DYK Akshay Kumar Was First Person To Reach When Asin's Daughter Was Born, Kept A Plane On Standby
Akshay Kumar shares a great friendship with Asin and Rahul Sharma. The actor kept a plane on standby to get to Kochi when Asin's daughter was born.
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Former actress Asin Thottumkal began her acting venture with the Malayalam film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka back in 2001. After getting her breakthrough, the actress forayed in the South Indian Film industry garnering appreciation from fans and critics alike. Asin tied the knot with business tycoon Rahul Sharma in 2016. The couple welcomed their daughter Arindam in 2017. Rahul Sharma revealed an interesting detail about Akshay Kumar .
Do You Know Akshay Kumar kept a plane on standby when Asin’s daughter was born?
During Shikhar Dhawan’s chat show Dhawan Karenge, Akshay Kumar was shown a video clip of Asin’s husband Rahul Sharma was played. Rahul recalled the time when Akshay Kumar had put a plane to standby just so he could he rush during Asin’s delivery.
Rahul Sharma said, “When my daughter was about to be born, he kept calling me and saying, tell me when it happens. I said yes of course. When she was born, he was the first person I called and said brother good news and he said fantastic”.
Rahul further said, “He had kept a plane on standby since morning to get there as soon as she was born. Even before my family came, he was the first to come in and this is a memory that I can never forget in my life. When I have to do something in life, I go ahead thinking that you are beside me. I get this strength from you”.
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Akshay Kumar was touched by the heart-warming message and even got emotional. He said, “He is madly in love with his wife, his child. It’s like he treats her like a goddess. We share a deep friendship. Sometimes we don’t speak 2-3 feels, but then we start from the same place again”.
How is Akshay Kumar connected to Asin Thottumkal and Rahul Sharma?
Akshay Kumar is very good friends with Rahul Sharma, who owns Micromax. While Akshay Kumar has worked with Asin in two films Housefull 2 and Khiladi 786. Both the films turned out to be success and brought decent numbers at the box office.
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For the unversed, Akshay Kumar was the one who introduced Asin to Rahul. Soon, after falling in love, the couple got married with the actor by their side.