Akshay Kumar talks about his change of direction in films

Akshay Kumar, who has shown his versatile skills with movies like ‘Housefull’, ‘OMG – Oh My God’ and the recent ‘Airlift’ has spoken out about his change of direction in the films he chooses.

Talking to Bombay Times, Kumar said, “While I enjoy doing hard-core commercial movies and have a great attitude towards slapstick comedies like the ‘Housefull’ franchise, I maintain that for an actor to increase his shelf life, he has to constantly dabble in genres.”

He added, “Airlift went on to become the hit it did. However, before the film released I don’t think many of us were even aware that 1,70,000 Indians were evacuated from Kuwait and that we had a Guinness World Record for the biggest human evacuation. That wasn’t the case with ‘Spotlight.’ People were aware of the subject way before the film released and winning an Oscar is the ultimate glory for this film. When Hollywood sinks its teeth into something, they ensure that they create awareness of the subject at every level.”

This year, Kumar has ‘Housefull 3’, and ‘Rustom’ ready for release.