'Have applied for Indian passport now': Akshay Kumar reveals why he has Canadian citizenship

At the HT Summit, Akshay Kumar opened up about having a Canadian Passport. He stated, "There was a time when 14 films of mine flopped and I thought that I might have to take up something else to support myself. One of my closest friend stays in Canada and he asked me to come there. He said we will work together on something. He is also Indian but stays there. Then I started my process, got my passport and other stuff because I thought my career has ended. I won't get work here anymore."

He further said, "It was just that my 15th film worked and after that I never looked back. I kept going on and on. But I never thought of getting my passport replaced."

Akshay revealed that he has applied for Indian passport now. He shared, "I have now applied for it because I feel sad that people have stuck to this point that I have to show my passport to prove that I'm an Indian. It hurts me. So I don't want to give anyone an opportunity and so I have applied for it."

The Khiladi of Bollywood concluded by saying, "My wife (Twinkle Khanna) is Indian and my son (Aarav) is Indian. Everyone in my family is Indian. I pay all my taxes here. My life is here but some people want to say something, so it's ok."

When asked about interview Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Akshay said, "I got the opportunity to do that interview and I'm sure that anyone would have grabbed that chance. I was one of those lucky who got that opportunity to do an interview with the PM. I went without any kind of preparation. I just went in and asked him questions as a common person. It was about whatever came in my head."

Akshay went on to say, "Would they brief me that I ask the PM about mangoes? Do you believe that they would brief me like this? Even he was a little bit taken aback when I asked him all this. I just asked him normal questions and not anything related to policies and other stuff because a lot of journalists have done that. And he was sweet enough to answer everything. He could have easily said that 'throw him out'."

(Inputs from HT Summit)