unfolding Talents (UT) on Digital Commentary channel on YouTube.

Chauhan shared that the original plan was to dress Akshaye in pathanis. However, the actor had other ideas and suggested mixing it up by having his character also sport kurta-and-jeans ensembles in the film.

"We gave him kurta-jeans as wel...