On Thursday night, when the film fraternity was either at Shabina Khan's residence or at Ketnav theatre to watch Akshay Kumar's latest release Rowdy Rathore, there was a very special, private screening being held at Mannat.
TOI has learnt that Akshay and wife Twinkle were special guests of Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri, as the two couples spent an evening of great bonhomie watching Rowdy Rathore.
Readers may recall, at a recent IPL match Askhay and SRK had chatted briefly and later partied together at Prabhu Dheva's house. The obvious camaraderie the two actors have been sharing of late has led industry watchers to believe, that this could well be the beginning of a new friendship in B-town.
Though they were never really competitors, Akshay and SRK were not the best of pals either. In fact, after Shah Rukh's close friend Farah Khan decided to cast Akshay in her project Tees Maar Khan, the two actors were pitted as rivals by the media. According to a source close to the families, their significant others - Gauri and Twinkle respectively, have been instrumental in breaking the ice.
" Gauri Khan, Twinkle Khanna and Sussane Roshan, are now seriously pursuing interior designing and styling as a profession. And that has brought them together. The three women have been spending a lot of time together because of their common interests. Needless to say, this has also brought their husbands closer. Both Shah Rukh and Akshay are in a happy phase right now - one with his IPL victory and the other with his recent success of Housefull 2 and Rowdy Rathore. They have put their past differences behind," said the source.
On Thursday evening, the mood at Mannat was warm. "Akshay sincerely wanted SRK to watch the film. And that is why he organised the special screening," said the source. We hear the Kumars could not stay on after the film due to prior commitments, but have decided to catch up with the Khans again over the weekend.