Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is considered to be one actor who is known to bring home blockbusters year after year. The Sooryavanshi actor is one who does 5-6 or sometimes more films in a year, with almost all of them bringing in good box office numbers.

Now, with such an ability, it is a no-brainer that Akshay gets so much work and is paid so well in Bollywood as directors consider his touch to be a golden one. However, it looks like Akshay might have admitted defeat for the first time in a long time. As you know, Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files has really brought Indians to the cinemas like no other movie.

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With the movie focusing on the atrocities in Kashmir on the Kashmiri Hindus, there's a lot that is being said and debated, making it a completely different kind of film in terms of the current political dynamic.

Having said that, it had been forecasted that no movie would be able to compete with it in the Indian theatres at the moment.

However, Akshay's latest film Bachchan Pandey featuring Kriti Sanon, and Arshad Warsi released on March 18.

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Now, while Akki's movies are always the ones to be usually scared of, this time around Kashmir Files was just too strong an opponent to take on. According to the latest reports, Kashmir Files has minted over a staggering Rs 200 crore at the box office, with Akshay's Bachchan Pandey receiving a rather humble response in comparison to the Vivek Agnihotri film. And now, it looks like Akki too has made the admission about Kashmir Files doing better. While speaking at an event in Bhopal, the actor said that Kashmir Files 'drowned' his Bachchan Pandey film.

"Vivek ji ne Kashmir Files bana kar humara desh k ek bohot bade dardanak sach ko samne rakha hain. Ye film ek aisi bhet bann kar ayi, ye aur baat hain ki meri picture ko bhi duba diya hain. (Vivek Agnihotri has brought to the forefront a bitter truth. The film has come like a blessing, but yes it destroyed my film Bachchhan Paandey)" said Akshay.

Here is the video of Akshay speaking and Vivek Agnihotri himself has responded to it as well.

Thanks @akshaykumar for your appreciation for #TheKashmirFiles. pic.twitter.com/9fMnisdDzR

"Thanks, Akshay Kumar for your appreciation for #TheKashmirFiles." wrote Agnihotri on Twitter. Wow! Looks like there's no stopping Kashmir Files at the moment.

Source: India Today 

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