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Akshay loses his temper, destroys the camera of a person persistently taking his pictures without permission
For all the convenience they offer, most celebrities would agree that cell phones are a nuisance. They have become yet another tool to invade their privacy. Even Akshay Kumar, known to be the most patient man in the industry, lost his temper at a happy snapper outside a five-star hotel on Sunday night.
The incident took place when the actor and his wife Twinkle left the hotel and were stepping into their car. A man stepped forward from the crowd and started taking their pictures on his cell phone.
The actor asked him to stop, as it made his wife uncomfortable, then reprimanded him for not asking permission before taking his pictures. But the man continued to click the star couple, which caused Akki to lose his patience.
An enraged Akshay walked up to the man, snatched his phone from his hand and threw it on the ground, then crushed it to pieces under his foot. Before the stunned cell phone owner could react, the actor got into his car and drove off.

Akshay Kumar is busy touring the country for the promotions of his forthcoming movie ‘Khatta Meetha’. Besides the cycle marathon in Pune that Akki participated in, he had also visited Nagpur city.

Akshay has always led a rather disciplined and regimented life. Besides, he is known to be quite spiritual. In tune with this, Akshay visited a series of religious places in the city of Nagpur. In fact, he offered his prayers at not only the famous Ganesh Tekdi temple but also at a Gurudwara and a mosque. In addition, he also made a visit to the famed Baba Saheb Ambedkar statue.

After the temple visits, Akki went to Cinemax to meet thousands of fans who were waiting to get a glance of him.

With one of the songs of Khatta Meetha having been shot at the well known Ram Mandir in Satara, coupled with Akshay’s visit to Nagpur’s holy places, the movie is already showered with blessings and is bound to find its way to success!

Heartthrob Akshay Kumar, who is undoubtedly one of the most talented actors in Bollywood, has proven himself to be a true desi dude! While a hoard of B-town bigwigs would never dare to miss a chance to act in a Hollywood project, Akki is just not interested to go to the West, despite being offered some pivotal roles in big international ventures.

Akshay, who is one of the highest paid actors of the Indian film industry, says that he doesn’t want to leave his Indian fans and go to Hollywood. "I am not fit for Hollywood. I am happy being here (Bollywood). I have a huge audience to entertain. I do get small and big offers but I say no," the actor told reporters.
The actor would soon be seen in `Khatta Meetha`, a political satire on the rampant corruption, narrated through the life of a struggling road construction contractor, Sachin Tichkule, played by Akshay.
When asked about his character in the movie, Akshay said, "I feel comfortable playing both action and comic roles. I can perform anything but comedy is the toughest as it is very difficult to make somebody laugh. But I enjoy doing something challenging. ‘Khatta Meetha’ is my best comedy film," revealed the actor.

Akshay Kumar’s just released “Housefull” has broken the dry spell at the box office by earning Rs.64 crore in the opening weekend worldwide. The star says the secret of his success as a comedian is that he mimics common people around for most of his roles.

“The expression that you see are mostly stolen from the faces of common people. Normally mimicry is done of big actors, but it is fun to mimic those people who have no connection with this industry. So I copy common people without copyright (laughs),” Akshay, 42, told IANS in an interview.

“I travel a lot. Recently, I got stuck at the Frankfurt airport because of the volcano ashes incident. I had to wait long. So I sat down and looked around and people have something to offer. It’s amazing just to register that and sometimes while playing a character, suddenly that comes out and you start acting like that person. That’s what’s called mimicry,” he added.

In Priyadarshan’s latest film, Akshay Kumar playing a miserable indentured chauffeur, whines about the state of his ragged uniform. He speaks of how the belt is held up by a pyjama drawstring, how the button is hanging on for dear life, and how there’s really nothing holding it together.
He may well have been speaking of the film itself, a loud, overlong collection of slapstick subplots that would have nothing in common but for one man.

Priyadarshan, refusing as always to call himself a director — ‘filmed by,’ proclaim his credits — attempts to stitch together this ragtag quilt in his usual style, ending up with a stupidly elaborate monstrosity.
All manner of morons — philanderers, dognappers, murderers, hookers, marriagable daughters and dumb-waiters — congregate in a plush Singapore hotel, and chaos ensues. Big surprise.

