I'm Indian & It Hurts Me That I'm Asked To Prove It: Akshay Kumar Applies For Indian Passport

No matter how sensible Akshay Kumar's comments may be, people often troll him for his Canadian citizenship. All his Instagram posts and tweets are full of mean comments from said trolls. And one such question he's often asked is why he has Canadian citizenship and not an Indian passport. Even?fans have been speculating about it for long.?

And, now, the man has finally spilled the beans.?

At the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2019, in New Delhi, Akshay Kumar finally addressed the big question about his citizenship. He finally revealed why he took up Canadian citizenship.?

"There was a time when I had 14 flops in a row and I was wondering what to do. One of my closest friends who stays in Canada told me ‘come here and we will work together’. I started the process to get a Canadian passport because I felt my career was finished and I won’t get more work here. But my 15th film worked and I never looked back. I never thought of changing my passport."

Now, after years, Akshay Kumar has finally applied for Indian citizenship. “It makes me very sad that despite being an Indian, I need a small notebook to prove it. It hurts me. But, I don’t want to give anyone even that chance, so I have applied for it," he said.?

This wasn't the first time that Akshay was questioned about this. His Canadian citizenship debate has been going on for a long time now. The fact that Akshay has often contradicted his own statements has not helped matters.

He kept denying it for months and before admitting he had dual citizenship. He, then, claimed he has Honorary Citizenship, but a quick fact-check proved him wrong. Then, Akshay Kumar finally accepted that in fact was a Canadian citizen in a tweet. He insisted that India comes first for him and that his passport shouldn't be a matter of concern. But try convincing the trolls online.

Now that he has announced he has applied for Indian citizenship, people have a lot of thoughts. Take a look!

For the unversed, when Akshay Kumkar was in Toronto years ago, he said there, “Toronto is my home. After I retire from the film industry, I'm going to come back and stay here.”

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