Akshay Kumar on his son Aarav: He enjoys all the films that I do
| Updated: Feb 19, 2018, 10:37 IST
Akshay Kumar's latest, 'PadMan' created quite the stir in society and for the best. Tackling a 'taboo' topic with much ease with his movie, the actor has now received much appreciation for the risk he took and for the role he played. And while Akshay is being celebrated by the audiences across the country, his son, Aarav seems to be a huge fan too. Revealing to a leading daily, Akshay recently said, "When my son watched 'PadMan', he came up to me, patted me on my back and said, ‘Dad, good job!’ So, he enjoys all the films that I do."
On spreading awareness post the movie's release, the actor continued, "It’s not just a film or acting for me. Once the film releases, it doesn’t mean my job is over. In about four-five days, I will shoot a documentary for the Government about sanitation. Even Bhumi (Pednekar) has been asked to do it as a public service. I decided to take it up because I believed in it. I can’t even talk about what I’ve seen, read or heard about traditional menstruation practices. Around 42 crore women don’t use sanitary pads. Even if it changes three, five or 10 percent, I would consider it great."
Akshay Kumar was once considered the 'action hero' and now after a couple of movies, the audiences' perception of him seems to have changed. On this, he said, "That’s an achievement for me. When a filmmaker thinks about a film and feels that only I can do the role, it makes me happy. They won’t think that yeh toh comedy hai, tragedy hai, yeh villain ka role hai (he is a comedian, he does tragedy, he is a villain in this role)— they know they can come to me with all of it. I have done it with my hard work and my parents’ blessings. Earlier, there were so many films being made, but I would only get a small chunk of action flicks. The rest were taken up by other actors. I would never get them. That hunger got me to attempt different kind of movies."
On spreading awareness post the movie's release, the actor continued, "It’s not just a film or acting for me. Once the film releases, it doesn’t mean my job is over. In about four-five days, I will shoot a documentary for the Government about sanitation. Even Bhumi (Pednekar) has been asked to do it as a public service. I decided to take it up because I believed in it. I can’t even talk about what I’ve seen, read or heard about traditional menstruation practices. Around 42 crore women don’t use sanitary pads. Even if it changes three, five or 10 percent, I would consider it great."
Akshay Kumar was once considered the 'action hero' and now after a couple of movies, the audiences' perception of him seems to have changed. On this, he said, "That’s an achievement for me. When a filmmaker thinks about a film and feels that only I can do the role, it makes me happy. They won’t think that yeh toh comedy hai, tragedy hai, yeh villain ka role hai (he is a comedian, he does tragedy, he is a villain in this role)— they know they can come to me with all of it. I have done it with my hard work and my parents’ blessings. Earlier, there were so many films being made, but I would only get a small chunk of action flicks. The rest were taken up by other actors. I would never get them. That hunger got me to attempt different kind of movies."