Akshay Kumar deserves National Award: Suniel Shetty

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Actor Suniel Shetty finds his “Hera Pheri” co-star Akshay Kumar a deserving winner of the Best Actor National Film Award this year. Last month, Akshay was named the Best Actor for his performance in the crime thriller “Rustom”, loosely based on the commander K.M. Nanavati case. However, the choice by the jury — led by filmmaker Priyadarshan — was criticised by a cross-section of people.

Asked about the same, Suniel, who has worked closely with both Priyadarshan and Akshay, told “This is completely wrong. Akshay has given so many hits. Why are you looking at just one film? Look at his career. He has been there for more than 100 films. He deserves the honour.

“Maybe he has been given this honour looking at his graph and growth in films over the years. There are very few actors who give respect to the uniform when they get into it. Akshay is one of them.” Akshay himself earlier said that if people don’t consider him worthy of the honour, then they should take it away from him.