Producer Suneel Darshan who has made films like ‘Jaanwar’, ‘Mela’, ‘Andaaz’, among others has been in the business for many years. While he has formed some great associations, he’s also had some strained relationships. For instance, Suneel had a fall out with actors like Akshay Kumar and Sunny Deol and even his brother, director Dharmesh Darshan. In a recent interview though, Suneel has spoken fondly about Akshay and said he is a good person, however, he called Sunny the darkest phase of his life.The producer opened up on his equation with these stars and said during a chat with Vickey Lalwani, “Akshay Kumar isn’t a bad guy at all, actually. He has been much maligned. You cannot deny that he has his qualities. Sunny Deol is the darkest chapter in my life and career, but there is God above. There will be divine justice.”Sunny was originally cast to star in the film Jaanwar, a role that later went to Akshay Kumar, who was then still finding his footing in the industry, due to the fallout between Suneel and Sunny. Although Suneel collaborated with Akshay Kumar on seven films, their partnership too ended abruptly.He elaborated on the difficulties, saying, “These are powerful people, and they care a damn. But there will be divine justice some day, I am sure. It’s something too bitter to even put in words.” Suneel recounted his initial belief in Sunny’s potential during their first collaboration, Inteqaam. He added, “At that point, he was not a big star. He had a potential stardom to him. We had a relationship before that as well. We distributed a lot of his movies. We had a significant contribution in the project which was to be his launch. I believed in him. I believed that cinema needed people of his kind.” However, he admitted that even then he felt “a bit confused.”The confusion deepened during their second film together, Lootere, and the third, Ajay, turned out to be a “nightmarish experience.” Suneel described it as a costly ordeal: “It was like indulging a little child, and getting him to complete your work.” Despite not wanting to work with Sunny a fourth time, Suneel found himself trapped: “Honestly, I didn’t want to do a fourth film with him, but I got stuck with him. And he used emotions, and fake relationships were mentioned, and he got me into a project that he was making for himself.”
