Entertainment News Desk !!! Akshay Kumar (English: Akshay Kumar, original name: Rajiv Bhatia, born: 9 September 1967) is a famous Bollywood film actor. Akshay Kumar has acted in more than 100 English films. Due to starring in hit action films such as Khiladi (1992), Mohra (1994) and Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) in the 90s, Akshay Kumar was called the action hero of Bollywood and is especially known for the “Khiladi series”. Therefore, he is also called Khiladi Kumar. Apart from being nominated for Filmfare Awards several times, he has won Filmfare Award twice. [सर्वश्रेष्ठ खलनायक- अज़नबी (2002) और सर्वश्रेष्ठ हास्य अभिनेता ‘गरम मसाला’ (2005)] In 2009, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. According to the American business magazine ‘Forbes’ in 2015, Akshay Kumar is at number 9 in the list of highest paid actors in the world.[1] Akshay Kumar has been selected as the Best Actor at the 64th National Film Awards for his excellent performance in the film ‘Rustom’.
Biography
Akshay Kumar’s real name is Rajiv Bhatia. He was born on 9 September 1967 in Amritsar, Punjab. His father was in a government job. Akshay’s childhood was spent in the streets of Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Akshay has studied from Don Bosco School and Khalsa College. Akshay was very fond of sports since childhood. Akshay went to Bangkok for training in martial arts and got a job as a chef there. However, his dream was to join the Army or Navy. Akshay had never even thought about acting. Akshay did everything from cooking to selling cards. He also did many small jobs to fulfill his needs. From Bangkok, Akshay also had to go to Bangladesh in search of work. From there, Akshay went to Kolkata and worked in a travel agency. From Kolkata, Akshay reached Mumbai where he started selling Kundan jewelry.
The name ‘Akshay’
In Mumbai, Akshay went to famous photographer Jayesh and asked him to become his assistant. Akshay started lifting lights to help Jayesh. During work, he went to give some photos of famous actor Govinda to him. At that time, Govinda saw Akshay and said, why don’t you become a hero, hearing this, Akshay felt that he can also become a hero. In 1990, he also did an acting course, after which he got an offer for a film ‘Aaj’, when the film was released, it was found that his role was only of 7 seconds. The hero’s name in this film was Akshay. At that time, Rajiv Bhatia i.e. Akshay changed his name to Akshay after the hero of that film, so in this way Rajiv Bhatia became Akshay Kumar. Akshay was visiting every studio with his portfolio, but he was getting nothing but disappointment, during those days Akshay met makeup man Narendra. When Narendra saw Akshay, he took his portfolio to a director and Akshay’s luck changed that day. One day he got an offer of 3 films and a signing amount of Rs 5100. Akshay got his first film as a hero, Saugandh. A year later, Akshay’s film Khiladi was released, which really made Akshay a Khiladi of Bollywood.
Film career
Akshay Kumar made his Bollywood debut with the 1991 film ‘Saugandh’. Later in 1992, he starred in the successful film Khiladi. In 1994, he acted in his first action film ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’ and then ‘Mohra’, which was also considered the best film of the year at that time. Akshay’s film ‘Mohra’ proved to be a great film that made Akshay famous among the common people and another reason for this was a song from this film ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’ which became a great trend among the youth. He did Yash Chopra’s film ‘Yeh Dillagi’, the success of which brought him to the top of the film world and he was nominated for Best Actor in Filmfare for this film. Later in the same year, Akshay produced two successful films ‘Suhaag’ and ‘Elaan’. In 1995, he acted in a hit film ‘Sabse Bada Khiladi’. Every film in the Khiladi series brought him great success. Later in 1996, he did another film in the Khiladi series, ‘Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi’, which again became the most successful and hit film of the year. In 1997, Akshay played a supporting role in ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’, for which he was named in the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor list and later he played a comedian in another film in the Khiladi series, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi’. In 1999, he did two films ‘Sangharsh’ and ‘Jaanwar’, which did not earn much at that time but were successful in the eyes of critics. In the year 2000, he acted in the turning point of his career, the film ‘Hera Pheri’, which was loved by the audience. Later in the same year, he did a romantic film ‘Dhadkan’ which was a success. Akshay had an amazing role in the film ‘Hera Pheri’ in which his antics and madness made the audience laugh out loud. After this, people started to feel that Akshay can not only do action films but he also has the ability to do other films. In the year 2001, Akshay Kumar played the role of a villain (negative character) for the first time in the film Ajnabee. His acting in that film was highly praised and for this he was also given the Filmfare Best Villain Award. After this, Akshay started playing some dramatic roles. In this role, he did films like Ek Rishta (2001), Aankhen (2002), Bewafaa (2005) and Waqt (2006). In the year 2006, he acted in the Hera Pheri series ‘Phir Hera Pheri’. Phir Hera Pheri was a big success at the box-office. At the end of the same year, he did another comedy film ‘Bhaagm Bhaag’ which again became a big success.
