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.

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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 feels Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder 'cheated' him with ‘Joker’

Here is a recent interview with Sonu Nigam. Sonu says Shirish Kunder, who is the director of Joker, always offers something new to him and he loves working with him. He says Shirish is extremely intelligent and always has a different approach to things.
Sonu talks about his career and his music. He says that his song from Agneepath is his most favorite.
Sonu Nigam says he is working on an international album with a world-famous DJ