Akshaye Khanna was told he’s ‘not successful’, he smiled and responded: ‘Everyone is ahead, I am the last one in the race’

He said that this was like comparing a businessman to JRD Tata or Dhirubhai Ambani, and saying that unless they are as successful as them, they aren’t a success. “You are saying that I am not a success,” he said as he was visibly amused. The interviewer then proceeded to compare him to Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Hrithik Roshan, and said that they were appearing in many solo-hero films, and experiencing success.

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By this time, Akshaye pretended to accept some defeat in this argument and himself said, “Everyone is ahead, and I am the last one in this race.” The interviewer couldn’t get the hint and further questioned, “Don’t you feel a certain complex that these people are doing solo films, but I am not?” Akshaye said, “I am trying that in future, I will also be a star of that level, and for that, I am working hard.”

He was then asked about cliques in Bollywood and why the likes of Karan Johar and Yash Chopra were not casting him in solo hero films, and to this, Akshaye simply said, “You should ask them.”