When 'Ram Setu' Actor Akshay Kumar Revealed Why He Has An 'Emotional Attachment' To Canada

Akshay Kumar, who was recently seen in the latest movie 'Ram Setu' which was released on October 25, has opened up about his emotional attachment to Canada.?

Reportedly, the actor claimed to have taken steps to regain his citizenship in India, after being criticized for years because of holding a Canadian passport.?

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However, he has shared that his association with the North American country goes back years. During a 2010 interview, Akshay Kumar revealed both his personal and professional connections to Canada.?

When asked about being an ambassador for tourism in Canada during an interaction with Zoom, the Samrat Prithviraj actor said, "Yes, I have been appointed as an ambassador for it. I actually still remember in 1995, I’d gone there for the first time, and I shot two Khiladi films there, both were big hits."?

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The actor further spoke of how his terminally ill father was better looked after in Canada.?

"I remember when my father had cancer, I had taken him to Canada, and they supported him a lot there. They gave him a lot of care,” Welcome actor Akshay Kumar was quoted as saying during the interview.?

This was the reason why Akshay Kumar is ’emotionally attached’ to Canada. Moreover, a ward has been named after Akshay Kumar's father at a hospital in Canada, as reported by the media outlet.?

During Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Akshay Kumar, who was invited as a guest speaker assured his fans that the process to get his Indian citizenship has already been put in motion. However, the pandemic is the reason for the delay.?

Akshay said, “See, I am an Indian, I pay all my taxes and pay them here. I have a choice to pay it there as well but I pay them in my country. I work in my country. A lot of people say things and they are allowed to. To them, I would just like to say that I am an Indian, and I will always be an Indian.”?

The Khiladi actor also opened up about he decided to apply for Canadian citizenship several times. Akshay said that he felt he’d outstayed his welcome in the Bollywood industry, as his movies stopped working. The plan for film was to diversify professionally after settling in Canada.?

Meanwhile, after delivering several flop movies, Akshay Kumar is gearing up for his next project, which is a biopic based on Jaswant Singh Gill, a Punjabi engineer, who saved around 65 trapped coal miners from a flooded mining site.?

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The movie will focus on India's first mining rescue mission that took place in Raniganj of West Bengal in 1989.?

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