Akshay Kumar: Rajinikanth will be a very good politician

Asked about how Rajinikanth will fair as a political leader, Akshay said in a media interaction, “I am sure he is going to be very good. Obviously, he will be good (at it).”

The Toilet: Ek Prem Katha actor features as an antagonist in the sequel to the 2010 blockbuster Robot, directed by Shankar.

The actor is currently looking forward to the January 25 release of his latest, PadMan. The film is a fictionalised account of Tamil Nadu-based Arunachalam Muruganantham, who created affordable sanitary napkins for the women of his village.

Akshay said Padman aims to overcome the social stigma surrounding periods. “In South, people celebrate when their daughter hits puberty. People talk about it, give gifts to the girl, the girl remembers it… That I was given a gift, that means something good has happened. But here people hide. So the girls start thinking something wrong has happened. She loses confidence, feels as if something shameful has happened,” he added.

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— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) January 4, 2018

A new song titled Hu Ba Hu of the star’s upcoming family drama PadMan was released by the makers on January 4, which features the actor along with Sonam Kapoor.