[tps_footer]Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is well known for his fitness and his interest in sports. Recently, the actor was named the brand ambassador for Premier Badminton League(PBL) and is the co-owner of the team-Mumbai Rockets. The opening ceremony for the PBL was held at National Sports Club of India (NSCI) in Mumbai on Saturday January 2, 2016. The ceremony was graced by many Bollywood celebs and sports personalities.

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Akshay Kumar looked dapper in a black suit. The actor seemed to be in happy mood as he waved and posed for the shutterbugs. Posing with badminton racquet, Akshay spoke to media about the importance of sports. He said “Our is coming up with lot of sports but they all need boost. As you know Cricket is a big game- a religion, so we want to bring other sports also. When i realized this sport badminton, it had started in 2013. Now, we want to revamp it. So, i thought i would associate myself with sports and something like Badminton which is so fast, so agile and so quick. Great reflexes are required for it. So, i decided to be associated with it.”

Premier Badminton League opening ceremony saw performance from Akshay’s ‘Brothers’ co-star Jacqueline Fernandez. The actress danced to her hit tracks from 2015- ‘Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan’, ‘Hangover’ and ‘Sooraj Dooba Hain’.

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On work front, Akshay Kumar is gearing up on for his upcoming movie ‘Airlift’. Nimrat Kaur is starring opposite Akshay in the film. ‘Airlift’ is an edge-of-the-seat thriller based on a real incident, which occurred in Kuwait in the 1990s, during the time of Gulf War. An Indian businessman, Ranjit Katyal, helped in evacuating 1,70,000 Indians, safely, back to their home country at the time of Iraq-Kuwait war. Directed by Raja Menon, the movie will hit the theatres on 22 January, 2016.

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