that you expect akshay kumar to feature in a film based on a brothersister relationshipthe thing is to have stories told on the brothersister relationship is a rarity in cinema the last film based on this concept that i can recall was probably tapasya 1976 film with rakhee gulzar in the lead i feel raksha bandhan is that rare kind of cinema based on a brothersister relationship another important aspect of the film is that the story speaks about dowry as well i consider myself very lucky to have gotten the opportunity to work on this subjectfilmmakers like hrishikesh mukherjee and basu chatterjee used to make simple family dramas back in the 70s and 80s are you and aanand l rai aiming to revisit that old trend with raksha bandhanthose filmmakers were geniuses and i feel aanand l rai is a genius in his own way his films are always rooted and they touch the audiences core his values are aligned with family audiences and hes always committed to every story he tells on the big screen i cannot guarantee you what kind of business our film will do but i can proudly say that this is the best film of my careerthat is a tall claimi am saying this based on the final product which ive seen and thats what i feeleveryone is talking about making largerthanlife films and giving theatregoing audiences a reason to spend their money and time yet your decision to work in a simple family drama like raksha bandhan seems like a contradiction to that trend do you agreei have always felt that success needs content it doesnt matter how big your budget is or your idea is if the final film doesnt have good content it will never work with the audience i dont pay heed to what people say i believe in making good content i always focus on telling a good story with a good screenplay i like to invest my faith in those basics without really thinking about what predictions people may have for current industry trends even those largerthanlife movies need a good story to work at the box office if the audience feels the content on offer is good enough then they will come to the theatres keeping my fingers crossed i will stand by my beliefdo you have a spiritual side and how does your spirituality influence your career as an actor and produceri have often wondered how one defines their spirituality is it their belief in god is it something more or something less i find conviction in believing in goodness and kindness many years ago when i was a rank newcomer i wanted to learn acting i didnt have money to enroll myself into an acting school so i thought to myself someone must have written a book about acting or performances why dont i refer to that i visited the book shops near colaba and i found a book which had this line if you