The fight between Akshay Kumar and his father-in-law

The fight between Akshay Kumar and his father-in-law and yesteryear superstar Rajesh Khanna seems to have created fissures in the Khanna ‘khandaan’. For those who tuned in late, Akshay Kumar is married to Rajesh Khanna’s elder daughter, Twinkle.

Akshay was keen on acquiring Rajesh Khanna’s famous bungalow, Aashirwad on Carter Road in Bandra. He was, in fact, planning to move it off to builder Vicky Oberoi (married to Gayatri Joshi of ‘Swades’ fame) to redevelop it and construct a huge building in its place. But Kaka is in no mood to part with his multicrore property, though at one point he was even toying with the idea of settling down in Delhi to further his political career.

However, whenever the media has queried them about the strain in their relationship, both ‘sasur’ and ‘damaad’ have maintained that there’s no such rift between them. We tried to speak to Rajesh Khanna, who was busy shooting for ‘Raghukul Reet Sada Chali Aayi’ in Andheri, but as expected he refused that there was any bad blood between him and Akshay. "There is nothing of that sort between us," he said. But he also added, "I love my grandson way too much and Twinkle and Akshay know about it." Before we could ask him what he actually indicated by that statement, he hung up.

Now with Khanna’s persistent denial to let go off his place, it does seem that the fight may spill on to the streets. It’s learnt that Khanna has also given an ultimatum now stating that if the house has to be taken over, it should be only after his death. But for a stubborn father-in-law, Akshay would have also owned a plush bungalow in the posh locales of Bandra ala Salman Khan and arch rival Shah Rukh Khan. But then, not all things can be bought with money. Yeah, Akki?

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