Akshay Kumar says no to a promotion of his upcoming movie CC2C promo at the Special Olympics in Delhi yesterday. Its really nice to see a movie star do something purely for charity rather than for self interest eg money, advertising or film promotion.
Akshay's role was to run to and back from the Red Fort to Sheesh Dargah in Chandni Chowk at Delhi on Sunday. He apparently requested a Warner Brothers employee to remove all posters of CC2C along the way of the route he was going to run on Sunday for the Special Olympics as he was there for the special olympics and not for the film and media attention.
The Special Olympics World Games is an international sporting competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities, organised by Special Olympics. The event is part of the Global Law Enforcement Torch Run which Akshay was to do is a signature event honoring the Special Olympics movement.Delhi shares the honour of hosting the torch run described as the Flame of Hope with cities like, Athens, Johannesburg, San Jose (Costa Rica), Warsaw, Shanghai, New York, Abu Dhabi, Miami and Los Angeles.From November 12 2008 to January 24, 2009, the Flame of Hope torch will travel more than 60,000 km to 10 cities across five continents. Full story at link http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/200812222008122202454173655f15ba4/Promo-shun
