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Akshay Kumar Slammed For 'Walking Over Map Of India' In New Video, Netizens Say 'Respect India'

Ahead of his North America tour, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is facing the heat over a promotional video in which he is shown walking over the map of India.

New Delhi: Akshay Kumar is all set to go on a tour to North America with other celebrities like Disha Patani, Mouni Roy, Nora Fatehi. The actor recently posted a promotional video in which he is shown walking over the map of India. 
 
The actor uploaded the now-controversial video on his social media handles on Sunday. Akshay's post, however, did not go down well with Netizens who promptly labelled it as disrespectful to the India map. 
 
The video also features actresses Disha Patani, Mouni Roy, Nora Fatehi, and Sonam Bajwa. Fortunately for them, they were not walking on the India map and so they escaped Akshay's fate. 
 
The video was made to promote the North America Tour of the stars in March this year. Sharing the video, Akshay had tweeted, "The entertainers are all set to bring 100 per cent shuddh desi entertainment to North America. Fasten your seat belts, we're coming in March!" 

Netizens were quick to comment about the video and slammed the actor for walking over India’s map. Some also raised questions about Akshay's loyalties by pointing to his Canadian citizenship.    

A user wrote, “What a shameful and arrogant person… walking on India's map..." "Seriously. Who came up with this idea to walk on a map ? No matter how much people want to distance themselves from these issues, you movie folks keep doing these blatant mistakes,s which is responsible for the ire you guys are receiving," wrote another user. 

One of the users wrote, "Had any of the Khans (Bollywood actors) rubbed the map of India with their shoes, then they would have been boycotted by now." "What do you want to achieve by doing this? Respect India," wrote another user.
 
The actor has earlier stated that he has decided to relinquish his Canadian citizenship and applied for an Indian passport. 

Akshay Kumar will be next seen in ‘Selfiee’, also starring Emraan Hashmi, Nushrratt Bharuccha and Diana Penty. Directed by Raj Mehta, ‘Selfiee’ will release on February 24. 

(With input from IANS)

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