Actor Akshay Kumar dismissed complaints about overexposure, and said that there is no guarantee that if he does only two films a year, they’ll be hits. The actor is famously prolific, and usually delivers three or four movies every year. But after a string of back-to-back flops, his critics have suggested that he should consider being more selective. In an interview, the actor recalled the piece of advice given to him by the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, who himself has experienced career setbacks.
Chatting with Baradwaj Rangan on Galatta Plus, Akshay said that he gave 12 days to OMG 2, a movie that featured him in a supporting role, and that he worked on the upcoming Jolly LLB 3 for 45 days. Akshay said that he cannot impose himself on filmmakers and producers for longer than he’s required, and that he worked on his recent flop Bade Miyan Chote Miyan for a full 80 days. “Kya ukhaad liya (What difference did it make)?” he asked rhetorically, referring to the film’s commercial failure.
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He said, “I’ve seen people who work selectively, and their films flop as well. In our industry, what happens is that people stop offering you work if you deliver flops. Look at Mr Bachchan. He was the one who told me, ‘Akshay, kaam karte rehna beta. Kaam ko mat chhorna (Akshay, don’t turn down work). I learned this from him… Calculation is wrong, manipulation is wrong. Honesty is right, creativity is right. Believing in your luck is right. This is what I’ve learned.”
In the same interview, Akshay addressed being written off by the industry, and said that he isn’t a ‘racehorse’. He also suggested that certain people within the industry celebrate when he fails. But he didn’t take any names, noting that he is disgusted by the politics that he sees around himself. Akshay has appeared in only two clean hits in the post-pandemic years – OMG 2, but he wasn’t the lead of that film, and Sooryavanshi, which also features several other stars and a big-name director. Among his many high-profile recent flops are Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Raksha Bandhan, Ram Setu, Samrat Prithviraj, Selfiee, Bachchhan Paandey. He can currently be seen in Sarfira, a remake of Soorarai Pottru.
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