Akshay Kumar: Keep Changing My Image As I'm A Greedy Actor

Going by the success of his movies, one would imagine that Akshay Kumar has cracked the box-office formula. And yet, look closely at his offerings, and they are anything but formulaic. With his interesting choice of movies — that range from a historical in Kesari to a sci-fi drama in Mission Mangal — Kumar has stayed relevant, giving the younger crop of actors a run for their money.

"It's fun to reinvent. I get bored easily; I learnt this early on in my career when I was doing only action films. Filmmakers were not offering me anything different," recounts the superstar of the days when he was itching to break his Khiladi Kumar image. "Fortunately, Hera Pheri [2000] turned things around, and since then I am trying to explore different genres. I am a greedy actor. If I am constantly changing my image, it is because I am enjoying it. I am not doing it to set an example. "