Started his career in 1991 with the film Songandh, a few days ago, Akshay lost his mother.
New Delhi (IANS)| Three weeks after ‘Bell Bottom’ became the first major Hindi film to release in theatres, Akshay Kumar made a shocking revelation in an interview to IANS. He may be a master of martial arts and an action hero, but Akshay Kumar is not free from good fear. During the interview, he said, “I am afraid of everything and these are called good fears. I am also afraid of jumping off a stool because I want to take care of myself and make sure that I do not hurt my feet.” Or don’t hurt my knee.”
What he is not afraid of is the huge burden of expectations of the fans as they mean the most to him. With 54.4 million followers on Instagram and another 4.21 million on Twitter, he knows his every move is in the public eye, but Akshay Kumar says he is “very happy, humbled and very grateful” for it. He said, “I want to thank my parents for this and I want to thank all my fans from the bottom of my heart. It is to all my loved ones that I am here because of them. They are the most important thing to me. There are important people. Akshay lost his mother last week and entire Bollywood joined in mourning her demise.”
Stardom comes at a cost and Akshay knows this very well. In fact, he is quite philosophical about being chased by the paparazzi. “This is the price you pay for the love of the people,” he said. Akshay made his debut in Hindi cinema with ‘Saugandh’ in 1991, but a year later saw his performance in the suspense thriller ‘Khiladi’. Since then, the superstar hasn’t looked back, he is 54 years old, but it doesn’t look like it at all. He has acted in over 110 films in his three decade long career and over 50 of them have been hits, making him one of the highest-paid Bollywood stars with high-end cars including Rolls Royce.
His calendar may be full of films lined up for release, notably ‘Atrangi Re’, ‘Bachchan Pandey’, ‘Prithviraj’ and ‘Raksha Bandhan’, but the actor is not of the opinion that a high-octane working Life can be exhausting. Akshay said, “On the contrary, it’s totally fun because you get to do different kinds of characters. When you get into a profession like ours, you get to do a lot of characters. I love to do that. I consider myself lucky.”