By: Entertainment DeskNew Delhi | September 29, 2025 09:27 PM IST 3 min readActor Akshay Kumar recently celebrated 35 years in Bollywood. Over the decades, Akshay has witnessed numerous highs and lows — from being one of the most bankable stars to going through phases when producers were reluctant to cast him. In a candid conversation with ABP News, the actor opened up about how film industry’s attitude towards stars shift depending on the box-office fate of their films, and how he personally deals with failures.“I have seen many ups and downs in my life. I have given consecutive flops, sometimes 15–16 in a row, and I have also delivered consecutive hits. So in life, this is very common. I have worked in about 150 films so far,” he said.Admitting that poor box-office performance does affect him, Akshay Kumar shared: “I do feel upset on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday when my film doesn’t do well. But on Monday, I start afresh. I begin preparing for my new film. You have to take it in your stride and move forward.”Akshay shared that low phases have kept recurring throughout his career. “Consecutive flops didn’t just happen once, they happened thrice. Sometimes it was 15 films in a row, sometimes 14. But it is all part of life.”He added that the effort put into a film often makes failure harder to digest. “You give 80 days to a film, then dub for it, then promote it and when it fails to impress the audience, it does hurt. I feel like sitting alone and not talking to anyone. My wife understands this phase, so she supports me and tells my kids: ‘Leave papa alone, he will be okay in a few days.’”ALSO READ | Badshah buys Rolls Royce Cullinan worth Rs 12.45 crore; joins Mukesh Ambani, Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn: ‘Zen wale ladke’Akshay Kumar also spoke about the film industry’s treatment of actors during such times. “Your rooms keep changing size depending on the performance of your last film. When your film has performed well, you receive a presidential suite, sometimes vice-presidential, and other times just a regular room. This doesn’t happen to me now, but I experienced it in the beginning of my career.”Story continues below this adRecalling an incident from his early days, Akshay said: “Once, I was doing a film with two heroes. I won’t name the other actor, but since his previous film was a hit, he got a bigger room while I was given a small one. I still remember walking into his room and thinking: ‘Why is my room not so big?’ But then I realised it was because my films hadn’t worked.”Despite such experiences, Akshay Kumar maintained a positive outlook. “One needs to take these things in stride and move forward. It was some producers who did this, not all. I never complained of this partiality, thinking at least I was getting a room. I come from a place where 24 people lived in one room. I’m talking about my time and life in Chandni Chowk. We were a joint family.”Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Akshay Kumar