Actor Akshay Kumar spoke passionately about his bond with stunt performers and addressed questions around his public image during a candid conversation with journalist Rajdeep Sardesai at the India Today Conclave.
Responding to a question about providing insurance support to Bollywood stunt artists, Kumar said the initiative came from personal experience and responsibility. “I know all the stuntmen. I know them by name. I consider myself a stuntman first and then an actor,” he said.
Highlighting the risks they face, he added, “Today when people get hurt, they don’t even have the money to get their teeth fixed. I have seen such people who have lost their lives. Two stuntmen died in front of me. One of them had got married recently.”
Kumar emphasised that stunt performers put their lives on the line to make actors look good on screen. “They are doing it for whom? So that we look good. If we can’t even insure them, then it’s a curse on us,” he said, describing the move as a way of “giving back” to the industry.
The conversation also turned to the perception of Kumar as a nationalist figure, shaped partly by his choice of films and public gestures. Dismissing the idea that he consciously cultivates such an image, the actor said, “I don’t do any work to create an image. I do it because I feel it is right.”
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