India, July 26 -- Did you know late star Sridevi also acted with Akshay Kumar once? It was in a movie Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahi. It was shot in the early 90s but hit multiple roadblocks during production and finally released in 2004, which the public declared stale on arrival. In a new interview with Friday Talkies, director Pankaj Parashar has revealed what exactly led to all those delays and why filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma was also to blame.

He said that RGV was trying to get Sridevi to lose weight for the movie. "Ek film aur aayi thi sir meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin woh kaafi lambe samay tak hold hui. Maine kya bola, har picture ki janampatri hoti hai (Another film of mine had come out, Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin - it was held up for quite a lo...