When Bollywood’s Nawaab—Saif Ali Khan and Khiladi—Akshay Kumar get together, the conversation is sure to entertain you with their wit and rib-tickling humor. From marriage checklists to midnight scares, this week’s episode of Prime Video’s Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle brings together the duo Saif and Akshay, who bare it all. Last seen together on-screen 17 years ago in Tashan, the Bollywood duo make their long-awaited reunion worth the wait. From spilling how Twinkle ran a full “DNA background check” before saying yes to marriage to calling her “fire” to his “water,” the laughter riot barely paused. Saif also shared memories of his early courtship with Kareena, long walks in Ladakh, and an interrogation about old-school love.
The episode opens on a playful note when Twinkle describes why she didn’t want to do a film with Akshay “We actually met because of my dad [the late Rajesh Khanna],” she recalls. “My dad had an old producer friend.’ He said, ‘You have to work in this movie because I have given my word.’ Twinkle adds, “I didn’t want to work with him at that point, but I did.” Hinting at how he had a rough time in his career with back-to-back flops, ‘He was going through a bad phase, and I was being snobby.” Saif Ali Khan joins in with his cheeky one-liner on Akshay’s situation. He adds, “You’ve always given some flops and then super hits, so who cares?”
Akshay then recalls Twinkle’s meticulous approach to their marriage and reveals, “Aadmi jab shaadi karta hai toh do kundliyaan milata hai. She didn’t believe in that. You know what she did? She checked if my father had any kind of disease—she’s removed all the genetic and DNA background till my mamas, chachas and chachis. And then, and only then, she decided that okay, I can marry him.”
On his and Twinkle’s opposing viewpoints and what makes them go back to each other, Akshay highlights, “She is fire. I am water. She says whatever she wants to. I just keep myself calm and quiet. Just listen and try to understand what she’s trying to say.” He also cheekily adds, “Do whatever you want, but listen. I think every husband should be a good listener.” Saif adds how this is similar to what Tiger Pataudi used to do! How he used to think about cricket while fighting with Sharmila Tagore, he quoted his father, “I just think about playing cricket or something during the argument. I don’t say anything.”
Saif balances the laughter with a dose of nostalgia, fondly recalling his early days of romance with Kareena Kapoor during the filming of Tashan. He shares, “When I went to Ladakh, we used to go for these long walks, and she’d ask me a lot of questions, which were kind of a test meets interview. Like, what is your view on love? This kind of went on for a while. It was very old-fashioned.”
Talking about tattoos, Saif narrates the story behind his ‘Kareena’ tattoo and Akshay speaks of inking his family’s names, while Kajol teases Twinkle about not having a tattoo of Akshay’s name. To this, Twinkle jokingly responds with her signature wit, saying, “Nothing is permanent in life. Tattoos are, marriages are not. I don’t want any tattoo, baadmei I’ll have to change it,” leaving everyone giggling.
The conversation was not all jokes and laughter as Saif recounts the harrowing stabbing incident when he fought off an intruder in Jeh’s room. He shares, “I barged into Jeh’s room, and in the dark, I saw this guy standing over his bed with a knife. I jumped on him and we started fighting. And then, he went mad. He had these two knives, and he just started slashing all over me. Taimur looked at me upstairs, and he said, ‘Oh, my God! Are you going to die?’ And I said, no, I don’t think so. But I’ve got a pain in the back. I’m not going to die, I’m fine.” After the incident, Jeh called Saif “his Hero”
Conceptualised and produced by Banijay Asia, this one-of-a-kind talk show is presented by Oppo and co-presented by Kohler, Kalyan Jewellers and Fevi Kwik. The third episode of Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle will stream exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide this Thursday, with new episodes dropping weekly.
