Ektaa Kapoor says Akshay Kumar is ‘most reliable, dependable actor’, calls out the ‘culture of bringing someone down

Filmmaker Ektaa Kapoor wrote a message supporting Akshay Kumar. (Photo: Instagram/Ektaakapoor)

In a recent promo of Seedhi Baat, the host asked Akshay about his films not working since his mother’s death. “Aaj aapke paas naam hai, shohrat hai, bangla hai, par maa nahi hai (You have everything today, but you don’t have your mother),” the host asked, rewording the popular dialogue from the film Deewar. Akshay got emotional and just said, “Chal, aage chal (move on).” The host prodded him further and asked what Akshay’s mother would have said amid his bad patch. Akshay said, “Unki ek badi famous line hai, ‘Fikr nahi kar puttar, babaji tere naal hai’ (She had a famous line, ‘Don’t worry son, God is with you’).”

Actor Kangana Ranaut had earlier written a post talking about Selfiee, which has been co-produced by Karan Johar. The actor compared Selfiee’s first day box office collection to her last theatrical release, Dhaakad, and wrote, “Karan Johar movie Selfiee has hardly made 10 lakhs on the first day I don’t see even one trade or media person talk about it forget mocking or bullying him the way they harass me…”

Selfiee was Akshay’s first release of 2023 after a string of flops in 2022.