Mumbai:
Actor
Akshay
Kumar
is
set
to
take
his
passion
for
martial
arts
a
step
further
by
making
a
full-fledged
movie
based
on
it.
"We
are
making
a
film
on
martial
arts.
This
is
something
which
is
very
close
to
my
heart.
It
is
still
in
scripting
stage.
We
are
trying
to
make
the
film
as
authentic
as
possible," Akshay
told
PTI
over
phone
from
UK.
Before
joining
the
film
industry,
Akshay
studied
martial
arts
in
Bangkok.
He
then
came
back
to
Mumbai,
where
he
started
teaching
martial
arts.
"My
love
for
sports
will
never
die.
I
love
martial
arts
and
I
want
to
promote
it
in
whichever
way
I
can.
I
am
a
fighter
first
then
an
actor," he
said.
However,
Akshay
is
unlikely
to
act
in
the
film
that
his
company
Hari
Om
Entertainment
will
produce.
"I
don't
know
if
there
will
be
any
suitable
role
for
me
in
that,"
he
said.
Akshay's
next
release
is
Milan
Luthria's
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbaai
Dobara,
a
sequel
to
2010
hit
Once
Upon
a
Time
in
Mumbaai.
"We
are
getting
good
response
and
I
am
happy
about
it.
Considering
it
is
a
sequel
of
a
hit
film
there
was
no
pressure
on
me
for
this
film.
We
all
gave
our
best
and
now
it
is
upto
the
audience
to
decide
the
fate
of
the
film," he
said.
The
film
also
stars
Imran
Khan,
Sonakshi
Sinha
and
Sonali
Bendre.
It
will
release
on
August
15.
Meanwhile,
in
a
unique
way
of
promoting
a
film,
the
makers
of
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbaai
Dobara
promoted
the
film
during
the
Indo-Pak
Champions
Trophy
match
in
the
UK,
yesterday.
"It
is
always
interesting
to
see
India-Pakistan
match.
To
see
both
the
countries
fight
on
the
field
is
quite
exciting.
The
experience
was
good...
it
was
fun," Akshay
said.
Akshay
travelled
to
Birmingham
(UK)
to
watch
the
much
anticipated
India-Pakistan
match
which
got
disrupted
yesterday
due
to
rains.