Akshay Kumar: Minding Nitara is a tough job

Akshay Kumar, who is currently shooting for Reema Kagti's sports drama 'Gold' in London, has also been given the additional task of babysitting his youngest, Nitara.

Talking about the additional responsibility Akshay said, "Twinkle is touring Europe, Aarav is in Oxford for a two-week study course so I’m babysitting Nitara besides shooting for 'Gold'. And I have to confess that minding a little girl is a tough job. My admiration for Twinkle has gone up several notches after realising the magnitude of the task. I don’t know how she writes, designs looks after our children and still manages to stay calm on most days."

Divulging the details about his schedule, Akshay revealed, "Every morning, Nitara and I have breakfast together, then, we go to this park nearby where one can feed rabbits and goats. After her day-nurse comes, I travel to London for my shoot. Post ‘pack-up’, I take my daughter out again. The other evening, we went to watch Cars. Half way through the film she decided that she was tired, so we had to leave and drive back. I tried explaining to her that I wanted to continue watching the movie till the end, to no avail. Bringing up a baby is tough."

When asked if raising a baby is tougher than movie promotions, Akshay was quick to quip, "Promoting a movie is a cakewalk in comparison. Speaking of which, a lot of people continue to ask me why my next film has a weird title like 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'. And when I add that it is essentially a love story with a social message, they actually wrinkle their noses!"

Akshay's movie choices of late have largely been socially-relevant and message driven, to which Akshay signed off saying, "I haven’t been bitten by the social message bug but I hope my film raises a stink about open defecation, something that is plaguing our country. As far as my current lot of movies go, I prefer to choose more relatable characters to the larger than- life roles that I did earlier on in my career."