The 47-year-old took to micro-blogging website Twitter to express his feelings after seeing a crane putting a garland on the actor's poster.
"Just when I felt u'll have given me enough love, U'll go ahead & hire a crane to garland my poster! Never felt so loved," he wrote along a photograph of the poster being feted with a huge garland with the help of a crane.
Directed by Krish, "Gabbar Is Back" hit the theatres on Friday. Also featuring Shruti Haasan, the movie is produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
Akshay will next be seen in Karan Malhotra's "Brothers" along with Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez and Jackie Shroff. Filmmaker Karan Johar is co-producing the film.
"Brothers" is slated to hit the screens on August 14. The film is an official Hindi adaptation of the Hollywood film "Warriors" and tells the story of two estranged brothers.