Akshay Kumar unsure about Balasaheb Thackeray biopic

Akshay Kumar has been on the roll this year. He is receiving accolades for his performances in ‘Rustom’ (2016) which was based on the intriguing KM Nanavati case of the 60s –where a naval officer had killed his wife’s lover. Reportedly, Kumar is being rumourd to have landed the role of Balasaheb Thackeray in his biopic.

At the success meet of ‘Rustom’, Kumar said he doesn’t know if he is suitable to play the late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray in his biopic,��”I don’t know whether I suit the character first of all, whoever makes it will have to first think if I suit the character or not.”

When asked which actor he feels will be suitable for the role, he said, ���I don�۪t know about it. Rather people should think about it, because it is not a small personality, it�۪s a big personality that you�۪re talking about. So I cannot answer it like this.�۝

Speaking about the Bollywood’s biopic spree, Kumar said, “I think biopics have been picked up by audience in a good way and it’s great that biopic is about a great person’s story which comes in front of the audience and they would love to see how they became great, so it’s good to make biopics. Biopics work for India, so it’s good that India is making it.”

On the success of ‘Rustom, the actor added, “I felt very good when the audience response was good. As far as the collections are concerned, I am not an ‘antaryami’, I can’t say till where the collections will go. I can definitely say that it felt very good that the opening of the film was good.�۝

“It was not confidence, I was nervous. when a film releases, no one knows about what is going to happen. And definitely, I had liked its screenplay and the script and that’s why I had done the film. That was the only confidence, but there was nervousness,” he added.

Kumar will next be seen in the film ‘Jolly LLB 2’ and the sequel of RajinOikanth’s “Robot”.He will also be collaborating with Neeraj Pandey for a Hindi film titled Crack.

By Taranjeet Kaur