Akshay Kumar, born September 9, 1967, is an actor. He studied martial arts in Hong Kong. It was a student that suggested that he try modeling. Because of his success as model, he was offered films. Along with his good looks and excellent martial art skills, he was always the first choice to do adventurous movies. He does his own stunts in his films. His breakthrough performance was in _Saugandh .
Was a martial arts teacher. One of his students suggested he model and he was soon offered films after his success as a model.
Has a son with wife Twinkle Khanna named Araav born 15th September 2002. Became an uncle when sister-in-law Rinke Khanna gave birth to a baby girl on 19 October 2004.
Won Best Villain award for Ajnabee as it was his first ever award since his career started in 1991.
He is the son-in-law of India and Hindi Film Industrys first ever Superstar, Rajesh Khanna and actress, Dimple Kapadia , as well as the brother-in-law of actress Rinke Khanna.
Was working as a chef in a restaurant in Bangkok before entering films.
Studied martial arts in Bangkok before becoming an actor.
Formed a popular team with Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal.
He is good friends with fellow actor & superstar, Salman Khan. They have done two films together, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and Jaan-E-Mann: Lets Fall in Love... Again .
Has formed a popular on-screen pairing with Katrina Kaif after super hits such as Welcome (2007/I) , Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng together.
Started production company named Grazing Goats Production to promote different Hindi movies and support Regional cinema.
Has a daughter, born on September 25, 2012, named Nitara Rajesh Khanna in honor of his father-in-law Rajesh Khanna who passed away in 2012.
A major WWE wrestling fan. Met WWE Superstar Kane at his residence in India in 2010.
Son of producer Aruna Bhatia.
Nieces name is Simar (Kapoor) Bhatia. Simar had her name legally changed by her mother to Bhatia after she divorced Simars father. Akshay Kumar sister Alka was earlier married to Vaibhav Kapoor.
Often mistaken as Master Rajiv Bhatia who debuted in Sanjay Khans Abdullah.
Auditioned for Deepak Tijori s role in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and was rejected.
Decided to keep his name Akshay in Bollywood after he had done a 15 second role in the film Aaj .
While training in Bangkok for martial arts he worked has a waiter in hotel to support himself, in those days he admired Sridevi.
Akshay Kumar brother in law is Surendra Hiranandani. This is sister Alkas second marriage.
Director Pramod Chakravarthy gave him his first break in Saugandh .
Starred in Mukesh Bhatts Mulaqaat. Starring Akshay Kumar (replaced Arvind Swamy), Rani Mukherjee (replaced Aishwarya Rai),Chandrachur Singh.Music by Nadeem Shravan, directed by Vikram Bhatt (Replaced Mahesh Bhatt). The film was shelved after a few days of shooting.
Was engaged to actor Praveen Kumar daughter Nipunika Sobti in the year 1997.
Starred in Rajkumar Santoshis shelved film "Saamna". Co starring Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Urmila Matondkar, Mahima Chaudhry. Produced by Keshu. It was based on the fake god men of India with Nana Patekar playing a evil swami. This was in 2006.
Starred in Rituparno Goshs shelved film "Rahgeer". Co starring Vidya Balan. The film was to be a remake of Dev Anands Guide. The problem was Dev Anand did not grant the producers the legal rights to remake the film.
Starred in Keshu Ramsays shelved film "Khiladi vs. Khiladi" directed by Umesh Mehra. The film was shelved after announcement. This was in 2001.
Starred in Ashish Balram Nagpals shelved film "Jigarbaaz". Co starring Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Mamta Kulkarni, Bindu, Amrish Puri. Directed by Robin Mukherjee. This was in the year 1997.
Went for a world tour concert with Salman Khan in June 1995. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.
Went for a world tour concert with Rishi Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon, Juhi Chawla. This was in September 1994. They visited cities in Canada, America, England.
Starred in the shelved movie, Creative Combines "Sitaron Se Aage" (Do Rang). Starring Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala (Replaced Pratibha Sinha), Sheeba, Farheen, Laxmikant Berde, Aruna Irani, Paresh Rawal, Music by Lamikant-Pyarelal, Directed by Poltoo Sen. 11 Reels.
Starred in the shelved film Mateshwari Films "Kunti Putra". Starring Akshay Kumar, Sonali Bendre, Farida Jalal, Music by Rajesh Roshan, Produced by Sanjay Bali, Lokesh Bali,K.C. Khanna, Directed by Guddu Dhanoa.
Starred in the shelved film Adhunica Movie Tones "Abhimaan". Starring Akshay Kumar, Madhoo, Ronit Roy, Ektaa, Laxmikant Berde, Anupam Kher, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Shiv Kumar, Reels: 8.
Starred in the shelved movie, Shiv Sai Movies "Huqum". Starring Jeetendra, Jaya Pradha,Ronit Roy (Replaced Akshay Kumar), Harish, Somy Ali, Reymon Singh, Raman Trikha, Rupali, Mukesh Rishi, Govinda (Special Appearance) Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Kader Kashmiri. Reels: 8.
Starred in the shelved movie Prince & Prince Internationals "Prince" . Starring Akshay Kumar, Monica Bedi (Replaced Manisha Koirala), Suresh Oberoi, Alok Nath, Mohan Joshi, Paresh Rawal. Music by Anand Milind, Directed by Sameer Malkan. Reels: 2.
