Akshay Kumar says history books needs to be corrected: ‘We read about Akbar or Aurangzeb but not about our own heroes’

In an interview with CNN-News18 Showsha, Akshay Kumar shared he takes up films which should have ideally been part of school text books. He said, “There are so many things which are not there in the books. I intentionally play roles which are not a part of our books. I want to do this. They are all unknown heroes. People do not know anything about them because nobody goes deep. I go for these kinds of roles.”

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The actor further complained about children’s history books. He said, “A lot of things there need to be corrected. We read about Akbar or Aurangzeb but do not read about our own heroes. They need to be mentioned. There are so many stories from the Army. So many people have been honoured with the Param Veer Chakra. I think history needs to be corrected and these kinds of leaders should be brought in and told to our generation.”

Sky Force, directed by Sandeep Kewlani and Abhishek Anil Kapoor, also stars Sara Ali Khan and Nimrat Kaur. Stree 2 producer Dinesh Vijan is backing the film under his banner Maddock Films.