You may never see Akshay Kumar in his Khiladi avatar again. The actor has decided to star only in comedies henceforth. "In Khatta Meetha, I tried to make people laugh because it's very important to create laughter.Check the success record of the past five years. Most successful films have been hasya kathas (laughathons)," he says.
His logic? Akki believes audiences are tired of all the tears on television and seek humour when they go to the movies. "They refuse to pay good money to cry at the movies."
That's not all. In another major career decision, Kumar has decided to stop taking remuneration for his films.
Instead, he will share in the profits. "Even for Khatta Meetha, I charged nothing. I sold it at a reasonable price.
And since I am a partner in the production, the only way I'll make money is if the film profits. This is the only way to make sure distributors don't suffer." Henceforth, Kumar has also decided to co-produce all the films he stars in.
For the moment though, he has no new films in hand and will take it easy for the rest of the year. "Action Replayy, Tees Maar Khan and Patiala House are almost ready. I've no new projects for next year," he says.
Calling Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson and Charlie Chaplin his idols, Akki says he has fallen in love with the part of the common man that he essayed in Khatta Meetha. "Mr Bean is universally liked. Chaplin is a loser; he never gets the girl in the end. Playing the loser is not easy. I don't want to take the easy route of playing the super-hero any more. I'd rather play Mr Bean than James Bond. My characters should have a heart and a funny bone."
Flamboyance therefore, will be reserved only for his advertisements. "On the large screen, I'd rather be smaller instead of larger than life."
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The Chennai High Court has issued a stay order on the film and hence, the film will not be telecast on Indian satellite television and cable.
The opening response of KHATTA MEETHA was extremely mixed across the country. While the film opened to a below average response at multiplexes of metros, the opening numbers of the film at single screens ranged from good to very good. The occupancy at multiplexes was in 40% to 50% range, while single screens were 70% to 80%, which is good, but not excellent. The not-too-happening response at multiplexes of metros isn't good news, since a major chunk of revenue comes from plexes mainly. Will the single screens compensate that business, is to be seen.
When Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar join hands, you expect the cineplex to reverberate with laughter. Let's not forget, the team has regaled us with some terrific entertainers in the past. Naturally then, you expect KHATTA MEETHA to take the legacy forward.
KHATTA MEETHA raises a finger at the corruption in government establishments, but what it tries to say, or expose, has been witnessed over and over again. In fact, it's the writing -- sorry, the absence of it -- that makes matters worse. The beginning is good, the middle falters and the end is exasperating. 
While the romantic track is the weakest link [half-baked; the songs are forced down your throats, without valid situations whatsoever], the flashback portions, depicting Akshay Kumar as a college student [!!!], is just hard to digest. Even the end is worn out and doesn't give the feel of contentment that one expects at the conclusion of a film. 
Akshay Kumar plays the common man with gusto. He looks his part and more importantly, not once do you feel that he's repeating himself. However, he goes over the top in a few sequences. Trisha carries the Plain Jane look well, but fails as an actress. The fiery attitude, so vital when you're enacting the role of the Municipal Commissioner, is missing. Rajpal Yadav is in terrific form yet again. What a splendid actor! 
To promote their films, stars these days are adopting new means to reach out to audiences.
Akshay Kumar has been promoting his movie 'Khatta Meetha' in some unusual ways recently, and not all of those ways have gone down too well. The star visited legendary cartoonist R K Laxman (who has been hospitalised after he suffered a stroke) a while ago. The idea was to get Laxman to watch the movie in which Akshay plays the 'common man' created by the cartoonist. Laxman can't speak or move much, but Akki took a picture next to his bedside anyway. Of course, Akki was all smiles in the pic, next to the bedridden cartoonist.
Before the brand runs out of steam, Akshay Kumar has decided to run the next instalment of 'Singh Is Kinng'.
After 'Blue' last year, one would think Akshay Kumar would stay away from Diwali releases. In fact that is what Vipul Shah had presumed and was in fact planning an Eid or a post-Diwali release for his directorial venture 'Action Replayy', but a call from the star changed his plans.
Akshay Kumar plays a con man in 'Tees Maar Khan' and director Farah Khan says his role is inspired by English folklore hero Robin Hood.
