Actor
Akshay
Kumar
today
said
politicians
should
stop
bringing
religion
into
politics.
The
Padman
actor
was
speaking
at
trailer
launch
of
"Nanak
Shah
Fakir".
When
asked
if
he
thinks
the
teachings
of
Guru
Nanak
should
be
adopted
by
all
politicians
who
try
to
use
religion
to
create
vote
bank
politics,
he
told
reporters,
"I
believe
in
it
thoroughly.
There
is
only
one
God
and
that
God
is
yours.
To
bring
religion
into
everything...it
is
not
done.
I
hope
everyone
follows
that."
On
whether
he
thinks
that
Bollywood
was
the
most
secular
industry,
Akshay
said,
"Yes."
The
National
Award-winning
actor
said
he
had
been
associated
with"Nanak
Shah
Fakir"
since
over
a
year
as
he
believed
in
the
message
of
the
film
thatthere
is
only
one
God.
"This
is
such
a
film
that
I
saw
one-and-half
years
ago,
this
is
the
only
film
I
saw
twice
on
the
same
day
once
with
my
mother
and
the
other
time
I
saw
it
alone.
It
is
a
beautiful
film
with
a
beautiful
belief,"
he
added.
There
were
reports
that
Narendra
Modi,
during
his
tenure
as
the
chief
minister
of
Gujarat,
had
come
to
the
rescue
of
the
makers
while
they
were
shooting
in
his
state.
When
asked
about
it,
producer
Harinder
Sikka
said,
"It's
a
very
difficult
thing
to
say,
but
some
NGO
did
come
ahead
for
our
support."
"I
was
not
allowed
to
shoot
in
Bhuj,
there
was
a
boat
scene
that
was
to
be
shot
in
the
ocean
and
we
were
not
allowed
to
do
that
scene.
That
time
we
had
called
the
CM
and
later
he
got
things
approved
for
us," the
producer
said.
Sikka
thinks
that
after
going
through
the
hardships
of
shooting
for
the
film,
there
was
some
spiritual
guiding
force,
who
was
helping
him
make
the
film.
"The
film
is
directed
by
Guru
Nanak," he
added.
The
film,
which
is
distributed
byViacom
18
Motion
Pictures,
is
set
to
release
on
April
13.
Meanwhile
when
asked
if
he
is
still
a
part
of
"Mughal",
in
which
he
is
said
to
play
the
part
of
late
Gulshan
Kumar,
Akshay
Kumar
said,
"I
myself
don't
know
yet."
There
have
been
reports
that
Akshay
had
walked
out
of
this
film.
Credits
-
PTI