Spanning passion and ambition, rebel and instinct, with a dose of creativity and energy, Akshay Kumar has created a niche as an actor for using entertainment as a medium of moving the society to a better place.
The inner calling of the actor to change a nation can have an unparalled influence on the society. Bill Gates recently tweeted that “Toilet – Ek Prem Katha” was one of the most inspiring movies he had seen. The year 2017 would be remembered for versatile and social movies in Bollywood Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Jolly LLB 2, both were based on real issues, which went on to become major blockbusters with collections in excess of Rs 100 crore. It has set a new trend in India that calls for cinema to stand for something beyond entertainment – to change the society’s fabric by bringing real problems to light and the change makers to life.
Akshay’s latest movie Pad Man not only marks the arrival of good movies but also intelligent audience, which is more accepting of real issues. Entrepreneur had first met and recognized the work of Arunachalam Muruganantham, the inspiration behind Pad Man in 2013. The small business hero had a compelling story of a man who became the first to wear a sanitary pad in order to come out with affordable sanitary napkins. In 2016, he received a Padma Shri for the revolutionary work done by him and in 2017, we saw newly turned producer Twinkle Khanna chasing him to turn this into a movie. An entrepreneur’s journey being retold through cinema gave us a reason enough to reach out to Akshay Kumar on why he picks up social causes for his creative expression and entrepreneurship as a subject for his movies.
Akshay has lived his journey perfectly well whether it is his professional career, which showcases his street smartness as an actor based on the movies he chose to be a part of or his personal life, wherein he enjoys beautiful camaraderie with wife Twinkle Khanna. It calls for a lot of balance to live the life of a perfect hero. All this makes his life worth hacking on how he scripted a flawless journey.
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