Akshay Kumar to ditch his macho image, play gay character in 'Dishoom'?

New Delhi: Looks like Bollywood is no more abashed about portraying gay characters in its mainstream cinema. After 'Kapoor and Sons' and 'Aligarh' – another movie will have a gay character in its story, and a mainstream actor will be playing lead.

According to a report in TOI, originally attributed to Spotboye.com, Akshay Kumar will be playing a gay man in upcoming flick 'Dishoom'.

The actor was in Abu Dhabi to shoot his bit of the part along with Varun Dhawan and John Abraham.

It's also said that he wore a skirt in the film. So, looks like Akshay will be ditching his macho image for this one. Hmm...we are intrigued already!

'Dishoom' is a Rohit Dhawan directorial and also stars  Jacqueline Fernandez and Saqib Saleem. The action-drama is set to hit theatres on July 29, 2016.