Somebody with a lot of imagination thinks this young actor is following Akshay Kumar’s footsteps and is all set to takeover the Bollywood superstar’s enviable position and shiny reputation as the industry’s most bankable and popular actor.

Industry sources say that ‘somebody’ is the young actor himself. Bypassing his PR agent, he gets his manager to plant fake stories in pliable Bollywood websites that show him closing the field between Akshay and himself.

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The young actor is 30. He’s been in Bollywood ten years. During which he’s made ten films. God has been kind, for most of these films have been hits. Making him think he’s the next best thing in Bollywood and a notch above Akshay who in his 40 years in the industry did some 120-plus films, has four getting ready for release while he works on two more, and is among the Top 5 highest-paid entertainers in the world and also the most popular choice for brand endorsements.

He’s constantly drawing up similarities between the Khiladi and himself and their respective journeys that are as soppy as they are fanciful. Including one that has them pegged as incorrigible ladies’ men! The highpoint of his comparisons is that he is minting money – faster than Akshay even after rejecting massive offers – and is an in-demand game changer in Bollywood. Akshay’s reaction to this gutter press has been mature tolerance. But Bollywood’s Action King doesn’t always turn the other cheek to those trying to shine in his hard-earned glory.