For Akshay, respect for time is tantamount

Akshay Kumar is one actor who is known to be very punctual and disciplined, and maintains that if you reach in time, you respect the time of others as well!

So it’s well known that if you are working in a film with Akshay you need to be ready to begin shoot on time, even if it were to be very early in the morning.

During a recent interaction, the khiladi gave away the reason for his punctuality. ”Guys we all have completed our primary education in school. If we reached school late, we were punished. And if we continuously reached late for three consecutive days, then we were also subjected to being rusticated from school for a few days,” he recalls.

Adding more, he says, “Discipline was inculcated within every individual. Afraid of missing our lessons, we tried our best to reach school on time. So why can’t we follow the same pattern of being disciplined in our professional field too,” he reasons.

In a jocular vein he says, “In our profession, I find it so weird, that producers have to keep waiting outside the van of a hero. They keep him waiting outside the van and take time to come out and talk to him. Wherein, the matter of fact, the poor Producer is the one who bears all the expenses of making a film. He is the one who has given us the vanity van …but at times actors say Usko bolo thodi der wait karega!!’ (Tell him to wait for some time). We need to learn to respect his time and the time of all others as well.”

He advocates that everyone be disciplined and especially, respect time. “The day we all will start respecting time and realize the importance of reaching our destination in time, I am sure everything will change. So let’s all get into the habit of being disciplined; reaching everywhere at the given time. This will bring loads of respect to everyone’s time,” he feels.