When Chunky Panday took advantage of Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar recalled an interesting incident | Hindi Movie News

Salman Khanfame often leads to memorable stories, and this one interesting legend shared them Akshay Kumar Chunky Panday in relation to them appeared together on ‘The Kapil Sharma Show‘. Akshay recalled how Chunky turned Salman’s fame into a business opportunity when he visited South Africa for a stage show.According to Akshay, the show was a huge success, and as one of the organizers, Chunky offered to take Salman shopping afterwards. Arriving at the clothing store, Chunky encouraged the star to choose several outfits, telling her, “Choose 3-4 pairs of jeans and 2-3 shirts.”Salman happily chose his favorite clothes. Soon, the owner of the shop came to him and said, “We want to take a picture with Salman Sir.” The actor obliged, taking pictures with the owner and his family before leaving the store, not knowing what happened behind the scenes.Akshay revealed that Salman later found out the real reason behind the shopping trip. A few days after the visit, they learned that Chunky had paid the store owner $20,000 to bring Salman to the store, helping them capitalize on the star’s presence and publicity.Akshay and Chunky have shared screen space in several films over the years, including ‘Aankhen’ (1993), ‘Housefull’ (2010), ‘Housefull 3’ (2016) and ‘Housefull 5’ (2025). On the work front, Akshay was recently seen filming ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, the latest installment of the ‘Welcome’ franchise, which was released in theaters on June 26.Directed by Ahmed Khan, the drama has one of the biggest casts of recent years, with over 30 actors, including Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Disha PataniJacqueline Fernandez, Arshad WarsiParesh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever, Aftab Shivdasani, Lara Dutta, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar KapoorDaler Mehndi, Farida Jalal, Krishna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Kiran Kumar, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Vindu Dara Singh, Nawab Shah, Urvashi Rautela, Puneet Issar, Arjun Firoz Khan, the Pankaj Dheer, Sudesh Pandessay, Hemakint Berry, Sayaji Shinde and several others.