Akshay Kumar On Constantly Doing Patriotic Movies: I Hate Getting Tagged & Feel Suffocated
Akshay has booked the Independence Day weekend in Bollywood for some years with a release and this year is no different as he releases patriotic sports drama Gold.
He
may
have
done
a
spate
of
patriotic
and
issue-based
films
recently
but
don't
slot
Akshay
Kumar
into
a
category
just
yet.
The
50-year-old
actor
says
he
is
changing
his
gear
by
doing
comedy
and
potboilers
next.
"I
hate
getting
tagged.
I
don't
like
people
telling
me
that
'He
does
good
action
or
he
keeps
doing
patriotic
stuff'.
I
feel
suffocated
when
they
try
to
put
me
in
a
corner,
I
feel
like
running
away
from
it.
I
hate
it.
That's
why
I'm
doing
films
like
'Housefull
4',
'Hera
Pheri
3',
'Kesari',
'Good
News'
and
a
horror-comedy," he
said
in
a
group
interview
here.
Akshay
has
booked
the
Independence
Day
weekend
in
Bollywood
for
some
years
with
a
release
and
this
year
is
no
different
as
he
releases
patriotic
sports
drama
Gold.
"I
don't
do
patriotic
films
to
prove
a
point,
I
do
it
because
the
stories
are
so
beautiful...
I
watched
'Gold'
for
the
second
time
last
night
and
I
was
blown
away.
We
knew
that
we
were
making
a
sports
drama
but
we
didn't
think
it
would
turn
out
to
be
such
a
commercial
film,"
he
added.
While
most
of
the
big
stars
stick
to
one
or
two
releases
a
year,
Akshay
has
always
managed
to
give
three-four
films
a
year,
which
he
credits
to
time
management.
"I
never
find
it
difficult
to
switch
characters.
Once
the
costume
is
off,
and
the
film
is
over,
I
move
to
the
next.
I
am
not
one
of
those
who
lock
themselves
in
a
room
for
a
month
to
prepare
for
a
role.
I
can't
do
that.
"People
who
talk
about
the
in-depth
process
of
getting
into
the
skin
of
the
character,
I
think,
are
lying.
If
the
look
is
right,
70
per
cent
of
the
job
is
done,"
he
quipped.
Also
starring
Mouni
Roy,
Kunal
Kapoor,
Amit
Sadh
and
Vineet
Singh
among
others,
the
film
releases
on
August
15.