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Akshay Oberoi’s Bollywood survival mantra

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Making it big in the film industry without a godfather is hard but Akshay Oberoi says he never let go of hope. The actor has two interestin­g films slated to release this year and he is confident that they will help him showcase his talent as a performer. Akshay says, “As an actor, you have to be very headstrong and thickskinn­ed, otherwise you can’t survive. You have to have the undying hope that one day I will reach the top. If you don’t so have that then you can’t survive. You face my talent. many rejections. I am very arrogant about performanc­e and wonder There are times when I see an actor’s is adding to my fire. I am optimistic what he is doing in the industry. But that that my day will also come.” – he is the cousin of The 32-year-old actor does have a film connection acting debut with "Isi Life Vivek Oberoi. But Akshay, who made his Pizza, Fitoor, Laal Rang and in 2010 and has featured in films like Mein used his connection to gain advantage soon-to-release Gurgaon, says he has not time to get to this point. I have in his career. “It took me a long will make films for me. Yes, struggled a lot. I don't have a godfather, who everything on my own.” He I come from a film family but I have done post the release of 2014 supernatur­al may have made his debut in 2010, but it was getting good offers and thriller Pizza that Akshay started “In our industry, you have to the actor is trying to make the most of it. good actor. I know that if I be positioned correctly. My aim is to be a everybody else. I may be have to survive, I have to work harder than contempora­ries but that’s ok. I less famous and less rich than my other am chasing something else,” he says.

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