Lost Love Stories : Akshay Kumar And Shilpa Shetty

Shah Rukh Khan threw her off a terrace and she died, and the rest is history. Shilpa Shetty got labeled as the girl whom Shah Rukh kills in Baazigar where he and Kajol stole the limelight. Little did people pay attention to the girl who danced around with SRK in two popular songs back then (Kitaabein bahot si and Ae mere humsafar) who was dusky, cute and sexy at the same time. Shilpa was an unconventionally tall, hour glass figure girl in Bollywood who wasn’t very attractive because Bollywood was obsessed with fair skin. Shilpa came from a conventional family that let their daughter try her luck at the movies.

Rajiv Bhatia, better known as Akshay Kumar was a quintessential Punjabi boy who was educated abroad and had his own share of struggle in life was 15 films old when he worked with Shilpa Shetty for the first time in Main Khiladi Tu Anari. The sizzling chemistry between this pair broke all records with their insanely popular song Chura Ke Dil Mera which is widely popular even after 22 years!

Their comfort level with each other was too real to be dissed in the public eye. He was a heartthrob and a pleasant change in the era of romantic heroes like the three Khans and actors like Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor who were ruling the roost in the 80s. Bollywood had found a new action hero whose real life was also full of action.

His soaring popularity resulted in a Casanova image around his name and he was linked to Raveena Tandon. Ayesha Julka, Rekha and many other actresses. No one could do action like Khiladi Kumar (as he is still fondly called). With Chura Ke Dil Mera’s stupendous success, Shilpa and he were inseparable.

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The young girl who was two films old had found love in Akshay and she was damn serious about this relationship. According to a popular set of quotes from Akshay’s secret friend, there was a completely committed and filmy love story here.
According to this anonymous friend, “Akki told us that Shilpa was very innocent when they met. She had never kissed a guy and insisted on taking things quite slowly. She loved holding hands and romantic gestures. It came to a point when she felt that she could trust Akshay with everything. When Shilpa decided that Akshay was the man for her, she gave away her virginity to him. She would never have slept with a man if it didn’t come across as serious. After that, she wanted to spend more and more time with Akki. He told us that Shilpa Shetty’s prim and propah nature would soon disappear and would turn out to be quite sensational and crazy in bed.”

While we still don’t know how much of this explicit information is true, there’s conclusive proof that Akshay and Shilpa were going strong and that there was a potential chance of the two tying the knot.

The game of love
Another notion that is popular about this lost love story is the argument that Akshay was two timing with Shilpa and Twinkle while he chose to marry the latter after he did Zulmi with her. Twinkle had clearly told Akshay that if her film Mela will flop, she’ll marry him. Little did anyone know that a flop movie would bring them together at the altar for life. While their married life is still a hit, gossip mills always suggest that Akshay and Shilpa were secretly married and they never accepted it in public. Shilpa was shattered with this curious case of alleged infidelity.

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When Shilpa broke her silence over her relationship with Akshay
“When I was with Akshay, I thought it was the ultimate thing to happen and if it came to an end, I would die. Today, when it no longer exists, I feel relieving. Out of sight is out of the mind. When you love someone and all along, you don’t realize that you are being taken for a ride. I never imagined that Akshay would two-time me and that too all along in our relationship. Akshay used me and dropped me when he found someone else. Now, I share a cordial relationship and I’d like to remain that way. There is no animosity between us.”

In pictures: Akshay and Twinkle's Love Story 

Shilpa’s take on Twinkle
Post their break up while Akshay chose not to speak much about it like he still does, Shilpa’s explosive interview brought a lot of angst into limelight. When asked about being cheated upon, she said, “No, I'm not at all upset with her (Twinkle). What's her fault if my man was cheating on me? There is no point blaming any other woman, it was entirely his fault. Akshay Kumar used me and conveniently dropped me after he found someone else. The only person, I was upset with was him. But I'm sure he'll get it all back.”

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Bigg Boss or Big Bitch?
This platform is one powerhouse of controversies. When Shilpa won Bigg Brother she was seen hinting at the fact that she infact did lose her virginity to Akshay. When Akshay hosted Bigg Boss Season 2, she came on to the show and he said, “Aap toh mere saare stunts jaanti ho (you know all my stunts)”. Shilpa blushed and it ended there.

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Akshay and Shilpa’s equation today: Ex-lovers now business partners
Past has gone. We are looking at our present and the future," said Akshay who is now a business partner in Best Deal TV. Akshay further added, “The answer is really in your question itself. It's the past. Past has gone. We are looking at our present and the future. We are both happy in our present and we are all very excited and looking forward at creating a fantastic future with Best Deal TV. Raj and I have common friends in Canada and Hong Kong. He approached me with this project and I loved the concept.”
While we don’t really see them together at public events, Shilpa is happily married to London based businessman Raj Kundra and they have a son named Viaan.

Akshay is married to Twinkle for 16 years now and the two have a daughter and a son. Twinkle is widely popular for her fun equation with good friend Karan Johar and columns by Mrs. Funnybones. Akshay is ruling the box-office with back to back hits and endless records with his films while Shilpa is absent from the film scene. She’s still remembered for her thumkas in the song Main ayi hoon UP Bihar lootne, but the charm, their magic and the love has vanished for good.

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Akshay was spotted consoling Shilpa at her father's funeral which came across as a healthy gesture. Shilpa still looks stunning and there's no other actress who's as fit as her. Ftiness perhaps was the common worm between the two because Akshay is famous for his fitness regime and disciplined lifestyle. The duo don't look the same anymore, in fact they look a hundred times more charming and fit, just that their charms don't meet, or let's say won't meet. 

If you look at their lost love story from a contemporary perspective, nothing seems wrong in whatever happened. Isn't it better to break off or move on when things aren't going to work out for good? Yes, a love once lost leaves you wounded, but time heals it for everyone, considering both Akshay and Shilpa now have beauitful families of their own and looks like they were never happier! 

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 If this world is a small place, so is the film industry which is a world in it self. There’s a famous Suniel Shetty dialogue from Akshay and Shilpa’s most popular film Dhadkan which kind of sums up their lost love story.

Main tumhe bhool jaon yeh ho nahi sakta ... aur tum mujhe bhool jao yeh main hone nahi doonga

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