Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is a well-disciplined man who is also trained in martial arts advice girls should not panic if touched inappropriately. They should instead hit back.

Akshay stated: "In our country, I believe, girls should not learn martial arts or self-defence because I feel they should be free to walk anywhere, anytime, anyplace. But unfortunately, because of some dirty people, they have to learn self-defence."

"I am running a school in Mumbai and I want to open one school here (in Delhi) but I don't know when it will happen. I just want to tell you one thing -- if a guy touches you, then don't panic, in fact, hit him back and run," Akki added.

According to him, when a girl got freezes and doesn't react back, the man become successful in his intention, "What happens in life -- How does a guy succeed in harassing a girl, to get her under control? Because a woman or a girl freezes. She doesn't know when a man touches her, she doesn't know what to do. So don't ever freeze, just shout... That is the biggest thing, just shout loudly and run, but don't freeze." the

For the promotion of Naam Shabana, Akki released a video teaching self-defence techniques to girls.

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