Starred in the shelved movie "Parinaam" opposite Divya Bharti. The film was shelved due to her death.
Akshay Kumar was gone for some action training and he lost 20 kilograms for his roll in his upcoming new comedy movie HouseFull 3.
Starred in the shelved movie "Rudra". Starring Akshay Kumar , Shilpa Shetty.
After Mohra, Rajiv Rai had signed Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty for "Kaurav". He decided to shelve the film.
Starred in the shelved film "Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala" Starring Akshay Kumar, Chandni.
Was engaged to model Dimple Varma in 1991. She is the daughter of Banglore based director of Mahindra & Mahindra..
Starred in the shelved film "Dil Ka Saudagar". Directed by Sunil Agnihotri.
Starred in the shelved film "Mere Apne ". Starring Akshay Kumar (Replaced Kamal Sadanah). Pooja Bhatt (Replaced Zeba Bhaktiar). Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film was finally revived and made as Aangaaraey in 1998.
Starred in the shelved film "Sipahee" directed by Ram Shetty.
Starred in the shelved film " Kashmakash". Starring Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Deepti Bhatnagar, Anu Aggarwal. Not to be confused with the other shelved Sunil Shetty film "Kashmakash" directed by Priyadarshan.
Prakash Mehra had a script with him for many years. He started a film in the 1980 s as the much hyped " Kaayar" with Amitabh Bachchan, Anita Raaj and Raj Babbar. The film was shelved because it was too similar to Manoj Kumars Sanyasi. Prakash Mehra then restarted Kaayar with a different subject with Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. Akshay agreed to the film, but asked Prakash Mehra to replace Sanjay Dutt. Akshay told Ptakash he would not be comfortable to work with Sanjay Dutt due to his problems during the making of Amaanat. Prakash Mehra decided to replace Akshay with Puru Raajkumar. Again he had to shelve the film because the second half of the film was the exact same as the Rishi Kapoor, Nana Patekar film Hum Dono. Prakash Mehra then decided to make a new film. He chose the subject of Bal Brahmachari and decided to launch Puru Raj Kumar in a solo hero film.
Went for a world tour concert with Sunil Shetty in July 2001. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.
In 1992, producer Ram Dayal had signed him for a film to be directed by Ravi Tandon. Akshay walked out of the film when it became a two hero project.
Was signed for the film Khilona. The original cast was Akshay Kumar, Rahul Roy Tisca Chopra. Due to date issues Rahul Roy had to drop out of the project. Ayub Khan replaced him. Next to leave the film was Akshay Kumar. Aditya Pancholi came in his place.Then Tisca was replaced with Monica Bedi. Mahesh Bhatt also opted out after directing the introduction.
Starred in the shelved film Rohitasha Movies "Chura Lenge Ankhon Se Kajal" Starring Akshay Kumar (Replaced Raman Kapoor), Karishma Kapoor. Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Suresh Grover, Directed by Vijay Anand.
Starred in Keshu Ramsay shelved film "Lalkaar" opposite Pooja Bhatt. The film was to be a remake of Indiana Jones.
Starred in Yashrajs Untitled Venture in 1994. Starring Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Produced by Yash Chopra, Directed by Manmohan Singh. The film got shelved after it was announced.
After Yalgaar, Feroz was toying around with several ideas for his next film. He wanted to remake his film Dharmatma as "Agnikund" with Anil Kapoor as the Godfather. Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty were to play his sons. Music was by Anu Malik. He earlier wanted to make the same film with himself, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff Sri Devi and Sonam in 1987 with the title "Yalgaar". But that film was shelved due to Anil Kapoor disagreeing when Feroz Khan dropped Jackie from the film. He later started Yalgaar with himself and Sanjay Dutt, but with a different subject and story line. Anil Kapoor refused "Agnikund" in 1994 because he did not want to play father to Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty. Feroz Khan had sold the audio , the overseas video and theatrical rights To Venus for 2.4 crores. Feroz Khan shelved the idea once again when the casting did not work. Feroz Khan shelved the idea once again. He then started Janasheen in 1995 with Akshaye Khanna and Mamta Kulkarni. That too got shelved so he could launch Fardeen in Prem Aggan.
He actually holds a Canadian citizenship and since India does not allow dual citizenship, he is now regarded as a Canadian actor.
Starred in shelved film "Crack" starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role. The film was shelved due to unknown differences and script development.
In author Shobha Des 1991 released fictional book "Starry Nights", the main characters name is "Akshay Kumar". The book was about an affair between a south Indian actress and a Punjabi superstar actor. This was done unintentionally as Shobha did not know who Akshay Kumar was in 1991.
Akshay Kumar went to Rajesh Khannas office to audition for a role in Jai Shiv Shankar. He was not able to meet Khanna that day because he was busy. But he met Dimple Kapadia at the office who gave him words of encouragement. Chunky Pandey was signed for the role eventually.
Starred in the shelved film O My Darling. Starring Akshay Kumar,Rajeshwari Sachdev. Music by Jatin Lalit. Directed by Surendra Gupta.
Starred in the shelved film "Gehri Chaal". Directed by Anil Ganguly.
Trained at Drama Centre London.
Controversies are a package deal in this industry. You just have to,understand that and accept it.
I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.
My love for sports will never die. I love martial arts and I want to promote it in whichever way I can. I am a fighter first, then an actor.
I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination.
