Akshay Kumar’s life has become a crazy blur of activities. He has been shooting non-stop in LA for Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakth Ishq. He shot with Sylvester Stallone last week and then flew for a day on Friday to Toronto to be part of the Bachchans’ first ’Unforgettable’ concert.
The concert on Friday night went off spectacularly. On Sunday he was back in LA shooting for Kambakth Ishq. Says a source, "Since it’s a stuntman’s role Akshay has been given to do some of the most complicated stunts of his career. And there’s no question of using body doubles. Akshay has decided to do all the stunts himself. How can he play a body double and get a body double to do the action scenes? Akshay wouldn’t allow it although the producer Sajid Nadiadwala thought some stunts were way too dangerous. Out there at Universal Studios, all Hollywood actors are insured against dangerous stunts."
As though going black and blue with the breathtaking stunts wasn’t enough, Akshay was also moonlighting in LA doing dance rehearsals for the Bachchan’s ’Unforgettable’ tour. Speaking from LA, Akshay said, "I joined the Bachchans for the first of their ’Unforgettable’ concerts on Friday night (July 18) in Toronto. With the shooting and the rehearsals, I didn’t know whether I was coming or going."
This is the only concert in the Bachchans’ ’Unforgettable’ tour that Akshay participated in. "There’s no time for me to cram in any more activity," says Akshay who’s currently stationed in LA with his wife and son, "far away from the maddening gossip and idle talk in Mumbai. I’m not bothered with what they’re saying about me at home. And I’m happy that way."
More happiness spilled out when Akshay shot with Sylvester Stallone. "He had no time at all for the concert. But he’s doing this for the love of the Bachchans. Akshay really respects the Bachchans. And Abhishek is one of his favourite co-stars. When Abhishek was still struggling, Akshay has predicted he’d be a star. Akshay really believed in Abhishek. When he was offered the concerts with the Bachchans, he accepted one performance as a token gesture and that too in Toronto which is like a second home to Akshay," reveals a source very close to the actor.
Adds Akshay, "Amitabh is the most respected actor in our country. I’d do anything he asks me to. I wanted to do the concert in Toronto and I’m glad it went well."
