Can Akshay Kumar do a Salman Khan?

2009 has been one of the most disappointing years for Akshay Kumar. It started off with 2 disasters – Chandni Chowk To China and Tasveer 8×10 – then came Kambakth Ishq which was thrashed by the critics and at the box-office, didn’t do even close to as well as it was expected to.

October 16th is Diwali time, but it will also be the biggest test for Akshay. The music of Blue has topped charts but will people throng to theaters to watch an under water adventure film? It inarguably is the riskiest movie of the year, and with millions at stake, another slip is something Akshay cannot afford.

The trade has reasons to worry – the movie belongs to a genre that doesn’t really have a huge audience in India – Blue is directed by a debutant Anthony D’Souza, does he have it in him to execute such a huge project – and finally there are concerns regarding the plotline and the content, which is one of the reasons why Akshay’s last few films have fared badly after great first week’s at the box-office.

Can Akshay do what Salman did with Wanted? What do you think? Comments below

Blue also starring Lara Dutta, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan and Katrina Kaif (special appearance) releases this Diwali on October 16th 2009. The advance booking is expected to open soon, we will keep you updated.

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62 Comments

  • INDICINE! Please don’t make stupid stories like this, Akshay has alredy proven himself as a king and I think that’s enough, if we see today he is the highest paid actor in bollywood where every director dying to work with him, his TV show (KKK) become number one show, and now let’s come to the Blue. I think blue will be one of the finest movie in bollywood today, because people are getting tired from watching those unreal stupid action romantic, today everyone love to watch something different and I am sure we will find it in Blue

  • We can’t say anything about the movie now but I’d love to see it as it’s something new in bollywood and I think that Kylie Meynoug ( sorry.. i don’t know the correct spelling for her name) as she’s globally famous so she’ll pull lots of audience overseas to watch this movie.. from the trailer, I could say that it’s a good movie.

  • Tawny! if akshay is third-rate actor than i think the other are Zerooooooo rate, especially your F, and i know who is your F, that’s way you are postig this kind of cheep comments

  • KAMBAKKHT ISHQ…….had done a total of 60 crores nett ,,,,, while WANTED in its two week run has a total of 48 crores how in this world WANTED is a super-hit and KI not even a HIT……..

    can u explain????

    i would further like to add that

    salman DAS KA DUM has not generated a TRP of Close of 2.0 in its entire run ,, while AKSHAY’s fear factor has generated a TRP of 3.2 in it’s 1st episode only.. do u know wht a 3.2 TRP means,,,, it mean 1.26 CRORE unique users have watched its 1st episode.!!!!

  • SALMAN IS D BEST. WIDOUT NY BIG BANNER HE CAN STILL MAKE A MOVIE NOT SUPERHIT BUT A BLOCKBUSTER IN WANTED.IF HE GETS SELECTIVE LIKE AMIR DEN HE WILL B D KING.IIE DOEESS HHIS MOVIES BU HEART IF HE STARTS DOIN WID BRAIN AND CHOOSE SELECTEED MOVIES DEN HE WILL RULE.
    AS FAR AS AKSHAY GOES HE IS ALSO GOOD ND CAN MAKE COMEBACKKHE ALSO LOVED WANTED.

  • Akshay is a good actor as well as a popular star.salman’s wnates is a remake of south indian super hit pokiri.
    So he returned to his star status and it was just like tere naam which also was a remake of Super hit sethu(Vikram).But one think Salman is far behind those south Indian stars Mahesh Babu(Pokori-Telugu) and Vijay(Pokiri-Tamil) and also Vikram(Sethu-Tamil).This was the same in Kyon ki(Talavattom-Malayalam-Mohan Lal,Prabhu in Tamil) and Har dil jo pyar karega(Malayalam-Chandralekha-Mohan Lal).

    In case of Akshay , Salman and no other stars in India nowhere near to him in action.Salman just did the copy od Pokiri action in wanted..and if you see pokiri..you will pity on salman…

  • @ankur- u illiterate ppl go n chk box office india…wanted collected 53cr in 2week…while ki collected 47cr in its entire run…parelikhe gawar kahika…

  • I am agree with Priyanka. Salman has not any big banner like Yash raj or nadiadwalas. Here one thing i tell u wanted a ramake of a telugu hit pokiri everybody known its story. After that the film is doing well and tagged a super-hit. It Salman’s power only do that ok.

