are paresh rawal and akshay kumar not friends? rawal clarifies

paresh rawal recent remark went viral and caused debate

when asked if akshay was his friend, paresh rawal said - 

,“Film industry mein colleague hote hain, theatre mein dost hote hain, aur school mein jigar jaan dost hote hain. But film ke andar colleague hote hain.”

this statement got misinterpreted into seeming as if akshay-paresh aren't friends

paresh has now said - “Maatha kharab ho gaya! I simply said that he’s a colleague....

When you say ‘friend’, it means those whom you meet 5-6 times a month and whom you talk to several times a week... 

Moreover, neither Akshay nor I are social. So, there’s no question of us bumping into any party....

Hence, I called him a colleague. And this resulted in speculations."

“akshay is a friend and will remain a friend. This whole brouhaha was unnecessary," He concluded