Mumbai: Superstar Akshay Kumar said that he hopes his upcoming film ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ will end his dry spell at the box office, something he has often witnessed in his career of over three decades.
Most of Akshay’s last releases, including ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, ‘Raksha Bandhan’ and ‘Mission Raniganj’, haven’t done well at the ticket window. ‘OMG 2’, which featured the actor in a pivotal role, was an exception.
Akshay said that he soldiered on despite giving 16 flops in a row at one point in time and he will continue to do so.
“Whether it was ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, ‘Airlift’, ‘Rustom’ or many other films that I have done, sometimes there is a success, sometimes it’s not. It’s not that I haven’t seen this phase before. There was a time when I had 16 consecutive flops. But I stood there and kept on doing work. I’ll still do that. ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ is one film for which we all have done a lot of hard work. Now, we are going to see the results. Keeping our fingers crossed, we hope that this is going to bring good luck to all of us,” the actor told reporters here.
He was speaking at the trailer launch of ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’. The event was also attended by co-stars Tiger Shroff, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, Prithviraj Sukumaran and director Ali Abbas Zafar. The film will see Akshay and Tiger perform death-defying stunts as they play two elite soldiers who embark on a mission to recover a stolen AI weapon from the antagonist, played by Sukumaran.
Akshay, who cemented his position as an action star in the 1990s, said that the most dangerous stunt he ever pulled off for a film was when he jumped to catch a moving airplane on the runway, followed by another jump into a hot air balloon to save the female lead.
“It was madness. I was crazy. Thank God I was safe because there was a 70 percent chance that I wouldn’t survive. It was that difficult. I would never do it again now. I’m told to never do those things again. I have become a bit rational. Now I think 10 times before attempting something like this. Safety has become the main concern, there is insurance. My job at the moment is to keep myself healthy,” added the 56-year-old superstar.
Produced by ‘Pooja Entertainment’ in association with ‘AAZ’, ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ will hit the screens on the occasion of Eid on April 10.