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The ace chef revealed, “When MasterChef came, we had already done a show and saw what future looked like for it. I was approached (for MasterChef). As soon as the conversation began, I was told that one judge has been signed.” read more
 "'I asked a rupee more than Akshay Kumar and they said...'")
Akshay Kumar was one of the judges of Masterchef India season one that aired in 2010. In an interview with Siddharth Kanan, ace chef Sanjeev Kapoor revealed he was approached too but how the makers dropped him.
He said, “When MasterChef came, we had already done a show and saw what future looked like for it. I was approached (for MasterChef). As soon as the conversation began, I was told that one judge has been signed. At that time, (I was told) there was no one bigger than Sanjeev Kapoor. Forget top 10, even in top 100, there was no one. So they had signed Akshay Kumar.”
Kapoor added, “(The showrunners told me) We’ve signed him, so we wanted to sign you as well. I said, ‘Very good, I am very happy but I have only condition. Whatever you are paying him, I will charge Re 1 more.’ They asked, ‘Charge more than him?’ I said, ‘Yes, this is my field.’ They were shocked. They did not, and I was okay. They came back to me again. They decided to replace Akshay Kumar. I signed the show on my terms.”
Akshay Kumar is one of Bollywood’s versatile actor who has been acing genres like action to comedy with equal grace. Having engaged the audience with his performance for more than three decades now, the actor can currently be considered one of the most successful in B-town. However, like many other celebrities, did you know Akshay Kumar also came from a humble background? In a recent interview with ANI, the Khiladi of Bollywood opened up about his initial days of struggle.
Speaking to the news agency, Akshay Kumar revealed that when his family shifted to Mumbai from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk , they used to put up in a small room with a rent of Rs 100. “We were 24 people living in the same house in Chandni Chowk. We all would sleep in the same room. In the morning, when we woke up for exercise, everyone would jump over one another to step out,” he said.
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