  • wel zakir farak kya padta hai be..who told u to talk nonsense abt akshay…he is the best and u should not compare him with atleast salman with him..go n see mahesh babu in pokiri(telugu)..he was far better than salman uncle…he is doing movies with superduper hit scripts…as King said in his comments…wel but u gawar Salman uncles’s fans dnt understnad wht today’s world demands…n wht ur Salman uncle is doing…??n i didnt seen him doing some stunts similar to akshay kumar…wht Akshay did in past normal actors r trying to do it today…its a shame for them..n shame for peolpe like u who wrote nonsense abt akshay..

  • akshy can not compair with salman khan.
    salman khan is the best khan ever he is the real king.
    and akshy what is akshy i don,t know about that man.
    i just know about salman khan.
    he is the best.

  • Zakir brother! Please don’t compare king akshay with someone like Salman. i personally like salman look, but as an actor he is nothing infront of king akshay, if you watch (wanted) carefully, you will only find unreal action, how can salman fight four or five people and they have guns and at the same time

  • Well,i m in too confuse..But hope akshay have done good job….Directed by new director so can’t tell ,,,,But really hope this movie works because if it doesnot work,he will have big pressure for De dana dan

  • But,only akshay can’t be blame for failure if movie fail to click boxoffice……..May be u critics can blame him….I something really get pluzzed ….Last time when Tashan fail , his acting was good….critics praise him because he have given four back to bck hit….But now if movie fail but akshay acting is good….they will surely blame him

  • heyyy Guys!!! if u have any problem then please see Mr.King Khan’s ( Salman khan ) record and then leave comments. Who is fucking Akshay? He just gave couple of hits and i never heard that he has given one good blockbuster like salman’s Maine Pyar kiya, Hum Appki hai kaun and so on…….
    When u said that Salman works in remake movie then Akshya Dog has also worked in more then half movies of his careers which are kind of remakes. I just hate Akshay…. He is F…. don’t know anything and please don’t even compare such a Macho Gun like SALMAN with girly type Akshay who always works in gay type movies like Heyy Babyy and soooooo on…..
    If anyone has problem then come to me and i’ll fuck u so then u can judge Mr Salman khan who rulzzzz around the world and is the only actor who has fans more then every one…. Ideots…

  • I don’t know why! But I am getting a gut feeling that Blue will not do well at the box-office. It will get a big opening, specially due to Diwali, but it will not be able to sustain the interest for long. The film will have to do exceptional business at the box-office to be considered a hit, because of its very high budget. However I am an Akshay fan & would be happy if I am wrong. ………………………. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

  • New directors like Sabbir Khan and Sajid Khan done blockbustor wonders with AKSHAY KINNG KUMAR…………………So what about a doubt….Just expect it to be a blockbustor as then any one will get the guts to make big films and variety films like this.

  • Hi…

    Wat a rubbish… Don ever compare Superstar Salman khan to akshay.

    world knows who z popular…. akshay is b grade actor who used to do all trash movies…

    Salman is a superstatr rioght frm the first movie Maine pyar kiya..

    I remember wen Mujse shaadi karoge was released at hyderabad all the poeple were just shouting n whistling wenever salman appear…

    Akshay is a comedy actor…..Salman z a big time superstar….

  • I think still people in india rea unware who is akshay…

    salman ka naam sirf kaafi hai movie hit hone ke liyay…

    Akshay kabhi king nahi ban sakta…. han srk bi nahi.. sirf aur sirf salman khan king hain aur rahenge…

  • Hey Folks..

    Plz stop crapping.

    salman is uncompareble to any bollywood actor.

    Well u call akshay as khiladi tell him can he act like salman khan in Wanted… What an action.He can never I mean he cant evn dream of it..

    Some guys were comparing salman to south actors… grow up yar, u can never compare Salman to any south indain actors… Salman movies screens at 63 countries. Meanwhile he is raising his bars to international heirarchy.

