Akshay Kumar turns Bawarchi in new video, pays tribute to Rajesh Khanna: ‘Fondly remembering my late father-in-law’

Akshay Kumar said that he was inspired by his late father-in-law Rajesh Khanna’s character in Bawarchi while shooting for his latest advertisement. Watch the video here.

Akshay Kumar turned chef in a new advertisement for a cooking oil brand. He called it a tribute to his late father-in-law, Rajesh Khanna, who played a cook in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s critically-acclaimed hit Bawarchi.

Akshay Kumar remembered his late father-in-law Rajesh Khanna as he shared his new advertisement.

“Very rarely do we get a chance in life to play our hero on screen! Is #ad ko karte huye mujhe wohi khushi mili. Fondly remembering my late father-in-law whose iconic character in Bawarchi inspired me to do this. @FortuneFoods,” Akshay wrote on Twitter. He is married to Rajesh’s daughter Twinkle Khanna.

In the video, Akshay can be seen returning home with a bag of groceries when members of the family who employed him make different requests to him about what to prepare - pakodas, matar paneer, mooli ke parathe and jalebi. He assures that he has their health in mind as well, and says that he will cook in soybean oil filled with nutrients.

Akshay will be seen next on the big screen in Bachchan Pandey, which is directed by Farhad Samji and also stars Jacqueline Fernandez and Kriti Sanon. The film is scheduled to release on March 18.

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Other than this, Akshay has a number of films in the pipeline, including Prithviraj, Raksha Bandhan, Ram Setu, Mission Cinderella, Oh My God 2, Gorkha and Selfiee.