Akshay Kumar is now preparing for the release of his upcoming film, “Samrat Prithviraj.” Akshay was severely trolled after the film’s trailer was released, with many criticising his casting as the warrior king.
He was labelled a miscast in the starring part by a number of social media users. Now, just days before the film’s premiere, Akshay has sparked a new debate by questioning Indian history textbooks in an interview with ANI.
Soon after the video was shared on Twitter, several people slammed Akshay Kumar, calling his comments false and even bringing up his lack of educational qualifications.
#WATCH | Nobody is there to write about it in our history books. I would like to appeal to the Education Minister to look into this matter and see if we can balance it. We should know about Mughals but know about our kings also, they were great too: Actor Akshay Kumar to ANI pic.twitter.com/05WKtQ4dNw
— ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2022
One user wrote, “This is the chap who failed a couple of times before he reached 10th standard who is now telling us how textbooks should be written. Amazing!”
Another tweeted, “When you read the history on WhatsApp university & some bakwas movies and not in Schools! Read NCERT”.
One comment read, “lagta hai issne ne Canada ki history book padd li hain” in context to the fact that Akshay hold Canadian citizenship and not Indian.
Check out some of the responses below:
I suppose he was schooled in Canada ! My Indian School NCERT history textbooks had enough & more on the Indian Kings! https://t.co/rF6xmBRAsl
— Dr. Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) June 1, 2022
This is the chap who failed a couple of times before he reached 10th standard who is now telling us how text books should be written. Amazing! https://t.co/MLhuIvTb17
— Ajay Kamath (@ajay43) June 1, 2022
I am sure he hasn't studied anything during his school days . Specially history …. https://t.co/XKB0fkKcl0
— Sahil Joshi (@sahiljoshii) June 1, 2022
WRONG. There is a entire chapter on Prithviraj Chauhan in class 7th NCERT history textbook.
Looks like Canadian Kumar was sleeping in school during his history class. https://t.co/13s1GoG8tA
— Advaid അദ്വൈത് (@Advaidism) June 1, 2022
