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In an interview to Bombay Times on Friday, he lashed out, saying, 'I applaud those backstabbing, insecure people that try and ruin me. I have a huge big blockbuster releasing soon and I swear, I only hear crap like this when certain people feel threatened by me and my work.'

The actor did not identify the people who he felt are out to get him.

'It's a dog eat dog world in Bollywood,' the usually diplomatic Akshay added. 'Come on, let's fight like men and leave the ladies out of it. It amazes me how low some of those dogs will go when they feel I am too hot for them professionally.'

Last year, when a Mumbai tabloid speculated about Akshay and a hot starlet, the star's lawyers issued a legal notice to the newspaper.