Akshay Kumar leads 'atmanirbhar' India to step out and work, advises precautions; Watch

Akshay Kumar has underlined Centre's initiative of an 'atmanirbhar India' through his latest vertisement as a part of government's COVID awareness campaign. actor h me helines for shooting film outdoors while country h been under lockdown.  one-and-a-half minute vertisement was shared by Press Information Bureau on Twitter and captioned, “Our battle with #COVID19 is t over, but we will t be afraid of virus. We will take all precautions and we are going to move on with our lives”.

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vertisement shows Akshay in a vill setting, coming across a neighbour who asks him why he has ventured outdoors as soon as lockdown was lifted. “Aren’t you afraid you’ll catch virus?” neighbour asks. “Initially I was afraid, but n I learned that if one takes precautions, catching virus is unlikely,” Akshay responds.

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film is helmed by P Man fame director R Balki at Kamalistan studio while taking necessary precautions for health and safety of actor and crew. “This is an for health ministry featuring Akshay Kumar about post lockdown responsibilities of each one of us. We need to get back to work, but ensure our safety and those of ors. So at our shoot we did same. Like getting back to work with social distancing, sanitised outdoor set, disinfectant screen, masks. We got used to it in a few minutes. re was minimal crew and very strict protocols,” Balki told PTI.

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Maharashtra government recently revised its guidelines regarding prohibition of film shoots in state, allowing for certain relaxations in n-containment zones. y have issued a Government Resolution (GR) with detailed guiding principles to resume film production in state. Meanwhile, following Centre's lockdown extension in containment zones, Maharashtra has issued lockdown guidelines for new lockdown-- 'Mission Begin Again' valid till June 30 in three different phases.

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