Mumbai, March 8 -- There was a time when we were seeing Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar together in almost every film they did. From Welcome and Namastey London to Singh is Kinng. Audiences didn't seem to mind it because the two actors looked wonderful together on-screen and their chemistry was always top notch. Plus, their reunion on the silver screen was a recipe for a superhit, most of the time. Even Tees Maar Khan, which was only a moderate commercial success at the box office, emerged to be iconic only because of Akshay and Kat's chemistry and the chartbuster hit Sheila Ki Jawani. But did you know director Farah Khan was against casting Katrina opposite Akshay?

In a recent chat with casting director Mukesh Chhabra, for a show on Masha...