Kept on working hard when I had 16 flops in a row: Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar on Tuesday said that he hopes his upcoming film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan will end his dry spell at the box office. He was speaking at the trailer launch of the film along with co-stars Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F and director Ali Abbas Zafar.

Akshay's last releases, including Samrat Prithviraj (2022), Raksha Bandhan (2022) and Mission Raniganj (2023) didn’t do well at the box-office. He added, "Whether it was Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) , Airlift (2016), Rustom (2016), or many other films that I have done. Sometimes there is success, sometimes there is not. There was a time when I had 16 consecutive flops.

The film will see Akshay and Tiger perform deadly stunts as they play two soldiers who embark on a mission to recover a stolen AI weapon from the antagonist, played by Prithviraj.

Speaking about performing the stunts, Tiger said, "We have got such an amazing team, from the director, producers to stunt director, who make the environment pretty safe for us. We have done some difficult stunts in this film but we got time to prep and rehearse. So, it was just second nature."

For Ali, the biggest challenge with a multi-starrer like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan was to justify the stardom of every star in the film. He said, "It is important that you write a script and character which justify three superstars and the two girls who are equally important in the films. Hindi cinema is known for celebrating stars.” 

Prithviraj feels that the film has potential to be turned into a franchise. He said, "When Ali narrated the story to me. I was completely following the two hero tracks. It was very entertaining. It has got everything to be a blockbuster franchise. The good thing about the franchise is much like James Bond or Mission: Impossible films (where) usually the story of the film is villain and then the heroes come and save the world.”

Manushi shared her experience of working with Akshay and called the actor a "guiding force" in her career. She said, "He has a sense of protectiveness where he always gives me advice. He is someone I always call, asking 'How do I do this or how do I attempt that?' In action, he is the OG."

Produced by Pooja Entertainment in association with AAZ, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan will hit the screens on the occasion of Eid on April 10.