Subrat Dutta praises Akshay Kumar

Subrat Dutta, one more gem from National School of Drama, has been noticed in his movies, like Talaash and Bhootnath Returns and got a sharp eye of critics in his recent Roar. In his recently released The Shaukeens he is playing a bengali director who is the GURU of Khiladi Kumar. In this movie, Akshay Kumar (as in film too) imports him to get out of his Khiladi image and to grab a National Award in acting.
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Says Subrat, " Akshay helped a lot as an actor and moreover as a producer. I have become a big fan of Mr. Khiladi. He is the most secured star in today's age of cinema, who gives the number of films in a year and all does well at box office." He adds, "Akshay pranked on himself in the film and helped me too in doing so. His honesty towards his work makes him fantastic human being besides his super star image. I am not a big name and Akshay gave me a good working environment without any tantrum." He smile, "People says that Akshay is famous for cutting the roles of his co-actors, but I opined 'ke wo role banwa deta he'."
Subrat admitted that he is believer of good work rather in Off beat cinema or commercial cinema. His film, Kaphal, won the swarn kamal in 61st National Film Awards for the best children film and he won the best actor award in Ocian Cinefan (New Delhi) in 2006 and in Cairo (Egypt), International Film Festival in 2009. Though he points out that the national award is always influenced by the social or political elements but he is also convinced that it is become necessary some times to balance out all the regions. He states that the biggest award is the audience who applauds your good work.
He is doing a negative character in upcoming Tevar. It would be a suprising element, he says.
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