{"id":410306,"date":"2026-04-21T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410306\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:51:09","slug":"akshay-kumar-breaks-silence-on-backlash-for-fake-moustache-for-samrat-prithviraj-apologises-for-it-sometimes-you-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410306\/","title":{"rendered":"Akshay Kumar breaks silence on backlash for fake moustache for &#8216;Samrat Prithviraj&#8217;, apologises for it: &#8216;Sometimes you have to&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/akshay-12.jpg\" alt=\"Akshay Kumar breaks silence on backlash for fake moustache for 'Samrat Prithviraj', apologises for it: 'Sometimes you have to'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> In 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/akshay-kumar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akshay Kumar<\/a> took on the role of the legendary ruler Prithviraj Chauhan in the ambitious period drama Samrat Prithviraj, backed by Yash Raj Films. The film arrived with considerable anticipation and marked Akshay\u2019s return to the banner, but it ultimately struggled at the box office and received mixed-to-negative feedback. Much of the criticism was aimed at Akshay\u2019s portrayal, with viewers questioning his physicality, body language, and notably, the use of a moustache that many felt appeared artificial.Four years on, the actor has now responded to those critiques in a conversation explaining that the issue wasn\u2019t about avoiding facial hair. He said during a chat with Shubhankar Mishra, \u201cSee, I\u2019m working on lots of things, lots of films and lots of looks. Like right now, I have this beard. I took around six weeks to grow it, and during those six weeks I didn\u2019t work. So it\u2019s not like that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Bhooth Bangla brings relief for akshay kumar as film enters 100 crore worldwide clubHe went on to clarify the creative decision behind the look in the film: \u201cIn Samrat Prithviraj, the story required a particular kind of moustache, and that kind of moustache cannot grow naturally on my face. So yes, maybe the fake moustache didn\u2019t look good, maybe a lot of people didn\u2019t like it. But at the end of the day, it\u2019s acting. Growing that exact moustache might not be possible for me. But sometimes you have to do it. And if people didn\u2019t like it, then I am sorry.\u201dOn the work front, Akshay was last seen in Bhoot Bangla, directed by Priyadarshan, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/paresh-rawal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paresh Rawal<\/a>, Tabu, Rajpal Yadav, and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/wamiqa-gabbi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wamiqa Gabbi<\/a>. The film is currently running in theatres. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2022, Akshay Kumar took on the role of the legendary ruler Prithviraj Chauhan in the ambitious period&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5189,180285,180283,93,61,60,270,28125,180287,180286,27214,180284],"class_list":{"0":"post-410306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshay-kumar","9":"tag-akshay-kumar-response-criticism","10":"tag-akshay-kumar-samrat-prithviraj","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-paresh-rawal","16":"tag-prithviraj-chauhan-portrayal","17":"tag-samrat-prithviraj-controversy","18":"tag-wamiqa-gabbi","19":"tag-yash-raj-films-akshay-kumar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}