Akshay Kumar cringes at the very mention of the term remake in the context of his forthcoming actioner “Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty“. And he has his reasons.
When IANS was about to ask him about “Holiday” being a remake of a Tamil film, he promptly interrupted and said: Actually, I won’t call it a remake.
It was a fresh script and we were going to make it first in Hindi, but A.R. Murugadoss (the director) had a condition that he first wanted to make the film in Tamil. The Tamil version called ‘Thuppakki‘ released in 2012. So the film is not a remake for me.
It is a script and subject that I had selected earlier. Vipul Shah (the film’s producer) and I had gone for a narration. We sat with Murugadoss and after listening to the first half, I agreed to do the film. The first half was mind blowing. I really enjoyed doing it.
The movie, which focuses on terrorism and sleeper cells, also features Sonakshi Sinha. Presented by Reliance Entertainment, the movie releases June 6.
