Akshay Kumar has excelled in all genres and just before the pandemic, he got a lot of love and also box office success for acting in socially-relevant films. Sadly, that genre has taken a beating in the post-pandemic era. As a result, some of his films in that space did not work. Meanwhile, his last four films – Housefull 5, Jolly LLB 3, Bhooth Bangla and Welcome To The Jungle – have succeeded. The common factor in all these films was that they featured comedy and big-screen appeal. We spoke to trade experts and asked if he should stick to such films for the time being, as that is what the day demands. Trade analyst Atul Mohan said, “Akshay has done socially relevant films in the past. But this is the time of large-scale films. Hence, Bhooth Bangla and Welcome To The Jungle are the right films at the right time. Multi-starrers and biggies are like a Thali you enjoy in a restaurant. Getting the same Thali food as a parcel and having it at home is no fun. So, films like these will ...