Sonakshi Sinha should've got National Award: Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha

If actress Sonakshi Sinha felt that her 2013 release "Lootera" deserved to win awards, actor-producer Akshay Kumar seconds that.

Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha

The action star liked her performance in the period drama so much that he said it should have been appreciated with a National Award for it.

Akshay, who has acted with the 26-year-old in movies like "Rowdy Rathore" and "Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!", says she was brilliant in "Lootera".

"It is a pleasure working with Sonakshi. She is wonderful and talented. The last movie of her I saw was ‘Lootera'. I think she was brilliant. She should've got a National Award (for it). It's something wonderful that I saw," Akshay, who will now be seen with her in the forthcoming film "Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty", told IANS.

The Vikramaditya Motwane directorial, which also featured Ranveer Singh in the lead, received a mixed response after it hit screens in July last year. It also got a few nominations at this year's awards.