Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar finally opened up about the reason of having a Canadian passport, reports The Indian Express.

Often Akshay got trolled on internet for holding Canadian citizenship, and this issue is usually brought up when he promotes national causes.

The Bollywood superstar said, “I am an Indian, from India, paying taxes in India and will always remain so. I got my Canadian citizenship at a time when my films had stopped working and I was thinking about moving to Canada.”

“A few years ago, my films were not working. Almost 14-15 films had not worked so I thought I should probably move elsewhere and work there,” he added.

Akshay said, one of his friends lived in Canada and suggested that he (Akshay) too should move there if he is not finding success in India.

“A lot of people move there for work, but they are still Indians. So I also thought that if destiny is not supporting me here then I should do something about it. I went there, applied for it (the citizenship) and got it,” he said.

Bollywood’s Khiladi said, soon after this, he began experiencing professional success again, and he decided that he should stay back. Then he thought, “I will stay in my country, never thought about moving again.”

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