What
Changed
Akshay
Kumar's
Perspective?
Akshay
said
he
used
to
make
Rs
5,000
per
month
teaching
martial
arts
but
once
earned
Rs
21,000
simply
by
posing
as
a
model
and
it
changed
his
perspective.
"I
used
to
get
paid
Rs
5,000
a
month
when
I
used
to
teach
martial
arts.
Once
someone
asked
me
to
do
modelling.
I
tried
modelling
for
a
furniture
showroom.
There
was
a
model
and
we
both
posed
and
I
got
Rs
21,000
within
two
hours."
Akshay
Made
Up
His
Mind
To
Enter
The
Industry
"I
thought
what
better
place
to
be
than
here!
I
thought
now
I'll
do
modelling
and
then
eventually
entered
films,"
he
said
speaking
at
the
World
Toilet
Summit.
He
is
the
Harpic
Sanitation Ambassador.
Akshay
started
his
career
as
an
action
hero
but
became
a
star
in
comedy
and
romantic
genre
before
switching
to
varied
roles
and
socially
relevant
stories.
Akshay
Admits
Initially
Director
Didn't
Have
Any
Faith
In
His
Acting
Chops
"I
must
have
done
about
135-140
films
where
most
of
my
initial
films
were
only
action.
No
producer
or
director would
even
look
at
me
thinking
'He
won't
be
able
to
act
so
just
give
him
action,' I
did
that
then
gradually
shifted
to
comedy
and
then
romantic
films,"
he
said.
Akshay
Isn't
Very
Fond
Of
Documentaries
Akshay
also
asserted
that
he
believes
commercial
movies
with
social
messages
have
a
wider
reach
than
documentaries
"I
personally
believe
there
is
no
point
making
documentary
films.
I've
seen
several
times
in
many
villages,
sorry
to
say,
but
nobody
reacts
to
that.
People
like
to
see
a
commercial
film.
I
consider
myself
lucky
who
got
an
opportunity
to
do
commercial
cinema
and
give
people
a
social
message
in
a
very
different
way,"
he
added.