New Delhi:
Akshay Kumar, who beforehand confronted criticism for holding Canadian citizenship, reclaimed his Indian citizenship final yr. The actor defined that he had acquired Canadian citizenship throughout a difficult part when his movies weren’t performing properly, prompting him to contemplate working in Canada. Nevertheless, as soon as his motion pictures began to succeed, he determined to let go of that plan. Akshay additionally shared that he had utilized for Indian citizenship “a very long time again” in the course of the pandemic, however acquired it solely final yr.
Throughout his look at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2024, Akshay Kumar mentioned, “I had utilized for it a very long time again, in the course of the Covid pandemic time.” About his choice to get Canadian citizenship, Akshay added, “My movies weren’t working on the time. And all individuals ought to work, I used to be getting some work there with a buddy on mine in cargo. However then two of my motion pictures have been up for launch they usually turned hits. Then I received a bunch of extra hits and forgot about it (Canadian citizenship).”
Akshay Kumar added, “I’m an Indian from my thoughts, from my coronary heart and from my soul. That can all the time be. So I by no means cared about that. However about 3-4 years again, I had mentioned on this stage that I’ll give it up. It took a while and final yr, precisely on 14th or fifteenth August, I received my passport.”
Final yr, on the event of Independence Day, Akshay Kumar shared an image of his official authorities paperwork on X (previously Twitter). The actor introduced that he has lastly received his Indian citizenship. The aspect word learn, “Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani. Completely happy Independence Day! Jai Hind.”
Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani.
Completely happy Independence Day!
Jai Hind! ???????? pic.twitter.com/DLH0DtbGxk— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 15, 2023
By way of work, Akshay Kumar was final seen in Singham Once more as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi. The Rohit Shetty directorial additionally featured Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Tiger Shroff. Up subsequent, Akshay Kumar has a number of thrilling tasks lined up, together with Sky Power, Jolly LLB 3, Housefull 5, Welcome to the Jungle and Hera Pheri 3.