There is much slamming of doors and misunderstandings involving rooms, and all is what you’d expect until we get to the climactic washout, which involves an undoubtedly impressive, albeit unnecessary, hotel flood.
Yet the film has been a damp squib right from the get go. The flaccid first half never quite recovers, and while the second half musters up a few genuine moments of mirth — mostly because Manoj Joshi’s face turns positively scarlet in anger — it’s too cruelly long to really help things. Also one suspects those rare second-half laughs occur simply because one is mindnumbed into submission.

Akshay takes the safe route and spends most of the film locked in a cupboard; Paresh Rawal  might have been funny had he delivered one single line without screaming; Katrina Kaif is reduced to crawling on the floor so Rajpal Yadav can trip over her; Shakti Kapoor plays *cough* a letch; Johnny Lever isn’t altogether awful and Asrani gets a couple of laughs.
The only relatively pleasant surprises are Neha Dhupia  looking startlingly yummy and the usually punctilious Vikram Gokhale being kicked, insulted and leapt upon — the last bit by the aforementioned Ms Dhupia, just in case you were wondering.

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has been struck by jaundice at a wrong time Katrina has been forced indoors missing the promotional events of her upcoming movie De Dana Dan. She was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai and has been advised complete bed rest for a while. Katrina had been feeling weak for quite a while but she couldn’t go for treatment due to hectic work schedule.

Akshay Kumar for whom Katrina serves as a lucky charm has wished her a speedy recovery. He said that the entire De Dana Dan team was missing her during the promotional events and wanted her to quickly recover and be back in action. This will be their fifth movie in a lead role after Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye, Namastey London, Welcome and Singh Is Kinng. The Priyadarshan directed De Dana Dan also stars Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty and Neha Dhupia.

Akshay Kumar is tired of replying to queries about his so-called rivalry with “Blue” co-star Sanjay Dutt. Setting the record straight, he says this is a figment of someone’s imagination and they don’t have any problems whatsoever with each other.

`“Please, in this forum, let me state this for perhaps the last time ever – ‘There are no problems between Sanjay Dutt and me,” Akshay told IANS.

Since the shooting of “Blue” commenced around a year ago, there was talk of tension between the two stars.

`“Yeh sab bekaar ki baatein hain (all this is ridiculous talk). People can imagine something and start writing about anything that comes to their mind. We live in times when such unnecessary gossip makes headlines.

`“In fact, I went for ‘Mata Ki Chowki’ (prayer function) at his place. Would I have done that had there been any problems `between us?” asked the actor who is currently shooting for “Houseful”.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who has performed innumerable death-defying stunts in his nearly two decade old films career, says his upcoming underwater thriller “Blue” is his “most dangerous” film ever.

“This experience has pushed just about everyone involved to their absolute limits – from the producer’s bank balance, to the director’s maximum efforts for his first baby, which just happens to be the most dangerous movie I’ve ever been a part of,” Akshay posted on his blog akshay.bigadda.com.

“Blue”, which is about an underwater treasure hunt, has been directed by debutant Anthony D’Souza. Releasing Friday, it also features Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif along with Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue in a cameo.

The movie is being touted as the most expensive ever in the film with industry insiders claiming that producer producer Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd has splurged Rs.80 crore on its making.

Akshay Kumar maintains that women are stronger than men when it comes to mental strength and says he chose Twinkle as his life partner because she has the courage to “kick” people in the “butt”.

“I didn’t fall in love with my wife because she could dance around a tree. I fell for her strength as an independent woman. She kicked butt at school and she could do it now if she wanted. She is fearless to the outside world and I think it’s a great perception for women,” Akshay told IANS from Italy where he is currently shooting for Sajid Khan’s “Housefull”.

Akshay is making a comeback on the small screen as the host of level two of the serial “Khatron Ke Khiladi” and reveals there were a number of instances during its shooting when he was simply dismayed with the way male participants performed stunts.

Akshay has done loads of action films and made audiences laugh in rib-tickling comedies, but He now says he’s bored and wants some romance…on screen of course!

“I want to do more romance. I’ve actually gotten bored of comedy and action. Yes, I just want to do some romantic films. And that’s what my next thing is going to be,” Akshay told Myleen Klass in an interview for CNN’s “The Screening Room Xtra” programme.

While his fans enjoyed actioners like “Khiladi”, “Mohra” and “Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi”, Akshay also drew audiences for laugh riots “Hera Pheri”, “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi”, “Welcome” and “Sing Is Kinng” among others.

“…I’ve done quite a lot of comedy now and I don’t know…sometimes an actor is very sensitive about what he’s doing and where he wants to go ahead and do. I know comedy has worked a lot and it has worked brilliantly for me.