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Brothers is my jubilee gift to the people: Akshay Kumar
Superstar Akshay Kumar is all set to light up the fireworks
with his latest film BROTHERS which releases in theaters across North America this Friday, August 14. Kumar sat down
recently to discuss his latest role in this new interview below.
Why is this film important to you?
This movie is very close to my heart, it means a lot to me,
especially because it is a movie about Martial Arts, which makes it even more important
for me. The movie is releasing this month, which also coincides with me
completing 25 years in the film industry and it means so much to me that this
happens to be a movie about Martial Arts commemorating the accomplishment of my
25 years, when it’s because of my martial arts background that got me into the
film industry in the first place. We’re literally going full circles.
Could you please tell me more about the character you’re
playing in “Brothers�
My character is a school teacher who teaches Physics and
Chemistry. He used to be Mixed Martial Artist who would fight on the streets
for money. Mixed Martial Arts is a very dangerous profession and due to issues
monetary issues, my character faces he has no choice but to go back to the
streets to flight in a professional tournament.
What all was involved in the training for the role?
The main part of the training was a 6 month intense and
gruelling work-out followed by practicing different fighting styles like Judo,
Karate, Kyudo, Aikido and other Mixed Martial Arts.
How was it working with Sidharth Malhotra?
Sidharth is a very talented young man; he is very
professional when it comes to work. Although he had no experience with MMA he
did really well. He also went through 8 months of training. Sidharth has a
great future ahead of him. In Brothers he plays the character of a “man†unlike
his earlier movies, where he’s mostly played young characters. We had a great
time on set. He’s a Punjabi, I am Punjabi and even our director Karan Malhotra
is Punjabi! We spoke in Punjabi all the time to the degree the film should have
been called Prah (Brothers in Punjabi). Haha.
The movie has a wonderful cast, we also have an
“item-number†performance by Kareena Kapoor. Sidharth Malhotra and Jackie
Shroff also play lead roles. Is there a love story somewhere in the story line?
Absolutely, there is a love story in the movie. I mean the
movie is about street fighting, but there’s a reason to why the fighting
happens in the first place which emenates from love. You will get to know that
there’s a love story between Jacqueline Fernandez and I, there’s also a family
related love story between Jackie Shroff and Sidharth and also between Shefali
and I. The fighting comes later on in the movie, the film’s main emphasis is on
its relationships.
Your final message to your fans please!
I would just like to tell my fans how much it means to me to
make a movie that they like. I really hope all my fans like Brothers. I would
also like to tell them that the movie took about one whole year to make, we
literally put our blood, sweat and tears into the making. The climax of the
movie took about 52 days to shoot, just to get it perfect for the audience. All
the fans across the globe should watch this movie on the big screen, watch it
with your family and loved ones, do not watch pirated versions of it, we poured
out our sweat and blood into this movie.