Akshay Kumar: One Has To Get Into Regional Cinema To Reach India's Core
An artiste must venture into films in different languages to catch the pulse of the country, especially the interiors, believes actor-producer Akshay Kumar.
An
artiste
must
venture
into
films
in
different
languages
to
catch
the
pulse
of
the
country,
especially
the
interiors,
believes
actor-producer
Akshay
Kumar.
The
actor,
who
has
produced
movies
in
Hindi,
Marathi
and
Punjabi,
said
he
is
open
to
backing
more
films
in
the
same
space.
"I
think
best
content
comes
from
Marathi
cinema...
I
have
made
two
Marathi
films
and
both
of
them
have
won
awards.
I
have
also
made
a
Punjabi
film.
I
think
to
reach
into
the
core
of
India
you
have
to
get
into
the
regional
cinema," Akshay
said
in
an
interview
here.
The
actor
said
he
wants
to
make
Bhojpuri
and
Tamil
films.
"I
have
tried
making
a
Telugu
film
but
we
couldn't
complete
the
script,"
he
added.
Akshay,
51,
may
have
worked
in
a
string
of
patriotic
and
issue-based
films
recently,
but
he
said
he
wants
to
continue
doing
films
in
different
genres.
In
his
28
years
of
acting
career,
Akshay
has
managed
to
successfully
switch
to
different
genres
from
action
to
romance
and
comedies
to
socially
relevant
cinema
recently.
The
actor
said
he
is
doing
so
to
keep
reinventing
himself.
"If
I
am
changing
my
image,
it
is
because
I
am
having
fun
with
it.
It
is
not
that
I
have
to
prove
anything
to
anyone.
I
want
to
enjoy
my
work
so
I
keep
doing
different
things.
"Initially
in
my
career
I
was
only
doing
action
films
and
no
one
would
offer
me
to
do
any
other
kind
of
work.
I
am
glad
I
got
the
opportunity
to
keep
changing
my
image
with
every
film,"
he
said.
The
actor
was
recently
roped
in
for
Amazon
Prime
Video's
action
thriller
series,
tentatively
titled
The
End.
Akshay,
who
rose
to
fame
as
an
action
star
with
the
"Khiladi"
series
in
the
1990s,
said
he
would
want
to
continue
doing
stunts
for
the
next
five
years.
"I
am
51,
I
think
I
can
do
action
till
the
age
of
56.
God
knows
after
that.
If
I
am
able
to
maintain
myself,
I
will
continue.
Otherwise,
there
are
other
things
one
can
do."
The
actor's
latest
release
Kesari
released
Wednesday.
Akshay
also
has
"Housefull
4",
"Good
News",
"Sooryavanshi"
and
"Mission
Mangal"
in
the
pipeline.