Airlift: Akshay Kumar would want to do more films like these, but...

Akshay Kumar is overwhelmed with the response to his latest film Airlift, which revolves around the evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait war. The actor says such type of films come "almost once in an actor's lifetime".

"My Twitter feed has been flooded with #Airlift, so much positivity and love... I couldn't have asked for more and for sure wasn't expecting this much hence feeling very overwhelmed," Akshay tweeted on Wednesday (January 27).

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"While most of you have written I should do more films like Airlift... I wish I could but honestly films like these come very rarely, almost once in an actor's lifetime and I am extremely fortunate to be a part of it. Thank you all for everything," he added.

Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, Airlift, which also stars The Lunchbox actor Nimrat Kaur, tells how the Indian government evacuated 1,70,000 people of Indian origin and also of other nationalities through 488 flights during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait war.

Akshay, who has over millions of well-wishers across India, also credited his fans for making an actor a 'star'.

In a statement, Khiladi Kumar said, "What I have understood with these many years in the industry is that an actor is a star because of his (or her) fans and should do anything in power to entertain viewers."

Akshay added that when he stepped into the Hindi film industry, he 'didn't have much of a choice'.

"All I was ever really good at was stunts as I had to make my mark. That was what I focused on the most," he said.

The Khiladi actor added that he doesn't take things for granted and has gone through highs and lows in his over a decade-long movie career.

"There was a time when I delivered 14 flops in a row. I was down in the dumps, and suddenly the 15th film worked and then there were 16 films which were box office hits," he said.

Akshay is known for action film as well as comedies like Singh Is Kinng and Welcome.

The actor feels great to know the audience love the movies he does and adds that he likes doing films which offer "wholesome entertainment to the entire family".

"There is a lot of hard work put in by a lot of people to make the movie and bring it to audiences. I like doing film which offer wholesome entertainment to the entire family," the Baby star said.

Akshay's latest outing, Airlift, is racing towards the Rs 100-crore mark at the domestic box office.