The actor also opened up saying that this film is not a sequel of Singh Is Kinng…
Prabhu Dheva, who comes from south India, has directed Singh Is Bliing featuring a Sikh character. Actor Akshay Kumar, who plays a ‘sardaar’ in the movie, says religion has no bearing on a person’s directorial skills. This is the second movie after Rowdy Rathore in which Prabhu Dheva is directing Akshay. Asked how it was for a south Indian to direct a movie on Sikhs, Akshay said, “Religion is not necessary for directing the movie. ‘Singh Is Kinng’, which was also on a ‘sardaar’, was directed by Anees Bazmee, a Muslim. Singh is Bliing is being directed by a south Indian, Prabhu Dheva.”
“It is not at all necessary that a movie on a ‘sardaar’ needs to be directed by a Punjabi. In India, all castes are one and we understand each other very well. Prabhudeva has done a very good job,” Akshay added. In Singh Is Kinng, Akshay had come under attack for sporting a trimmed beard, but this time, he has taken required steps to be on a safer side.
“I’ve taken care of all things that I had not done during Singh is Kinng. I don’t want to show anything that the Sikh community or any other Indian community is hurt, like they were during ‘Singh is Kinng’. I had said ‘sorry’ then as well. This time I had one person from the committee to keep a check on the movie,” explained Akshay.
Akshay has already cleared the air that his new movie, releasing on October 2, is not a sequel to Singh is Kinng.