Akshay Kumar is known to do some daring action sequences in his films.
However he has out done himself in Singh is Kinng. Akshay was shooting in a yacht for an action sequence, but things went wrong and he landed on his face while attempting a jump.
As a result his nose started bleeding profusely. Every one on the sets was worried. Producer Vipul Shah and director Anees Bazmee were ready to call for a pack up, but Akshay refused to do so.
Says Anees, “It was a complex action sequence with lot of close ups of Akshay Kumar. When he got hurt we wanted to call it a say. But the through professional that Akshay is, he didn’t let it interfere with his work. He resumed the shoot and did his shot with perfection.”
The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Monday formed a three-member committee to screen Akshay Kumar starrer Singh is Kinng to see if there Sikhs have been portrayed negatively in the film.
We have formed a three-member committee of experts that will see the movie and based on their feedback further action will be taken, DSGMC president Paramjit Singh Sarna told agencies. The film is slated for release next Friday.
The DSGMC had sought a ban on the movie last Friday for allegedly ridiculing the Sikh community and wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit asking her to ban the film in the national capital, despite the announcement by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of the Sikhs, that it was up to the audiences to decide if they wanted to watch the film.
The DSGMC committee has two granthis (priests) Harnam Singh and Surinder Singh and Khalsa college professor Harmeet Singh, an expert on Sikh history.
Various Sikh organisations have voiced their concerns over the film, which is slated for release next Friday.
Sarna said: “The film’s promos showed a Sikh character wearing a turban, while sporting a French cut. This is not a positive Sikh image. The screening should not be allowed until its makers make changes in the portrayal of Sikh character.”