Having
gone
through
a
super
successful
year
with
three
top-ranking
comedies,
Namastey
London,
Heyy
Babyy
and
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa,
Akshay
Kumar
is
gearing
up
for
the
release
of
Welcome,
his
next
big
laugh-out-loud
comedy,
releasing
on
December
20
worldwide.
Welcome,
being
touted
as
the
biggest
release
of
Eid
and
Christmas,
marks
the
return
of
the
Akshay-Katrina
pairing
for
a
third
time,
besides
assembling
the
biggest
ensemble
cast
comprising
Paresh
Rawal,
Anil
Kapoor,
Feroz
Khan,
Nana
Patekar&Mallika
Sherawat
under
one
roof.
Akshay,
shooting
for
Singh
Is
King
in
Australia
at
present,
laughs,
"Earlier,
everyone
said
I
was
synonymous
with
action.
I
bagged
the
Khiladi
tag.
Now
with
my
last
few
films
being
successful
comedies,
I've
become
synonymous
with
comedy!"
Ask
him
about
his
hit
run
at
the
box-office
this
year,
he
smiles,
"I'm
happy
that
the
three
comedies
I
did
this
year
had
the
box-office
laughing.
Welcome
is
the
king
of
them
all!
It's
a
laugh-riot
from
the
word
go
and
I
hope
everyone
enjoys
it
during
the
festive
season
as
it
is
my
last
major
comedy
of
2007!"
So
is
Akshay
bidding
adieu
to
comedy?
"Not
at
all!
Comedy
comes
as
naturally
to
me
as
action!
Next
year
I
have
a
variety
of
films
on
the
anvil.
I
am
getting
back
to
action
with
Chandni
Chowk
To
China
and
Tashan.
But
for
me
now
I
want
everyone
to
concentrate
on
Welcome
and
Welcome
the
New
Year
with
a
bang!" he
signs
off.
Welcome
is
an
Indian
Films
release
through
Studio
18.
Story first published: Monday, December 3, 2007, 15:37 [IST]