Actor Akshay Kumar has said he does not like when someone names the film industries as south and north film industries, stating that the British divided and ruled us but we seem to have learnt no lesson from that either. Akshay’s upcoming movie ‘Prithviraj’ will release in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu on June 3. Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, the movie is about Indian warrior king Prithviraj Chauhan played by the actor.
When asked about the language divide, Akshay said, “I don’t believe in this divide. I hate it when somebody says south industry or north industry, we are all a common industry. I think we should stop asking this question. It is important that we understand that this is how the Britishers came and divided us, they invaded us and ruled us. We don’t seem to have learnt our lesson, we are still not understanding this. The day we understand that we are all one industry, I think things will start working much better.”
He also said, “This word ‘pan-India’ films and all, woh meri samajh ki bahar hai, (I don’t understand it). All I want is all the films to work, and that’s about it.”
Talking about ‘Prithviraj', Akshay had earlier said, “Rarely do films take this much effort and embark upon such monumental tasks. Every element of our film which is based on the life of Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan has been dealt with utmost sincerity, authenticity and reverence. We have paid attention to the minutest details while making the film because we wanted this to be the most glorious retelling of Samrat Prithviraj's life on the big screen.”
