Mission Raniganj's Akshay Kumar on claims that he champions BJP through his films: ‘I made Airlift, us waqt Congress...’

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar reacted to criticism against him that he is supporting the ruling government silently through his movies. The actor denied the news and said that he does not support any through his movies. In recent years, he moved away from action and comedy films and focused on movies, which deal with human and social issues. “Lots of time people say that they promoted Swachh Bharat Mission and I made Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. They had a Mars Mission and I made Mission Mangal. Aisa nahi hai, maine Airlift bhi banai, us waqt Congress ka raaj tha. No one talked about that. Even Mission Raniganj is set during Congress’ tenure. It is about the bigness and goodness and what happened. It doesn’t matter who was in power. What matters is what was done for the betterment of the country," said Akshay Kumar while having a conversation with India Today.

Talking about the ongoing India-Canada relationship, he added, “I am a very positive person. I hope and pray everything sorts itself out and things are how they used to be. I don’t want to look at the negative side, what has happened but on the positive hope that everything gets better,” The actor recently featured in Mission Raniganj, which also stars Parineeti Chopra, Kumud Mishra, Pavan Malhotra, Ravi Kishan, Varun Badola, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Shishir Sharma, Ananth Mahadevan, Jameel Khan, Sudhir Pandey, Bachan Pachera, Mukesh Bhatt, and Omkar Das Manikpuri. For the unversed,  Mission Raniganj is inspired by Jaswant Singh Gill, the man who saved the miners from Mahabir Colliery in Raniganj, West Bengal on the night of November 13, 1989. The actor will be next seen in films like Housefull 5, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Sky Force and others.