Choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan seems to have ditched her muse, Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan and has signed Akshay Kumar for her upcoming directorial venture

Tees Maar Khan will be produced by Farah and her husband Shirish Kunder under their banner Three’s Company Pvt Ltd and co-produced by Akshay’s Hari Om Productions.

Farah who had Shah Rukh playing the lead in all of her films (Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om) said Akshay suited the role perfectly.

“Akshay suits the role in Tees Mar Khan perfectly as Shirish wrote it with him in mind. It will be a pleasure to be working with him. He comes under the bracket of the top 3 actors in the industry,” Farah said at a press conference.

Akshay said that Farah is the best in the business and he is looking forward to work with her.
“Tees Maar Khan is going to be a special film because it has the best of both worlds. Farah’s talent as a director and Shirish’s story-telling ability. I am very happy to be associated with this project and I am sure Farah will live up to the title and make this film larger-than-life,” Akshay said.

Shirish who was initially planning to direct the film said, “When Farah and I formed our production company, we mutually thought it is best that she directs this film while I take the responsibility of a producer.”

“I shared a great rapport with Akshay while working on Jaan-e-mann, and I have been looking forward to work with him again,” Shirish added.

Clearly, there is stress between SRK and Farah. The unwritten rule has been broken. Until now it was understood: If Farah Khan (or Karan Johar) made a film, it would star SRK. But by casting Khan’s rival, she has proved what was only being speculated so far - that all is not well between them. It is believed that the actor was not happy with the script and asked her to rewrite it a few times but she felt these were just delaying tactics and he wanted to start the superhero flick Ra-1 and the action-thriller Don 2 before her film.

She felt hurt that he gave her the run-around instead of being direct with her. Things have been brewing beneath the surface for quite some time now. A daily reports that Farah has been missing from most parties at Mannat recently. She has been slowly distancing herself from the clique