Akshay Kumar photographed in Mumbai.
Actor Akshay Kumar said that the film industry is not as profitable and wealthy as it is considered to be.
Akshay's film
Airlift has collected Rs 44 crore at the box office in the opening weekend.
"I hope this continues every week because according to me, people have this misconception that the industry is a
sone ki chidiya," said Akshay.
"According to me, this industry is striving on very few hits. I hope the industry receives several hits because it has the capability to give you a lot. But at the moment, the industry is suffering losses," added Akshay.
Akshay also said that it would be great if
Airlift is declared tax-free. But he added that he wasn't aware of such a development till now.
Akshay, who has also produced
Airlift, said: "I'm very happy that I got an opportunity to make a film on this lovely script, and also produce it. I can't express my happiness. If I could, I would jump with joy that people have loved this film, enjoyed and appreciated it." (Also Read:
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"I would like to thank all those people, who have appreciated this film, because such films usually reach only a certain point like 40 crore to 60 crore. This is because such films do not have songs. There's no commerciality or item song and no comedy. And taking this film to this level itself, is due to sensible people," added Akshay.
Akshay will be seen next in
Housefull 3, co-starring Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Lisa Haydon, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nargis Fakhri.