The industry is agog about the fact that Farah Khan's husband and director of widely ridiculed 'Joker', Shirish Kunder has been unceremoniously sacked from Sajid Nadiadwala’s remake of South film 'Kick'. Grapevine suggests that actor Salman Khan, who will be playing the lead role in the movie, insisted upon the director's removal.
The sacking is attributed to Joker's dismal performance where even the film's lead actors, Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, did not stand by the Shirish.

Courtesy: Open Magazine
There’s a nasty rumour going around that Akshay Kumar’s reasons for abandoning Joker at the promotions stage might have had nothing to do with what he thought of the film after all. You might remember the actor’s camp was busy attributing his unwillingness to participate in the film’s marketing and promotions to the fact that he was disappointed with what director Shirish Kunder had made of the film. But insiders are saying that’s far from the truth.

Akshay Kumar sought to downplay the role of an actor in the promotion of a film and said that word of mouth publicity by audience decides the success or failure of the film. With this deft move, he seems to have clarified that Joker failed because it did not impress the audience and not because he was absent during the film's promotion.

Here are the reviews for Joker:
Ratings:1.5/5 Reviewer: Rajeev Masand Site:IBNLive