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Akshay Kumar is now officially an Indian citizen. Yes, you read that right!
The actor, who decided to renounce his Canadian passport, has now finally been granted the Indian citizenship.
On the occasion of India’s 77th Independence Day, Akshay Kumar took to his social media and revealed that he finally obtained his Indian citizenship.
Sharing a picture of the official documents of his Indian citizenship, the 55-year-old wrote –
“Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani. Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind!”
The OMG 2 actor has always been subjected to criticism and trolling for holding a Canadian passport.
Akshay had previously revealed that he’d applied for an Indian passport in 2019, but the process got delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic.
During an interview, Akshay had opened up on facing criticism for his Canadian passport. In the 90s, he had apparently delivered more than 15 flops.
The box office failure of his movies had pushed him to apply for Canadian citizenship so that he could go there and work for his living. Talking about it, he’d said –
“I thought that ‘Bhai, my films are not working and one has to work’. I went there for work. My friend was in Canada and he said, ‘Come here’. I applied and I got in. I had just two films left for release and it is just luck that they both became superhits. My friend said, ‘Go back, start working again’. I got some more films and I kept getting more work. I forgot that I had the passport. I never thought that I should get this passport changed but now yes, I have applied to get my passport changed.”
Akshay Kumar Upcoming Movies:
On the work front, he has a string of movies lined up including Welcome 3, Hera Pheri 3, Soorarai Pottru remake, Housefull 5, The Great Indian Rescue, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and more.
