Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who will be soon seen in the film 'Selfiee', talked about teaching martial arts to women for self-defence on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 14'.
He said that he thought of starting these classes after the brutal murder and rape of a 22-year-old girl in Delhi in 2012 which was widely known as Nirbhaya case.
"After the Nirbhaya case in 2012, I started the women's self-defence class in 2013. In my life, I am in this position today not because of acting but because of martial arts, self-defence, and discipline hence I opened self-defence classes in many parts of India," he said.
Akshay, who is known for movies like 'Khiladi', 'Mohra' and 'Bhool Bhulayiyaa', among others, added: "It has been 10 years since that and till now we have trained 90,000 women free of cost in martial arts."
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The Khiladi Kumar also shared that he trained in martial arts in Thailand for a few years and then in Mumbai and that he was a martial arts teacher before starting his career in acting.
Akshay took over the hotseat for the finale week of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 14'.
The show airs on Sony Entertainment Television.
