Akshay Kumar is thought for making movies on varied social points. His upcoming movie Raksha Bandhan, too, talks in regards to the concern of dowry. Ahead of the discharge of the movie, the actor known as the observe of dowry ‘extortion.’ “We cannot disagree with the fact that dowry is very much there in India. It’s in the layers. Some call it dowry, gift, ‘sankalp’. It has different names,” PTI quoted him as saying.

“Some demand that they want to have the wedding on a large scale. I would call it extortion. The father, the brother are not that capable, and yet they try to do as much as they can so that it (the wedding) happens,” the actor added. He known as Raksha Bandhan a delicate movie and mentioned that not many films have been made with reference to dowry. “If the film works even on 5-10 per cent of people who watch it, I’ll feel as if I have made the biggest film ever,” Akshay Kumar was quoted as saying.

Raksha Bandhan, which is all set to launch on eleventh August, places the bond between a brother and his 4 sisters within the highlight. While Akshay performs the dotting brother, Sahejmeen Kaur, Deepika Khanna, Sadia Khateeb, and Smrithi Srikanth play his sister. The movie additionally has Bhumi Pednekar enjoying the actor’s love curiosity.

The movie is directed by Aanand L Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon. It is produced by Colour Yellow Productions, Zee Studios, and Alka Hiranandani in affiliation with Cape Of Good Films. The movie will conflict with Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha, which is the official Indian remake of Forrest Gump.

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