There were reports that Akshay Kumar returned to action films, after watching Salman Khan's action movies being declared as blockbuster hits. Akshay Kumar, who has acted in several action films at the beginning of his career, stayed away from it and started to act in comedy and romance genre films for a long while.

He turned an action star again with Rowdy Rathore, followed by Khiladi 786. The star actor has denied all the rumors of following Salman's footsteps to do action flicks. He reveals he does not need to copy someone's genre of films as he has five releases a year, something no other big star has done so far.