'I DO FILMS TO EARN MONEY'

‘My producer earns, I earn. It's win-win situation.'

Akshay Kumar, known for drawing big bucks at the ticket counter, has been a reliable hitmaker with an impressive resume dating back close to three decades. His cop drama Sooryavanshi took the box office by storm when theatres resumed operations after being shut down for a large part of 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.

Now, all eyes are set on his next film, Bachchhan Paandey, which hits the marquee on March 18.

Ask him if he has a secret formula to draw audiences to cinemas, the superstar says "Everything has got to do with luck."

You are playing a negative role in the film. Do you want your fans to hate you?

I liked it, that's why I played the role. What's with the 'hate'?

You have always said that you a a producer's actor. Has that come in handy when you produce films yourself?

I am the same, and my thinking is the same.

According to me, my thinking has always been that 'budget hit toh film hit'.

I have always gone with that.

I have made all my films on a proper budget and within time.

I have never wasted my co-actors' time.

I have never wasted anybody's time, everybody deserves their time to be respected.

If it's my production, the artists will come at 7 and the technicians will come at 9.

Not many actors get the masses and classes together, but with your films, you have done both. And you get that formula right most of the time. How do you manage that?

To be honest, there is no such formula.

If I say that there is a formula just because you are praising me, no, there is no formula.

Everything has got to do with luck, and I always say this.

I have been very lucky that the films did well.

At times, many films do well, but at other times, they flop too.