Chunky Pandey and Akshay Kumar have worked together in many comedy films. Chunky recently talked about his and Akshay's friendship. He said that he and Akshay Kumar have been friends since 1986. Both of them met at 'Madhumati Academy of Film Dancing'. Chunky Pandey said that when he studied in Madhumati, senior students used to train their juniors. Interestingly, Akshay Kumar talked about the things he learned from Chunky Pandey in one of his old interviews. He jokingly said, 'Whatever I learned at the beginning of my career, I learned from Chunky Pandey.' Akshay further said that 'Chunky's instructions were so wrong that some of his films could not work.' In a recent interview, Chunky Pandey praised Akshay Kumar and said, 'When I saw Akshay Kumar for the first time, he was a star even in his childhood.' Apart from this, he said, 'We used to spend most of our time together and now Ananya is also doing a film with him and it was really nice to meet him on the set.' Because it helps everyone to make the scene better.' Apart from the films of the 'Housefull' franchise, Akshay and Chunky have also worked together in 'De Dana Dan'. Talking about the work front, Akshay Kumar has 'Sarafira', 'Singham Again', 'Sky Fears', 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Kannappa' and 'Jolly LLB 3' in the pipeline.