Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna
Twinkle Khanna once revealed that her late father Rajesh Khanna’s astrologer predicted that she would marry Akshay Kumar even before she knew him. The actress-turned-author said she was surprised when her father told her about this prediction because Akshay’s full name was reportedly mentioned.
Years later, Twinkle and Akshay got married after her film ‘Mela’ flopped at the box office, turning the hilarious promise into one of Bollywood’s most iconic love stories.
Twinkle Khanna recalls the predictions of astrologer Akshay Kumar
In an interview on her Tweak India YouTube channel, Twinkle spoke about an unusual expectation associated with her marriage. She said that Rajesh Khanna’s astrologer told him that she would marry Akshay Kumar.“Before I met my husband, this astrologer (Rajesh Khanna) told him and said, ‘You are going to marry Akshay Kumar.
And I was like, who? Twinkle said.The prediction surprised her as she did not know Akshay at that time. Twinkle, daughter of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, said she does not strongly believe in astrology. She later visited the same mine with her father after her marriage.Twinkle said the astrologer also predicted that she would become a writer, even when she was focusing on fashion and had not written anything for years.
She later became an author and published three books.
Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna’s love story
Akshay and Twinkle first met during a Filmfare shoot in Mumbai. Akshay later recalled, “I met Twinkle for the first time during a photoshoot with Jayesh Seth for Filmfare. I still have that picture. Thank you Filmfare!”Their relationship grew during the filming of ‘International Khiladi’. Twinkle once described her interest in Akshay as a rebound after a failed relationship, and described him as a “six-foot-tall chocolate ice cream”.Akshay proposes to Twinkle, but she tells him that she will only marry him if Mela doesn’t work out. The film failed, and the couple married on January 17, 2001, in a small ceremony attended by about 50 people.They welcomed their son, Aarav, in 2002, and their daughter, Nitara, in 2012. On ‘Koffee With Karan’, Akshay spoke about their bond and said, “We keep discovering new things about each other because we are so different. We are poles apart. Well, isn’t that what makes two people more compatible as a couple? It definitely is!”In an interview with HT, Akshay described Twinkle as his best friend. “Tina (Twinkle) is my best friend. My wife is the best person any man could hope to wake up next to. She picks me up when I fall, puts me down when I fly. She makes me laugh when I’m sad, and moans when I sit idle. Tina is my everything. She is a reality check.”The couple often talked about their differences, their sense of humor, and their direct opinions throughout their long marriage.
