After years of being subjected to social media trolling and labeled as 'Canadian Kumar' by a certain section of media, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Tuesday announced that he is now officially an Indian Citizen. For the unversed, Akshay Kumar was having Canadian Citizenship and due to this reason, he was under constant attacks by a certain section of media especially after he interviewed Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the occasion of the 2023 Indian Independence Day, Akshay Kumar took to his Instagram handle and shared his documents in which he was declared an Indian Citizen. Akshay Kumar who is grabbing the headline for the past many days due to his outstanding depiction of Lord Shiva in the recently released movie Oh My God 2 shared his document with the caption, "Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani. Happy Independence Day!" So, those who are still wondering if Akshay Kumar is an Indian Citizen or not, the answer is yes. Akshay Kumar is now officially a citizen of India.
See Akshay Kumar's Indian Citizenship documents here-
It is pertinent to mention here that Akshay Kumar during the promotion of his former movie Selfiee gave an interview. In his interview, Akshay Kumar had revealed that he has applied for Indian citizenship and will renounce the Canadian citizenship in order to prove his love for his country, India. “India is everything to me. Whatever I have earned, whatever I have gained is from here. And I’m fortunate that I get a chance to give back. You feel bad when people say things without knowing anything," said Akshay Kumar.
Why Akshay Kumar opted for Canadian citizenship in the past?
Notably, Akshay Kumar had faced a dismal phase in his life when he delivered more than 15 flops. This was in the 1990s. The poor box office performance of his films pushed him to apply for Canadian citizenship. "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.”
Coming to the work front, Akshay Kumar's work in OMG 2 is being highly praised. Akshay Kumar has portrayed the character of a Shivgan in the courtroom fictional drama. OMG 2 features Akshay along with Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam and is all headed to enter the Rs 100 crore club soon. Akshay Kumar's next project is The Great Indian Rescue, which is a biopic of Jaswant Singh Gill.
How netizens reacted to Akshay Kumar's Indian citizenship?
A user wrote, "Today I'm feeling very proud and also grateful to all those who supported me in this revolutionary work. We have put in a lot of hard work and forced Akshay Kumar to renounce his citizenship. We are also sorry for using derogatory marks such as "Canadian Kumar" etc."
Today I'm feeling very proud and also grateful to all those who supported me in this revolutionary work.
— Naklii✨ (@KaifMalik9520) August 15, 2023
We have put in a lot of hard work and forced Akshay Kumar to renounce his citizenship. We are also sorry for using derogatory marks such as "Canadian Kumar" etc. pic.twitter.com/O6nVgEm0cp
Finally!!! Der aaye durust aaye now no one call him Canadian Kumar ig 😅#Canadiankumar pic.twitter.com/60UD6T6sCd
— Ajay Yadav0X (@MrYadav011) August 15, 2023