Shawdesh Desk:

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar there is only one religion and that is “being an Indian.”

His upcoming film Sooryavanshi reflects the same sentiment.

Sooryavanshi, directed by Rohit Shetty, is the latest movie in the filmmaker’s cop franchise.

The franchise, which started in 2011 with Ajay Devgn’s Singham series, was announced last year with the release of Simmba, starring Ranveer Singh. The climax of the 2019 film teased Akshay as Sooryavanshi.

The actor said the film’s story doesn’t view the world through the lens of religion.

“The idea of being an Indian and not about being a Parsi or a Hindu or or a Muslim, we haven’t looked at it on the basis of the religion,” Akshay Kumar told PTI in an interview.

The 52-year-old actor plays Veer Sooryavanshi, an ATS officer, entrusted with the responsibility to protect Mumbai from terror attacks.

“In every film there will be both good and bad characters, the audience is smart enough to understand what to take back from the film – the good or the bad.”

Sooryavanshi marks Akshay Kumar and Rohit Shetty’s first project together.

The film, scheduled to be released on March 24, also stars Katrina Kaif, Jaaved Jaaferi and Jackie Shroff in pivotal roles.