: What the Age of Akshay tells us about Bollywood #IndiaNEWS Akshay Kumar is ubiquitous. He had three releases in 2021 and at least four more are planned for 2022. He even looms in the mandatory health

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What the Age of Akshay tells us about Bollywood #IndiaNEWS
Akshay Kumar is ubiquitous. He had three releases in 2021 and at least four more are planned for 2022. He even looms in the mandatory health advisory tacked to all productions that feature a character smoking.If Bollywood in 2021 belonged to one actor, it was this gum-baring gent. Previously known as “Khiladi� for his films that used that word in their titles, Akshay Kumar is now one of the most prominent showbiz players in a different game – one in which it helps to have a mercantile, risk-averse approach and a conservative, establishment-friendly image. He steers clear of controversy, turns a profit for his producers, and speaks up for power rather than to it. He is the ideal leading man. Indeed, we are smack in the Age of Akshay. Its distinguishing features include sub-zero expectations, opportunism and selective memory. With his blinkers-on approach, Akshay Kumar fits snugly into the ethos of the current dispensation. The 54-year-old actor and producer is one of the most prominent faces of the nationalistic movie (also known as the scold-Muslims movie). On screen, Canada’s most patriotic Indian tearily swears allegiance to the tricolour.Unlike other Indians, Akshay Kumar doesn’t have...Read more

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