Known for making films with a feel of patriotism such as ‘Baby’, ‘Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty’, ‘Airlift’ and ‘Kesari’, to name a few, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on India’s Independence Day asked everyone to “always cherish this freedom”.
Akshay took to social media, where he shared a picture of himself posing with the flag.
“Let’s always cherish this freedom. Happy #IndependenceDay. #Indiaat75,” he wrote in the caption.
On the acting front, Akshay, whose latest release is ‘Raksha Bandhan’, has a slew of movies lined up for release. He has ‘Ram Setu’, ‘Omg-2’ and ‘Mission Cindrella’.
Akshay also has ‘Gorkha’, a film based on the life of Major General Ian Cardozo, who lost his leg in a landmine blast but overcame his disability to become the first war-disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion and a brigade.
The film will be directed by...
Akshay took to social media, where he shared a picture of himself posing with the flag.
“Let’s always cherish this freedom. Happy #IndependenceDay. #Indiaat75,” he wrote in the caption.
On the acting front, Akshay, whose latest release is ‘Raksha Bandhan’, has a slew of movies lined up for release. He has ‘Ram Setu’, ‘Omg-2’ and ‘Mission Cindrella’.
Akshay also has ‘Gorkha’, a film based on the life of Major General Ian Cardozo, who lost his leg in a landmine blast but overcame his disability to become the first war-disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion and a brigade.
The film will be directed by...
- 8/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The nearly moribund Bollywood family drama genre is set for a revival with “Raksha Bandhan,” directed by Aanand. L. Rai (“Atrangi Re”) and starring Akshay Kumar (“Sooryavanshi”) and Bhumi Pednekar (“Badhaai Do”).
Films revolving around the family unit, which used to be a staple in Bollywood, peaked with blockbuster “Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!” (1994), starring Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, and made a brief reappearance with “Badhaai Ho” (2018) featuring Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao and Ayushmann Khurrana. “Raksha Bandhan” hopes to emulate the heydays of the genre.
“In ‘Raksha Bandhan’ there is a lot of hunger — hunger to come out with Indian values, hunger to depict the culture, hunger to talk about the bonding, the relationships, which are there with us, we’ve not gone insensitive towards them, but somehow they’ve taken a back seat, we don’t talk about it,” Rai told Variety. “Let me bring all those emotions to the forefront,...
Films revolving around the family unit, which used to be a staple in Bollywood, peaked with blockbuster “Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!” (1994), starring Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, and made a brief reappearance with “Badhaai Ho” (2018) featuring Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao and Ayushmann Khurrana. “Raksha Bandhan” hopes to emulate the heydays of the genre.
“In ‘Raksha Bandhan’ there is a lot of hunger — hunger to come out with Indian values, hunger to depict the culture, hunger to talk about the bonding, the relationships, which are there with us, we’ve not gone insensitive towards them, but somehow they’ve taken a back seat, we don’t talk about it,” Rai told Variety. “Let me bring all those emotions to the forefront,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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