Friday, July 17, 2009

The Battle Is Over...

Hello Everyone…

Three down, two more movies to go this year, I almost feel like a cricketer, if I Hit two more wickets this year India’s won, and if I don’t then I think I’m off the team, ‘He He’ ;o) I’m only kidding, I aint going anywhere,coz right now I’m so happy and tension free. If you saw a picture of me two weeks ago, I looked like someone had put a gun to my head and was being forced to create world peace… But now, post ‘Kambakht Ishq’ I look like I’ve been on holiday, I haven’t, but at least I look like I have. I feel great, my audiences have given me a Huge Hit, I’m back to my funny usual self, meaning I’ve put my head straight into another movie, yes wait for it, Sajid Khan is back with an almighty bang. We’re into our 4th day of shooting ‘House Full’ in oh so sunny England, (seriously it rains here more than Bombay, no wonder Londoners get depressed…) I have to say even in the rain Sajid Khan is probably the funniest Indian on the planet, I can’t tell you much as its too early into the film, but he’s already made one of the heroines fall out of a window, he’s made me destroy an entire living room and lets just say there was a parrot on set, but he doesn’t flap anymore…

It’s so cool here in London, no wonder there are so many NRI’s here, there’s a cinema on every corner, beautiful parks, loads of restaurants, and I know I’m a guy but the shopping is wicked, my family is having a ball. I’ve been taking my wife and son to Hyde Park everyday, even Aarav trains with me at 6 o’clock in the morning. We’ve hired out mountain bikes, we’ve been conditioning on the monkey area in the kids adventure playground, he loves it here, there’s so much to do… Even though I’m buzzing with excitement, diving head first into a new movie is not an easy task. I sat one whole day with Sajid and the writer to get the feel of my new character, we didn’t move from the room for 10 hours, we just ate curds to keep us alive. We just went over and over on how we’re going to entertain our audience in a bigger and better way than before. Sajid has worked solidly on this movie for 2 years now since he directed ‘Heyy Babyy’, Now it’s up to me, Ritesh D, Lara D, Deepika P, and the rest of the nutty gang to deliver Sajid's enthusiastic genius comedy timing on screen. So the pressure's back on but we’re all loving it. The stories you're all gonna hear about what we’ve been getting up to on the sets will be hilarious enough let alone the movie at the end of it…

But for all of you who are living in Bombay, be safe, stay inside when the storms are bad, stock up on food, and take care, the rains are God’s way of feeding us, just be careful…

Much love and care,
Your Akshay…

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Kambakkht Hit!

Whoo Hooo… Yippeeeeee… I’m So Excited And I Just Can’t Hide It, No No No No No, I don’t Know What To Do But I Think I Like It ;o)…

I know I must sound drunk right now but honestly I’m not, I’m just so high on life and it’s all because of youuuu!!! To Everyone out there that has supported me, and made this recording breaking Block Buster Smash Hit come true for me… I want to thank you all for your faith, love and support that you have given me, I’m sorry it’s taken a year but I’ve finally given you a Hit that you are hopefully as proud of as I am. I also want to thank you all for not listening to the negative critics, you have made my entire career this weekend and I owe you many hours of entertaining for years to come for you to feel my genuine thanks. For words cannot describe how happy we all are because of you, our fantastic fans who stood by our movie through all it’s madness and spice, despite what some people are trying to do to it, and for judging the movie for yourselves, it makes us all really proud when our own audiences makes the final decision…

Bollywood is back in Business, lets roll on the hits for everyone this year… ;o)

God Bless you all
Love your
Akshay Kumar

Kam-Back finally!!!

Hello Everyone…

Whoo Hoo rains are finally here, so no more garden parties for me for a while, thank you God!!! Not that I’m complaining, but I think even if the Queen of England asked me to one I think I’d have to pull a sicky I’m afraid. I talk too much in my films to have to talk off screen so animatedly as well… Speaking of screens what are you doing reading my blog, you should be at the cinema watching ‘Hangover or maybe this other really funny movie Kambakkht Ishq’... Did your mother ever tell you ‘laughter is the greatest medicine for the heart,’ unless you die laughing of course and then it’s not so funny :o(
I know none of you right now can tell but if you could see the anxious slightly constipated look I have on my face you’d all laugh at me, not with me ‘at me’… This whole release thing is worse than a marathon, I swear, I mean I totally agree that marathons are like the longest race’s in the world but even they get over, this has just been the slowest week ever…I thought Chandni Chowk’s release was tense what with all the wonderful things that were (Not) being said but this has been positively tense. Releasing your own movies is like being asked to dig your own grave, it’s slow and painful and you don’t know when anyone’s gonna kill you off…
I know I definitely owe my wife another holiday for sure…
So for those of you who have seen my movie let me know what ya think…I like to know where my people are at!!! And if you haven’t then don’t make me come over with a pair of nunchaku, get out there and let me feel your vibes, I swear I’m only doing all this promotion so you can hopefully enjoy yourselves (Oh and so my producers can earn their money back of course or I’d be out of a job and you’d be bored on a Friday night.)
But I must say I’ve had an overwhelming response to ‘K I’, I just hope we can make the world proud of Indian cinema that’s all. I think we’ve all been through a lot this year from strikes to recession to depression, (or is that only me!!) So I hope I’ve somehow got it right this time… And I wanna say I thought ‘New York’ was Fab, John, Neil and Katrina acted very well I was extremely impressed with their film, to the point I was on holiday in New York and took my family to see it…
Oh and congratulations on being Gay in India, I thought the day would never come, I’m relieved you can all love each other freely now, it’s not like it was a secret or anything but I’m glad you don’t have to live in fear anymore. Gay Ho!!!

Love and Prayers
Yours stressfully
Akshay ;o)