Akshay Kumar, who is back to action with 'Rowdy Rathore' after a gap of seven years, says he left the genre because audience had started liking him in comic roles.

Even when he was not in action, Akshay was receiving offers. Akshay decided to return the genre only after people started appreciating it again.

"I had got many offers in between...but I deliberately left it. It took seven years for me to come back to action because I wanted to take break from that. I did action films for say about 14-15 years. I know it was a big break. It is not because of any film that attracted me that I am doing action again. It has nothing to do with the trend as well," Akshay said in an interview.

"Audience like comedy films so I did that. We are like products whatever audience like we get that for them. Audience like when Shahrukh is romancing so he is doing it. Now they want to see action, so I am doing this," he said.

Back in 1990s, Akshay Kumar began his acting career with action films like 'Khiladi', 'Waqt Humara Hai', 'Mohra', 'Suhaag', 'Elaan' and 'Khiladiyo Ka Khiladi'.

He took a break to star in rom-coms like 'Dil Toh Pagal Hai', 'Dhadkan', 'Hera Pheri', 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi', 'Garam Masala', 'Hey Babyy', 'Welcome', 'Sing is Kinng', 'Housefull', 'Ek Rishta', and 'Waqt' respectively. "I think just because you have done a dozen of comedy films does not mean you know how to do it. Comedy, action, horror, suspense, drama are all different genres in which the more you get into it, the more you will discover. There are various branches in every genre," Akshay said. "Action has changed so much in Bollywood. I just try learning new things all the time," he said.