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A fab
foodie film - Bollywood/Chinese flick by Warners Bros. Pictures - is
coming out on the 16th January. The film has a major food element
where the main protagonist, Akshay Kumar who's also India's biggest
Bollywood star, plays the role of a small time chef from Chandni
Chowk (moonlight village) in Delhi who's mistaken for the
reincarnation of an ancient Chinese warrior. The film also stars
Gordon Liu (Kill Bill) Roger Yuan (Lethal Weapon 4, Bulletproof Monk)
and the Stunt Director in the film is Dee Dee Ku (Crouching Tiger,
Romeo Must Die, Kill Bill, The Matrix, Forbidden Kingdom).
The film is
also a semi-biopic film portraying Akshay's life story - he was born
and brought up in Chandni Chowk, Delhi and in pursuit of his dream to
become a martial arts expert travelled to Bangkok to train, where he
worked as chef to earn a living.
Akshay has a
global fan base of 3.6 billion people; he is the most sought after
actor as he commands strong box office openings.
In
2008, Akshay's movie Singh is Kinng launched his home production
banner Hari Om Productions and raked in 18 crore in the first 2 days,
smashing previous records set in the past 10 years in India, UK, USA
and the Middle East. He's the brand ambassador for Levi's, Coca Cola,
X Box and recently collaborated with Snoop Dogg for Singh in Kinng's
music video
Akshay is
starring alongside Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon
Routh for his film Kambakht Ishq releasing later in 2009
Akshay has
dual citizenship in Canada and earlier this year he was awarded an
honorary doctorate.
2007 saw all
four of Akshay's films become international box office successes,
with a billing of over 500 crore rupees profit in India and the
overseas box office.
According to
the UK Film Council 2007 Yearbook, out of the top 13 highest grossing
Indian films released in the UK and Ireland which generated £9.7
million at the box office, four featured Akshay as a lead protagonist
and grossed a mammoth of £4.5 million.
In December
2007, his film Welcome was the biggest Bollywood Christmas release
grossing $ 4.5 million in its first two weeks.
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