Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar becomes Indian Citizen on Independence Day (Image:www.instagram.com/akshaykumar/)
Akshay Kumar, the Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Hindi movies received Indian citizenship on Independence Day.
The actor has been facing constant criticism over a long time for his Canadian citizenship.
On Tuesday, he announced that he has once again become an Indian citizen!
“Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani. Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind!”, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) receiving the official citizenship document from the Indian government.
Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani.
Happy Independence Day!
Jai Hind! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/DLH0DtbGxk— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 15, 2023
It was the 15 consecutive flops he faced in the 1990s, pushed Mr. Kumar to apply for Canadian citizenship, reported the New Indian Express.
Earlier in an interview with India Today, Mr. Kumar stated that he had applied for an Indian passport and will be renouncing his Canadian Citizenship soon. “I am an Indian and it hurts me that I am asked to prove that every time”, he said then.
His citizenship was a big controversy as he did not vote for 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The debate worsened as he later conducted a “non-political” interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the elections.
It was in 2019, during an event, Mr. Kumar revealed that he had applied for an Indian passport.
The 55 year-old Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia aka Akshay Kumar has appeared over hundred films in his thirty years of acting career.
