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It was homecoming of sorts for Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar as he arrived in the holy city of Amritsar to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple on Sunday.
The actor turned nostalgic as he talked about the home that their family had and where he was born near Jallianwala Bagh. In the city to promote his new film Speedy Singh,the actor talked about how his father,who later shifted to Chandni Chowk area in New Delhi with the family,used to tell him stories about the city and the Golden Temple.
My father was a wrestler and we had our home near the Jallianwala Bagh. I do recall my childhood days though I was very young when we shifted to Delhi,where we stayed for lg,the actor said. Akshay recalled that he later went to Bangkok in Thailand where he learnt martial arts and used to work in a restaurant.
Born Rajiv Bhatia,he changed his name to Akshay Kumar when he made his debut in the film industry in 1989. The actor said he is always overwhelmed by the response that his films get in Punjab and confessed that he loved playing the role of a Sikh in the movie. I would love to work in a Punjabi film and want to contribute to the Punjabi film industry,which is on revival pah, he added.
Akshay who was accompanied by character actor Anupam Kher and comedian Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi was talking to the media about the new film. Speedy Singh,he said,is a light-hearted movie and would be liked by the youngsters. The film has been mostly shot in Punjab and Canada and the actor said they were expecting a good response from the northern India and foreign shores.
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