We fought in 47 degree heat: Akshay Kumar

Deepali Dhingra catches up with the superstar as he readies for the release of Boss this week Every actor has his own way of handling success and dealing with failure After more than two decades in the film industry Akshay Kumar too has his own mantra ldquoWhen a film releases on Friday by Saturday morning itrsquos confirmed whether itrsquos a hit or not If itrsquos doing well Irsquom very happy If itrsquos not then Irsquom unhappy for two days and on Mondays Irsquom back working on my next film I move onrdquo says the actor whose career has seen a lot of highs and lows When we meet Akshay on a Monday evening at Mehboob Studio in Bandra hersquos finishing the final portions of a song for A Murugadossrsquos film Holiday but whatrsquos keeping him occupied these days are promotions for his upcoming release Boss The film thatrsquos being talked about for the mantoman fight sequence in the climax was one of the toughest shoots for the actor ldquoI donrsquot know what was happening in Bangkok those few days but the temperatures had shot upto 47 degree celsius We were shooting in a sand quarry with dust everywhere The sun was shining on top of us and we had to shoot a fight sequence on the hot sandrdquo he recalls But the results he says were worth it ldquoI did something which used to happen in earlier films a man to man fight These days you see VFX and cables with the hero fighting 30 goons at the same time Here itrsquos six minutes of the hero versus the villainrdquo he adds But what makes this film more special for the actor is the fatherson relationship depicted in the film ldquoI shared a great rapport with my father and for me the fatherson relationship is really special In fact I realised that there is hardly any song on this relationship and I especially requested my producers to include onerdquo says Akshay And while wersquore speaking about Boss we couldnrsquot help but ask him the cheesy ldquoWhorsquos the boss at homerdquo question to which the actor gives his trademark grin and says ldquoThe wife of courserdquo Not that we expected any other answer Itrsquos a known fact that Akshay is a family guy And after the birth of his daughter Nitara a year back the actor has been feeling the need to spend maximum time with his wife and kids Itrsquos not possible at the moment Akshay is one of the busiest actors in the industry today with a number of filmmaker wanting to cast him in their ventures No wonder then that his name is counted along with the Khans But the actor believes itrsquos all a part of destinyrsquos game ldquoItrsquos not that I have calculated or done some manipulation to sustain my success I have done it through my hard work Irsquom a producerrsquos actor I make sure that nobody makes a loss And if that happens then I sit with him and try and help him outrdquo says Akshay adding that he counts luck as a major factor in his success ldquoI think itrsquos 70 per cent luck and 30 per cent hard work I watch plays where there are actors ten times better than me or I see models who are far more good looking than I am So I always think itrsquos all part of destinyrsquos planrdquo he says u00a0If there was one thing that was missing from his success it was the criticsrsquo green signal And now that hersquos got it with films like Oh My God Special 26 and Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara the actor admits itrsquos good getting a thumbsup from critics ldquoIt does matter in a small way I wouldnrsquot lie Who doesnrsquot like getting four stars in the review Everybody likes it when somebody messages to tell you that yoursquove got four stars for a film And if somebody messages saying yoursquove got only two stars then yoursquore like lsquoMagar film toh hit hai na bossrdquo laughs Akshay Well doesnrsquot look like he needs to worry so much about the stars now The publicrsquos vote after all has always been in his favouru00a0