“Akshay is very close to Big B and after the successful tour their friendship has really moved to another level. So when he heard about Amitabh's illness, he was quite concerned. On October 11th, he was in Venice and in fact he wanted to come down that day itself for a few hours but he couldn't change his schedule around. Currently he is shooting in Cape Town for Nagesh Kukunoor’s film Eight By Ten and by this weekend he will come to India for a day to visit Big B," says a source.

Further his spokesperson told us that,” Akshay is constantly in touch with Abhishek Bachchan and if not in the hospital he will go and meet Mr. Bachchan at his place.”

Akshay Kumar has worked with Amitabh Bachchan in many films like Aankhen, Ek hi Rishta, Khakee, Waqt-The Race against Time and most recently he was a part of The Unforgettable Tour.