This Article is From Feb 26, 2011

Is Akshay The Latest Superhero?

Is Akshay The Latest Superhero?

Highlights

  • If Ajay Devgn can do it in Toonpur ka Super-hero and Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One, Khatron ka Khiladi Akshay Kumar cannot be left far behind.
  • Akshay has been toying with idea of doing a super-hero film for a long time. "It's something that I've promised my son Aarav.
  • Not quite the Western model of a super-hero, but a super-hero more identifiable with our own culture," says Akshay.
Mumbai:


If Ajay Devgn can do it in Toonpur ka Super-hero and Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One, Khatron ka Khiladi Akshay Kumar cannot be left far behind.


Akshay has been toying with idea of doing a super-hero film for a long time.  "It's something that I've promised my son Aarav.

Not quite the Western model of a super-hero, but a super-hero more identifiable with our own culture," says Akshay.

Chuck gizmos and gadgets, Akshay wants the super-hero to be inspired by the Hindu mythological character Hanuman.

Reliable sources reveal that Akshay's super-hero epic would be part-mythological part-fantasy and Nikhil Advani will direct it.

Advani, with whom Akshay has collaborated on two projects in the past Chandni Chowk To China and the well-received Patiala House, said, "All I can say at the moment is that I'm going to cast Akshay as a full-on hero. He is the kind of guy that kids look up to as a protector.

He's complete super-hero material."

Says a source, "Akshay doesn't want to make his super-hero film a replica of Superman or Spiderman. He knows the original Hollywood super-heroes are now available in every Indian language including Bhojpuri.

He has asked his director to turn more to Hindu mythology for inspiration. The role-model for Akshay's super-hero would be Hanuman."

While the character is now being developed to accommodate Akshay's vision, the super-hero film would also mark the return of Akshay as a full-on action hero.

"He will perform a lot of his stunts himself. Somewhere down  the line he began playing the goofy loser once too often. Son Aarav and wife Twinkle want him to play the super-hero," a source revealed.

"The idea is not to take on Hollywood on their terms but to work our way around their USPs," says Akshay sagely.
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