  • sallu is rock star and if he get angry no actor can come near him becous he rock all the time best of liuck sallu

  • DEAR DIP AND ABSAN BHAI JI , FIRSTLY SALMAN IS NOT UNCLE,SECONDLY HISTORY IS EVIDENCE IT REPEATS ITSSELF SO DONT SAY WHAT TODAYS WORLD WANT BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS WANT OLD EVEN WHEN THEY ARE EXPECTING NEW AND LASTLY NO FILM IS REAL ,SO I THINK YOU BETTER KNOW THAT NO ACT OR ACTIONS IN FILMS ARE REAL AND REGARDING STUNTS WE KNOW AKI IS KING BUT WE REALLY DONT KNOW THAT HE CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH SALMAN BECAUSE AKSHAY HAS ONLY ONE POINT “STUNT BUT” SALMAN HAS VARIOS PLUS POINTS LIKE GOOD SINGING,CHARMING FACE,ATTRACTIVE BODY,WONDERFUL PAINTING,GOLDEN TOUCH,COOL PERSNALITY,………………AND SO ON. WAIT A SECOND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE JEALOUS OF SALMAN BECAUSE 80%OF GIRLS LOVE SALMAN. DO U KNOW SOMETHING STUNT IS WASTE OF TIME FOR STARS BECAUSE IT IS THE JOB OF STUNTMENS WHO CAN DO BETTER AND PERFECT STUNTS THAN AKSHAY.I DONT WANT TO SAY THIS BUT U PEOPLE FORCED ME BY UR UP COMMENTS.

  • to all who r against salman………..i m a fan of salman………bt nt a hater of akshay………..akshay is being good for last few years bt salman is ruling from da last 20+ years……………he is da only superstar who’s superstardom doesnt affect by flops……………its da true……..and he is back with wanted…………..i hope akshay also do well…………..but dont abuse salman here…………..and never dare to compare him with south indian actor…………..i m 4m bangladesh………i know hw popular he is in all over da world………….by far 4m akshay

  • HI

    YES I THINK AND HOPE THIS MOVIE BLUE WILL DO VERY GOOD. I KNOW THIS MOVIE IS A NEW GENRE BUT IT HAS AKSHAY KUMAR, SANJAY DUTT, ZAYED KHAN, LARA DUTTA, AND OF COURSE KATRINA KAIF. THE MUSIC ITS OK.

  • Sagar hamza Khan: hey you.. mind your language.. respect other celebrities and u hv no right to call Akshay Kumar as a dog or use the word “F”

    Didn’t u read the rules below, before posting your lousy comment?!!

  • i saw many bull shit comments . Iam a fan of AKKI but i don’t hate Sallu . SALLU is good in action but his comedy is pathetic . watch out chal mere bhai , hello brother . he acted really bad in Hum dil de chuke sanam . had it Ajay devgan not been there in the movie , the movie wd have flopped.

    Sallu always had big banners , Maine pyar kiya, hum aapke hai kaun from rajshrii camp which was as big as yashraj camp at that time . sallu himself worked with nadiadwala banner in jeet and judwa .
    please get ur facts correct before just writing non sense.

    Regarding mujhse shaadi karogi , it was a boring stupid movie till the time AKKI entered the movie . i dont which cinema u went to . i saw it twice in delhi and once in mumbai and at both the places , it was AKKI’s entry which made ppl feel entertained in otherwise boring movie.

    AKKI is good in Action . watch Khiladi series . AKKI is good in Emotion , watch sangharsh and jaanwar , waqt etc . AKKI is good in romance, watch namastey london , humko deewana kar gaye . AKKI is Excellent In comedy : watch Mujhse shaadi karogi , singh is king , hera pheri . Akki HAS DONE NEGATIVE ROLE as well , WATCH ajnabi
    Now about SALLU : he is good in Romance movies like maine pyar kiya , hum aapke hai kaun . he is good in action Wanted, he is moderate in Comedy, with bad movie like hello brother, chal mere bhai and few good movies like andaz apna apna .
    clearly AKKI emrges Winner . i Agree that salman looks good and is cool but AKKI is also very handsome there is no dobt about this fact.

    And ya ,ppl who feel that stunts can be done by any stunt man , i wd suggest jia to try something at home then she’ll knw that how difficult they are and AKKI acts nicely ,looks GOOD and also do his stunts so it all indicates how dedicated and hard working Person AKKI is unlike SALLU who killed people under his car and keeps drinking all the time . its is now that Salman has i think reduced or maybe stopped drinking.

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