Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar visited a BSF base camp in Jammu on Tuesday to express his gratitude to the troops guarding the International Border and the LoC.Â
Terming BSF troops as the "real heroes" of the nation, the Bollywood actor paid tribute to all the jawans, who lost their lives in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
Akshay also paid tributes to the paramilitary soldiers who attained martyrdom in the recent spate of ceasefire violations and encounters by Pakistani forces.
The Bollywood action star follows matter of national security and defense very closely and has always come out openly in lauding the efforts of the defence forces in guarding the frontiers of the country.
The actor who set Bollywood ablaze and created a mark of his own with his trademark death-defying stunts in action movies has been seen portraying characters in Bollywood movies whose subject revolve around defence and national security. Prominent among them have been Holiday, Baby, Gabbar and Airlift which were critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
Earlier, the actor, whose father was also an army man, had donated Rs 9 lakh to the family of a martyred BSF jawan Gurnaam Singh.
This donation came days after his earlier donation of Rs 80 lakh to the army.Â
Terming BSF troops as the "real heroes" of the nation, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar today paid tribute to all the jawans, who lost their lives in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.