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Everyone has been struck by the Dhurandhar craze. In the era that Bollywood is standing in right now, it is bringing back the rugged, angry young man once again, but for completely different reasons. For Akshay Kumar, who just released his latest horror-comedy with Priyadarshan, he wants to join in as well.

While Bhooth Bangla is very different from what Bollywood fans are slowly getting used to, it doesn’t mean that the actor doesn’t want to dive into the trends. In fact, he wants to work with the directors who everyone is talking about.

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During an interview with Shubhankar Mishra on his podcast, Akshay Kumar talked about how movies have evolved with time. He admitted that all these films, like Dhurandhar, Kabir Singh, and Animal, have revived a very old Bollywood trope.

“If any of these directors think that I deserve to be in their films, they can approach me. But most importantly, they should find something suitable for me, and I should also feel okay with it. I want to do an action film.”

“In Animal, the anger went out of limits. The film brought back the whole 'angry young man' era—with ten times more power than what Amitabh Bachchan brought back then; that was limited, Animal wasn't. Sandeep Reddy Vanga brought it back in a very different way. It was a new cinema and a new way of looking at a hero. People saw that he too is a hero who doesn't just bite but can stab ten times. Same with Kabir Singh—he is the most angry lover.”

“The way it explores the country—it was a very well-written film. Every question was answered. It was very clear that the makers knew a lot and had gathered information from multiple sources, which they turned into a film rooted in reality. It was very nuanced and beautifully done—taking something real and expanding it into a larger-than-life cinematic experience... Cinema is evolving. If I ever get an opportunity to work in such films, I would be more than happy.”

He would love to work on action films and such projects. Movies like Ranveer Singh’s and Ranbir Kapoor’s paint a completely different picture of what Bollywood is turning into. That being said, he would be more than open to working with Sandeep Reddy Vanga and Aditya Dhar.