Superstars after 2007
2007 was Akshay Kumar’s most successful year in his career in the industry and according to box office analysts “probably the best year for an actor with four straight hits and no flops.” His first release, Namastey London, was a critical and commercial success. Critic Taran Adarsh wrote about his performance in the film that “he is sure to win the hearts of millions of movie goers with this film.” His next two releases, Heyy Babyy and Bhool Bhulaiyaa, both became superhits at the box office. Akshay Kumar’s last release of the year was Welcome which was a blockbuster at the box office, making it his fifth consecutive hit, as his last release of the year before Namastey London was Bhagam Bhag which was a superhit. All of Kumar’s releases in 2007 did well in the overseas market as well. Akshay Kumar opened his home production in 2008, naming it Hari Om Productions after his father.
Name associated with many heroines
Akshay Kumar’s name was also linked with many heroines. Many news about his relationships with Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty became headlines in the newspapers and film magazines of that time. In 2001, Akshay Kumar married actress Twinkle Khanna. Twinkle Khanna, whom Akshay Kumar has married, is Rajesh Khanna’s daughter and if we talk about those old days, when Rajesh Khanna announced that he was going to make a film ‘Jai Shiv Shankar’ and Jitendra and Dimple Kapadia have been cast in it and he is looking for a young actor, Akshay Kumar went to him to ask for work but even after waiting for a long time, because Rajesh was interviewing the boys who had already come at that time and after that his turn did not come due to the delay, but at that time hardly anyone would have thought that Akshay would reach such a position with his hard work that one day he would become a star and would become the son-in-law of the same Rajesh Khanna.
Interesting facts
Akshay Kumar’s real name is Rajiv Bhatia. He is the son of army officer Hariom Bhatia. Akshay Kumar’s home production is also named after his father – Hariom Productions. Akshay was fond of martial arts and Taekwondo since childhood. He has also been awarded a black belt in Taekwondo. He has also learned Muay Thai in Bangkok. Before becoming a film actor, Akshay Kumar used to work as a waiter and cook in Bangkok. Akshay Kumar is a famous name in English cinema, but he never shows off this publicly, he tells the same thing to his children. Not only this, when he got his daughter Nitara admitted in a play school, like ordinary parents, he also waited in line for his turn. Akshay Kumar has no shortage of money but he spends only five to ten thousand rupees in a month. Akshay Kumar has his dinner before 7 pm. He said in an interview that after 7 pm your body does not burn calories. I also wake up early in the morning so that I can follow my routine. In his film career so far, Akshay Kumar has played the character of Vijay in around eight films and Raj in seven films. Apart from hosting the Colors TV show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’, he has also hosted the martial arts documentary ‘Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar’ for the National Geographic Channel. Akshay’s other name in English cinema is Action Khiladi, there is a reason behind that. Actually, Akshay has done around eight films in English cinema which are named Khiladi – Khiladi, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, International Khiladi, Sabse Bada Khiladi, Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi, Khiladi 420, Khiladi 786. As an action player, Akshay Kumar has played the role of a police officer in many English films – Kaida Kanoon, Mohra, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Pandav, Sabse Bada Khiladi, Tu Chor Main Sipahi, Insaaf, Dawa, Tarazu, Angare, Meri Biwi Ka Jawaab Nahi, Khaki, Police Force, On-Men at Work, Rowdy Rathore.
Honours and Awards
Filmfare Best Villain – ‘Ajnabee’ (2002) Filmfare Best Comedian – ‘Garam Masala’ (2005) Padma Shri by Government of India (2009) Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Achievement in Bollywood (2004)
positive thinker
According to Akshay, he never thought that he would become a star and since he had come to Mumbai to pursue martial arts as a profession, but on someone’s advice, he focused on modeling and when he became a successful model, he got the idea of working in films as well and along with being a Punjabi boy, Akshay also respects his family a lot. According to him, one should start the day by touching the feet of one’s parents and whoever does this, success kisses his feet. Akshay believes that whatever happens in life happens for good provided your attitude towards that thing is positive and behind this belief Akshay refreshes a memory and says that once he had to go to Bangalore for modeling and the flight time was 7 am but Akshay thought it was 7 pm and because of this when he woke up in the morning and started working out, he got a call that he missed the flight because it was in the morning and not in the evening and in the evening when I went to show my photo to someone in connection with modeling work, Pramod ji offered me a film and gave me a cheque of five thousand and on seeing it at that time I thought that if I had taken that flight then perhaps I would not have been offered to act today. Remembering this, Akshay is seen saying on many occasions that we actually do not do anything special because God is the biggest script writer, sometimes he does wonders.
