The man who knew Akki would marry Twinkle!

Firoz Nadiadwala is grinning from ear to ear these days.

The producer notes, with some pride, that he was the first to sense that the growing romance between Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna would culminate in holy matrimony.

And being a shrewd producer that he is Firoz signed up Twinkle opposite Akshay Kumar much before the engagement was even being contemplated.

The result: He got both his hero and heroine at a discounted price. Because neither of them wanted to lose the opportunity of being cast together, the dates were doled out very easily.

And with this single move, Firoz has ensured that there will not be any kind of hiccups from this side of the cast throughout the making f the film.