MUMBAI: At the recent FICCI Frames 2025 event, Akshay Kumar took a playful dig at those who had mocked him for asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi about how he eat mangoes.
Back in 2019, the ‘Airlift’ actor grabbed headlines when he asked Prime Minister Modi how he eats mangoes during an interview—a question that quickly went viral, sparking memes and online jokes. Revisiting that playful moment, Akshay recently asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis a similar question, this time about his preference for oranges.
Akshay said in Hindi, “25 years of FICCI… Humare saath humare chief minister sahab hain. Aaj mujhe mauka mila hai… yeh zindagi mein mera second time hai jo main kissi ka interview le raha hai hun… Pheli baar mujhe mauka mila tha Pradhan Mantri ji ka interview lene ka. Aur ab humare chief minister sahab ka interview lene ka mauka mila hai.”( “It’s a wonderful day… 25 years of FICCI… and we are joined by our Chief Minister. Today, I got the opportunity… this is only the second time in my life that I’m conducting an interview. The first time was when I had the chance to interview the Prime Minister, and now I have the opportunity to interview our Chief Minister.)
The ‘Kesari’ actor continued, “Sir, maine unse ek question kiya tha Pradhan Mantri sahab se ke aap aam kaise khante hain toh logun ne mazak udaya tha, lekin sir main nahi sudhrunga (Sir, I had asked the Prime Minister a question about how he eats mangoes, and people made fun of me, but sir, I won’t change!”