Before shooting the song, Manish advised Akshay Kumar to trim his chest hair.
Manish Malhotra told, “When Akshay was asked to cut his chest hair, he got angry.” Manish Malhotra advised Akshay Kumar to reduce his chest hair for the song in the film Dhadkan. He became angry. The director had to intervene.

Manish Malhotra is a well-known fashion designer in the film industry. He has designed costumes for films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Rangeela and Dhadkan. The song Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se from ‘Dhadkan’ was being shot in Switzerland. It featured Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty.
Before shooting the song, Manish advised Akshay to trim his chest hair. Akshay got angry after hearing this. Manish has now told this entire incident in an interview.

However, this is not the first time that an actor has had such a reaction regarding body hair.Earlier, Anurag Kashyap had also asked Salman Khan to grow hair on his chest in Tere Naam. After which he was thrown out of the film.
Manish Malhotra told that in those days actresses were very clear about their costumes. But it didn’t matter much to the actors. While talking to a YouTube channel named We Are Yuvaa, Manish said,