Akshay Kumar whose recent film ' OMG Oh My God! ' is doing well at the box office, remembered his struggle days recently at an event.

Talking to the media when the first look of ' Khiladi 786 ' was launched, he said, '"I would like to thank Abbas-Mustan for signing me for their movie Khiladi , which gave me the Khiladi tag. At the time, I was a struggling actor, who did not know much about the industry, but after the movie, the Khiladi tag got attached to me and everyone started calling me Khiladi, a tag which has stuck till date. I am very thankful to them for this."

It should be noted that Akki (Akshay is also fondly called as Akki) would be making a comeback with his film ' Khiladi 786 '. Talking to the media persons he had become nostalgic about his struggling days and gave the above statement.

' Khiladi 786 ' has been directed by Ashish R. Mohan and produced by Himesh Reshammiya and Akshay Kumar .

This film is set to be released on 7th December this year.