EXCLUSIVE : 'Raksha Bandhan' Actress Sadia Khateeb Says Working With Akshay Kumar & Aanand L. Rai Was Inspiring And Amazing

Akshay Kumar and Aanand L Rai are coming with Raksha Bandhan on Raksha Bandhan day, 11th August. The Shikara Actress Sadia Khateeb plays one of the sisters in film, and the most beautiful one indeed. In an exclusive interaction with Movie Talkies, she opened up about her experience of working with Superstar Akshay Kumar and director Aanand L. Rai.Speaking of Akshay Kumar and her working experience with the superstar, Sadia told us, "Akshay Kumar keeps inspiring us every day. He is very secure as a man and as an actor. He has worked in films where he had small roles, he worked in a 7-hero film, in Atrangi Re he had a 50-minutes role, and look where he is Today. I mean, that's so inspiring. This is just one of the examples. He has so many small small things that inspire you. Basic things like how to be with people, how to treat people, how he enters the room, he just lifts the energy of all of us."Sadia also opened up working experience with director Anand L. Rai. She revealed, "Every artist dreams about working with a good director. There are many famous names in the industry such as Imtiaz Ali, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and others, and Aanand Sir is one of them. The experience of working with Anand sir was an absolute joy for all of us. It's an honour to get an opportunity to work with someone like him. I think he had a lot of patience, because we were newcomers. So I was nervous. He just came to me and hugged me and I forgot all the stress. It was so amazing."Raksha Bandhan is directed by Aanand L Rai, produced by Aanand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma in association with Zee Studios, Alka Hiranandani, and Cape of Good Films. Starring Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Deepika Khanna, Smrithi Srikanth, Sahejmeen Kaur, Neeraj Sood, and Seema Pahwa, the family drama is set to release on 11th August 2022.