Considered
to be one of the most lovable and bankable stars in Bollywood, Akshay Kumar still feels that his
star-power has not got its due in
Bollywood even when his films have a relevant social message and do well. He
does have two decades of masala films and critically acclaimed narratives
behind him.
Akshay feels he still has not got his due as
an actor,“I still haven’t got my due as an actor from the industry. I just got
the National Award and the Padma Shri 8 years ago. That is recognition from the
government, not the industry.”
Akshay,
whose latest film, Toilet – Ek Prem Katha, revolves around the lack of toilets
in households in India, also spoke about the importance of such a film and what
is in store for the audience.
“Toilet:
Ek Prem Katha is a comedy. Stories of five-six real people have been merged to
make this into a tale of one person. Of course, as the title suggests, there is
a love story as well, but above everything else, it has entertainment value and driving home a
message ", Akshay said
On
detaching himself from the box-office of
his movies yet taking off to some place before his movie releases, Akshay
stated, "Well, anyone would be nervous, but I'm lucky that I get to
experience it three-four times a year. I feel less nervous than those who have
only one film a year because then, the pressure is more. At the most, I'll be
sad till the weekend. Also, it's not that I want to vanish when my film
releases, as some sections of the media report. For example, I've taken a
15-day break from the schedule of Gold in London, to promote Toilet: Ek Prem
Katha. Once this film releases, I'll return and resume shooting as people are
waiting for me there."
Toilet
– Ek Prem Katha stars Akshay Kumar opposite Bhumi Pednekar.Talking about his
heroine, Akshay is all praise about his screen wife(Jaya) Bhumi Pednekar 'I'd
say Bhumi is a very brave actress to take on a role like this, knowing fully
well about the open-defecation scenes. Though she was properly dressed and all
precautions were taken, to do a scene where you are pretending to defecate in
the open takes a lot of courage. More so with the crew around.'..
“I
loved the script and felt that if it can change my mindset, it can change
others’ as well,” he added, talking about how it changed his attitude about the
problem. “In the beginning, I didn’t know the statistics of the number of
people who attend to nature’s call in the open. I was also unaware that about
30 per cent of the rapes happen when women attend nature’s call in the open.
You have pervert men waiting in the fields for these women with camera phones.
So, open use of the toilet is spiralling into other social evils.”
Produced
by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, co-produced by KriArj Entertainment along with
Cape of Good Films, Friday Film Works, Plan C Studios and Abundantia
Entertainment, Toilet; Ek Prem Katha is directed by Shree Narayan Singh Film,
releases on 11th August, 2017.
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