Akshay Kumar says actresses are not willing to take risks

Actor Akshay Kumar will soon be seen leading Ahmed Khan’s upcoming laughter ride, “Welcome to the Jungle,” scheduled to release in theatres on June 26, 2026. He has worked with actresses from different generations in his next. During an exclusive interaction with IANS, Akshay revealed that he feels today’s actresses are less willing to take risks as compared to their seniors. Apart from this, he further said that they come to the industry better prepared.

Akshay was asked, “You have worked with different generations of actresses in this film. There are 90s actresses, then 2000 actresses like Lara Dutta, and after that, there is Disha Patani. What difference do you find between actresses of different generations? or, we can say, different decades?

Responding to the question, the ‘Welcome’ actor said, “Well, they are all very professional. They are all beautiful. They are all good actresses. So, there is not much of a difference. Yes, I would say that today’s actresses are more prepared than we used to be. They know everything. They have learnt a lot before entering the industry.”

When director Ahmed Khan was questioned, “But, do you think, that since they are so prepared, somewhere or the other, the rawness, as a director, do you miss that?” he reacted saying, “See, earlier, actors used to be raw, we had to teach them. We had to teach them, fundamentally, what to do. Today, they are fundamentally correct.”

Adding to the conversation, Akshay pointed out that today’s actresses are not willing to take major risks, whereas actresses in the past were willing to take risks.

Explaining his point further, he added, “Not a lot of multi-starrers are made these days because they are not ready to adapt to the fact that why should we work in a multi-starrer movie.” Akshay further requested all the young actors to do multi -starrers as he feels that it is important that people watch them. “If you see, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, they all used to do films together. I think, if we can do multi-starrers, it will be good for the industry”, he concluded.

Akshay has spoken up also on the relevance of money in his life. The actor attended a special event for his upcoming film “Welcome to the Jungle” in the city where he spoke with the media. The actor is the most prolific among all the superstars with his annual film count often touching 4-5 films. The actor told the media that he strives to earn more for his family, and there’s nothing wrong with it.

He told the media, “Look, any person who says that he doesn’t like money, either he is a saint, or he has a lot of money, that’s why he says that he doesn’t like money. He has a lot of money. These are the two reasons why a person can be like this. But I have seen a lot of cases. I am sure all of you have seen this in your friends.”

He further mentioned, “You must have seen how many people earned money, and they lost their money. They lost their money, but they worked hard and got their money back. After that, many people lost their business, and somehow got their business back. But you must have seen this in very few places that someone has lost their health, and they can’t get their health back. So I would say that health is more important than money, and nothing is more important than health. So I just pray to God that health is the most important thing for all of us, and after that, money will automatically come.” Meanwhile, on the professional front, the superstar is set to return with the second season of “Pitch To Get Rich” with Karan Johar. It is a fashion-focused business reality show aimed at discovering and nurturing the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs.

Indo-Asian News Service