Akshay Kumar says he wants to distance himself from genre-specific tags

Akshay Kumar has been dubbed an action star, a patriotic hero and a comic actor during his 25-year-long career stint in Bollywood, but the star wishes to escape the genre labels he has become confined to.

Hindustan Times quoted Akshay during a group interview, as saying, “If I say I feel comfortable in one genre, you will put a tag on me. I don’t want any kind of tag. I’ve come out of that game of tags when I used to do only action, I was bored. I never wanted the tag of an action hero. Even now I don’t want any tags. I’m very comfortable playing all kinds of genres. If anything new comes in, if it’s risky and fun, then I’d just go for it.”

Speaking about his experience starring in two branches of comedy, Akshay stated, “I am happy that I get to visit different branches of comedy. Housefull was a slapstick comedy, no matter what people say, that it’s senseless, but there is an audience for that also. Slapstick comedy is the most difficult kind of comedy. To make people laugh at your own expense is one the hardest kind of comedies. Unfortunately, people here don’t give credit to this kind of comedy, even in awards night.”