MUMBAI: Films with abusive titles seem to be the hot contenders at this year’s AXN Action awards.
Bollywood’s latest heartthrob Shahid Kapoor joins the more popular musclemen of Hindi cinema, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan , for the TV channel’s award for best action hero.
All three heroes are competing for their respective films – Shahid’s 'Kaminey', Akshay's 'Kambakkht Ishq', and Salman Khan's 'Wanted'.
Coincidentally, two of these three films were inspired by South Indian films. Akshay Kumar's film shares lot of similarities with Kamalhasan's 'Pammal K Sambandham' and Salman Khan's 'Wanted' is the remake of Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu's blockbuster hit 'Pokkiri'.
Other categories include best actor in a negative role, best action film, best director and best action sequence.
'Slumdog Millionaire' actor Anil Kapoor will be given the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Neha Dhupia will host the show.