Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the Chief Minister residence in Dehradun on February 07. Akshay Kumar will work as a brand ambassador of Uttarakhand. “We had given him (Akshay Kumar) a proposal, he has accepted it. He will also work as a brand ambassador of Uttarakhand,” said CM Dhami. In 2017, Akshay Kumar was also named Uttarakhand’s brand ambassador for ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’.
The actor did not charge any fee for the same and added that it was an honour for him to be associated with the campaign.Apart from Akshay Kumar, cricketer Rishabh Pant was also appointed as Uttarakhand’s brand ambassador in December 2021. Back then, the video of Pant and CM Dhami interacting with each other also went viral on social media. “One of the best cricket players of India, the idol of youth and son of Uttarakhand, Rishabh Pant has been appointed as “State Brand Ambassador" by our government with the aim of encouraging the youth of the state towards sports and public health," Dhami had tweeted.On the work front, Akshay Kumar will be next seen in Bachchan Pandey which will hit the screens on March 18. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and directed by Farhad Samji, the movie also stars Kriti Sanon and Jacqueline Fernandez in key roles. Apart from this, Akshay also has Ram Setu (along with Nushrat Bharucha), Selfie (along with Emraan Hashmi) and Prithviraj (with Manushi Chhillar) in his pipeline.