Take the National Award away from me if you feel like: Akshay Kumar on the whole controversy

Akshay Kumar was extremely happy when he heard that he's won the National Award this year. For his performance in Rustom. Little did he know it would lead to a huge controversy.

People slammed Priyadarshan for selecting Akshay as the winner, when others felt there were other performances that were much more deserving. While Akshay maintained a stoic silence on the issue so far, at a recent event, he finally decided to speak up. 

He told the reporters, "I am observing this from last 25 years, whenever someone wins the award (National Award) there’s always a debate and someone starts a controversy on whether someone should have or shouldn’t have won the award. I have got this award after 26 years. If someone doesn’t want me to get this award, if you feel like, please go ahead and take it away from me."