Akshay Kumar finally addressed rumours that he refuses to give film enough time. For the unversed, there were several claims that Akshay was not allocating time for his films. A source also claimed that Akshay had not put in enough time and dedication for Samrat Prithviraj. Akshay has now seemingly addressed these claims. The actor, without taking names, said that people at one point praised his ability to wrap films quickly. However, now that his films weren’t working at the box office, are using this habit as a shortcoming.

In a new interview, Akshay was speaking about the rumours and pointed out that Tom Cruise’s name and said that the Hollywood actor dedicated only 55 days into the making of Mission Impossible. He added that he also gives the film the required time and does not force the filmmakers to wrap his films in a set schedule. He explained that there have been many of his films that have had 75 shoot days and he has agreed to dedicate that much time to it.

“Only 55 Days. Rest of the filming continues, with duplicates and all. Biggest action film in the industry, Mission Impossible, and Tom Cruise shot only for 55 days. Everyday, they shoot a scene of 1 and a half to two mins so you can calculate,” Akshay told Galatta Plus.

“There are a few films that have 75 days shoot schedule, there are others that are 30 days shoot schedule, how much ever time the director asks, I will give. People have (presented a wrong perception) to people. I don’t want to get into the detail of it on who started it. Because it starts from somebody who doesn’t like you, that let’s find out one or two things. So it starts that way,” he said.

“Earlier, people would say ‘start a film with him and it wraps quickly.’ This was when 17 to 18 films of mine were working. He comes on time, goes on time, movie wraps, it releases — it sees the day of release in 8 to 9 months. Now that movies are not working, they narrative is he doesn’t give films time. They change it,” Akshay explained.

He added that he is not giving a clarification for rumours. “People want to see content, people want to see your effort, people want to see what you (have made), they are not interested in how much time you are spending. Ye toh inhone likh likh ke… Not that I am giving a clarification, people can write what they want. But this is not what I think. I would like to tell my audience that don’t think like that and don’t believe what people say,” he said.

Akshay recently released Sarfira. The film is his second release of the year and is a remake of the Tamil film, Soorarai Pottru.