Superstar says he seeks encouragement from his audiences to make movies that bring about a societal change, irrespective of how they perform at the box office.
The 56-year-old actor, whose latest film "" opened in theatres on Friday, said the Hindi cinema is going through a "nice phase" where both commercial and content-driven movies are doing good business.
바카라We are going through a very nice phase where people are doing all kinds of films and they are working. I have done both kinds of films (content and masala entertainers). Don바카라t put pressure on the film (바카라Mission Raniganj바카라) by thinking that it will do business.
"I can do that kind of film (commercial) and get that kind of numbers also. But I am happy doing a film that brings a change in the society," Akshay said in a group interview here.
The actor gave the example of his movies -- "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" (2017) and "Pad Man" (2018) -- and said when he signed these films, his decision raised many eyebrows.
바카라When I made 바카라Toilet: Ek Prem Katha바카라, everybody told me what kind of title this is. I was told, 바카라Are you mad? Who makes a film on a subject like toilets?바카라
"Please don바카라t discourage me by thinking about what business it (my film) is going to do. Give me courage that at least these kinds of films are being made and we are showing it to our children," Akshay added.
With "Pad Man", which chronicled the true-life story of a social activist-entrepreneur from Coimbatore, who made low-cost sanitary pads for women in rural areas, Akshay said many men around him were apprehensive to talk about the subject in public.
바카라I did the film on sanitary pads at a time when nobody would dare to hold a sanitary pad in their hand. People weren바카라t ready to touch it. I remember that at an event where I was the chief guest, I was standing with someone, I won바카라t name the person, that person바카라s PA came to me and whispered in my ears saying, 바카라Don바카라t give a pad to him because 바카라accha nahi lagta바카라.바카라 This is the kind of thinking (that we have),바카라 he said.
His previous film "OMG 2" has started streaming on Netflix and the actor said he is happy that the movie will reach the country바카라s youth now.
The Hindi movie, starring Pankaj Tripathi and Akshay in the lead, explores various issues concerning teenagers, including sex education. It was released in theatres on August 11.
At the time, "OMG 2" was in the news after it received an 바카라A바카라 certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
바카라I don바카라t want to fight. I have no idea about the rules, I didn바카라t get into the rulebook. If they thought it was an adult film then... Whoever we have shown the film to, they loved it.
"I made it for youngsters and I바카라m happy it is coming on Netflix tomorrow. The important thing is that people should know about it,바카라 Akshay said.
"Mission Raniganj, a rescue thriller, is directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, who had helmed 바카라Rustom바카라, for which Akshay won the best actor National Award.
The film also features Parineeti Chopra, Kumud Mishra, Pavan Malhotra, Ravi Kishan, Varun Badola, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Shishir Sharma, Ananth Mahadevan, Jameel Khan, Sudhir Pandey, Bachan Pachera, Mukesh Bhatt, and Omkar Das Manikpuri.
