Akshay Kumar
Everybody in the film industry knows that Akshay Kumar is passionate about cricket. However, the actor recently showed his love for the game in some other way. When Akshay recently went to Singapore for the shooting of Priyadarshan’s De Dhana Dhan, he wanted to catch the ongoing IPL matches in his hotel room where he is staying. But later he came to know that the hotel Pan Pacific 7 Raffles Boulevard in Martina Square in Singapore doesn’t have the channel which is telecasting the running IPL matches. Soon Akshay contacted the owner of the hotel and threatened him to either tune in the channel (Set Max) or he will shift to some other hotel. However due to his star status the hotel management tuned the channel within a minute.
The producer of the film, Ratan Jain confirmed the news and said, “Yes it is true. When Akshay came here last week, I had gone to the airport to pick him up and the moment we got in the car, he asked me if we are watching the matches. When I told him that it was getting very difficult catch-up with IPL matches because the hotel didn’t have that channel, he spoke to the owner and told him that if he didn’t get the matches, he won’t stay in the hotel. Within minutes the channel started beaming in the hotel.”
The producer later added, “I guess, apart from us Indians, no one was interested in the IPL. The hotel also must have paid a huge amount to subscribe to the channel; but Akshay is happy and now the entire unit can watch the matches together during breaks.”
