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| Akshay Kumar became an Indian citizen again, but why did he take Canadian citizenship first? |
Famous Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar announced on the occasion of India's Independence Day on Tuesday that he has once again become an Indian citizen.
He expressed on social media that he has regained Indian citizenship and shared his documents along with it.
After Akshay Kumar's tweet, his fans congratulated and welcomed him on becoming an Indian citizen once again. Some people also talked about 'homecoming'.
It should be noted that Akshay Kumar used to face criticism regarding Canadian citizenship.
Akshay Kumar, 55, shared his documents and wrote: 'Both Indian in heart and citizenship. Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind!
Why did Akshay take Canadian citizenship?
About this, Akshay Kumar had told in the past that there was a time in the nineties when his career was going through a difficult period.
According to the report of the news agency 'PTI', 15 of his films were consecutive flops during this period.
Akshay Kumar said that then the situation became such that he applied for Canadian citizenship.
When he failed to vote in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he was criticized on social media for his citizenship.
Remember that you cannot hold citizenship of any other country while having Indian citizenship.
Interview with Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an interview to film actor Akshay Kumar which was aired on 24 April 2019. This 67-minute interview was aired on most of the country's news channels.
In this interview at the Prime Minister's residence, Akshay Kumar asked Narendra Modi probing questions about his daily routine, food and drink habits, his likes and dislikes, and childhood stories.
Akshay Kumar called it a 'non-political interview' and Prime Minister Modi also expressed his happiness during the interview saying that he is happy that he is giving a non-political interview during the election.
The interview was among the top trends on social media and even then questions were raised about Akshay Kumar's citizenship and it was said that Modi had given this interview to a Canadian citizen of Indian origin working in Bollywood.
Application for Indian citizenship
In the year 2019, during an event, Akshay Kumar publicly said that he has applied for Indian citizenship.
Akshay Kumar said during the 'Hindustan Times Leadership Summit' that he never thought that he would need a document to prove his Indianness.
Regarding this, he added, 'After the consecutive failures of 14 films, I thought I should try something else. A close friend of mine living in Canada invited me to come there. He said that we will work on something together.
'They are also Indian and live there. I got my passport there because I thought my career here was over. But then my 15th film became a hit and I never looked back after that. I kept moving but I never felt that I should change my passport.
But after a dispute over citizenship, he decided to apply for an Indian passport.
Akshay said at the same event: 'I have applied for it (citizenship) because I think people have made it an issue that I have to show my passport to prove my Indianness. This bothers me and I don't want to give anyone a chance. That is why I have applied for an Indian passport.
He further said that 'My wife is an Indian citizen and my son is also an Indian. Everyone in my family is Indian. I pay my taxes here. My life is here but some people want to prove something else.
Congratulations on social media
After Akshay Kumar's announcement, Akshay Kumar started trending once again on social media. While people were congratulating him with hashtags of his name, his fans were targeting his critics.
A user named Mohit Gupta wrote, "Finally the tongues of the haters are stopped," along with heart and arm, and star emojis. Many fans have written such things about him.
A user named Appa Manyu Bhattacharya wrote: “Congratulations. Now you don't need to make flattering films to show your patriotism. We want you to go back to your comedy field.
A user named IMSRK.BRK wrote that 'First you were a citizen of Canada. But in a live interview, you said that you are an honorary citizen of Canada. You applied when your boat broke badly, otherwise, you would have always been Canadian.'
Akshay Kumar has 46 million followers on Twitter and is ahead of Shahrukh Khan in this regard.
The opening story of 'Hero' Akshay Kumar
Born on September 9, 1967, to a Kashmiri mother and a Punjabi father, Rajeev Bhatia once said after hearing his father scold him that 'If I don't study, I will become a hero.'
With time, what Rajeev Bhatia said in anger became true as Akshay KumarDone it. Rajeev's father Hari Om Bhatia was earlier in the army. Then started working as an accountant.
The Bhatia family, residing in Delhi, shifted from Delhi to Mumbai and Rajeev was admitted to Don Bosco School in Matunga.
Rajeev Bhatia was very fond of sports. He got interested after seeing a boy in the neighborhood practicing karate. As soon as he completed his 10th standard, Rajeev moved to Bangkok to learn martial arts at his father's insistence.
Earned a black belt. After five years, he reached Delhi working as a travel agent and hotel in Kolkata, Dhaka. For some time he bought Kundan jewelry from Delhi's Lajpat Rai market and sold it in Mumbai.
How did Rajeev Bhatia become Akshay Kumar?
But his heart again led him to martial arts. So he started teaching martial arts to children. In those days, his monthly income used to be around four thousand rupees.
According to an interview given to the Indian state channel Rajya Sabha TV, Rajeev Bhatia started modeling at the suggestion of someone. Rajeev Bhatia received a check of Rs 21,000 for his first photo shoot at a furniture store. Rajeev liked the check he received from the job, but the name on it was less interesting. Then Rajeev Bhatia changed his name to Akshay Kumar.
Consider it a coincidence that the day after the name change, Akshay got his first film as the lead hero. This movie was 'Sugandh' which was released in the year 1991. But before that, he had also played a small role in the movie 'Aaj'.