• Source:JND

Akshay Kumar recently gave back-to-back critically acclaimed performances in movies such as Sky Force and Kesari Chapter 2. The superstar, who is currently seen in Kesari 2, talked about receiving positive and negative feedback. Akshay mentioned that the audience is the boss if they clap for him, then it motivates him or otherwise, he gets to learn from his mistakes. The Kesari 2 actor also mentioned that criticism hurts sometimes, but in the end, it makes him better. He further shared that his biggest fear in life is not getting any responses or messages for work.   

In an interview posted on the YouTube channel of Zee Music India, Akshay said “Audience hi maalik hai (The audience is the boss) because they pay for the whole thing. When they clap for me, then it’s a motivation and when they criticise, I get to learn as well. I always want to evolve my work. If I get genuine feedback, I never ignore it. Be it script choices or role selection. It has happened several times when people have said, ‘Kuch alag karo (Do something different)’. So, I tried doing different movies as well. Criticism hurts sometimes, but if it comes from the heart, then it only makes you better.” 

Akshay also opened up about his biggest fears in life. He added, “Besides falling from a helicopter, my biggest fear is that when I wake up one day and there are no messages. Uss din mujhe lagega ki meri baari khatam hogayi (That day, I will feel my turn is over). I am not needed now. I think this is the reason why I don’t want to stop. I want to keep on working. It is a small life. I don’t want to rest and make my life smaller. I want it to be bigger. Main tab araam karunga jab iss duniya mein nahi rahunga (I will work till I am alive). In simple words, I’ll keep on working till they have to shoot me down.” 

Coming back to the work front, he is currently seen in Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh. It also stars R. Madhavan and Ananya Panday in lead roles. After 8 days of release, the movie collected Rs 50.15 crore in India.