NEW DELHI – Action, comedy, multi-starrers. Flops, flops and more flops. Akshay Kumar might be yearning to roll out a decent hit since ‘Singh Is Kinng’, but experts say it is not the end of the road for the Bollywood star. “Akshay Kumar is a star and will remain a star irrespective of the fate of his films.
He has a line-up of movies. Just last week he signed three more films – a remake of `Seeta Aur Geeta`, Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s next and Tony D`Souza`s next,” a trade analyst told. After ‘Singh Is Kinng’ the filmography of actor-producer-star anchor Akshay has only flops listed on it.
With the exception of ‘Housefull’, almost all of his outings – ‘Jumbo’ (voice over), ‘Chandni Chowk to China’, ‘8 X 10 Tasveer’, ‘Kambakkht Ishq’, ‘Blue’, ‘De Dana Dan’, ‘Khatta Meetha’, ‘Action Replayy’ and ‘Tees Maar Khan’- have left the industry bleeding. His first release of 2011 is ‘Patiala House’, releasing Feb 11. In the latter part of the year, Akshay has several movies lined up like ‘Thank You’, ‘Desi Boyz’, ‘Joker’ and ‘Housefull 2’.
The 43-year-old is infamous for his exorbitant fees. He reportedly asked for Rs.24 crore as remuneration to play Dawood Ibrahim in Ekta Kapoor’s sequel to her 2010 hit ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’. “Everyone wants to work with Akshay Kumar. He is not down. It is the films that are letting him down.
He drives in good numbers and people still want to go for an Akshay Kumar movie,” said an analyst.
