‘Khiladi 420’ was the movie where he performed some of the most dangerous stunts and it is considered as one of his finest performances. Vidya Pradhan of Rediff.com called it a "bizarre movie. The show was held in O2 Arena in London as part of the inaugural function of the World Kabaddi League. ‘Mr. He has dark brown eyes and black hair.

[226][227] He has also donated ₹5 million to aid drought affected people through the Maharashtra government's Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan.

Although the movie earned him positive reviews and commercial success, trade analysts noted that the movie could have done much better business due to its good content and Kumar's high-profile. Celeb Face – Know Everything About Your Favorite Star, SEO – Definition, Types, Modules, and Complete Guide. Akshay Kumar is an Indian Actor and Producer as well. [47] In the same year, he starred opposite Juhi Chawla in David Dhawan-directed comedy Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi, fifth instalment of the Khiladi series. Rajiv Bhaitia, who is well known by Akshay Kumar. After being engaged twice to actress Twinkle Khanna, the daughter of actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, Kumar married her on 17 January 2001.

His father too enjoyed wrestling. [215] In 2004, he was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Award for his outstanding achievements in Bollywood. Set in Los Angeles, it was the first Indian film to be shot at Universal Studios and featured cameo appearances by Hollywood actors. That same year he appeared in the film Khiladi 420. He also hosted a martial arts documentary titled, ‘Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar’ for National Geographic Channel. Body Measurements: Chest- 42inches, Waist- 34inches and Biceps- 16 inches. Bhuvan Bam Age, Biography, Height, Birthday, Song, Gf, Net Worth, and more, Ashish Chanchlani (You Tuber) Age, Wiki, Girlfriend, Net Worth, Family and more, Harsh Beniwal(Youtuber) Wiki, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Web Series, Height, Net Worth, and More.

[147], His first release of 2012 was Housefull 2, a sequel of his earlier comedy film Housefull. "[96][97] Later that year he acted in Vipul Amrutlal Shah's family drama Waqt: The Race Against Time alongside Amitabh Bachchan, another Priyadarshan-directed comedy Garam Masala alongside John Abraham.

[168], His next release was Anthony D Souza's Boss alongside Shiv Panditt and Aditi Rao Hydari. He also owns the team Khalsa Warriors in the World Kabaddi League. [33][34][35] His next release was the Raj Sippy-directed detective film Mr.

The film received negative reviews. He belongs to a Punjabi family. In 1993, all of his films including ‘Dil Ki Baazi’, ‘Kayda Kanoon’, ‘Waqt Hamara Hai’ and ‘Sainik’ didn’t perform well at the box office. [62] Sukanya Verma wrote "Negative roles and Akshay Kumar don't go hand-in-hand. He later deleted the tweet. As of 2019, his upcoming movie is Laxmi Bomb, Soryanvanshi, which was directed by Rohit Shetty and Prithviraj which is directed by Yash raj which is releasing in 2020. The movie received average to good reviews;[169][170][171] however, it performed poorly at the box office netting ₹540 million (equivalent to ₹690 million or US$9.7 million in 2019) domestically. [29][30][31], Kumar made his first appearance as the lead actor opposite Raakhee and Shantipriya in Saugandh (1991). Further revealing his reason for earlier changing his nationality as a Canadian, he said," There was a time when I had 14 flops in a row and I was wondering what to do. Here is why", "10 years, 37 films: Akshay Kumar's ridiculously high success rate in graphs", "Akshay Kumar meets Jackie Chan in Hong Kong", "Will Akshay Kumar's 100th Film Make 100 Crores? When he was a youth, somebody suggested him to do modeling and try in films as an actor because of his good looks. Akshay Kumar gave so many hit movies in Bollywood such as Khiladi, Garam Masala, Singh is King, Rowdy Rathode.

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Akshay was married to actress Twinkle Khanna. Akshay Kumar is currently with famous Bear Grylls on his adventures show “Into the Wild” Akshay Kumar was married to actress Twinkle Khanna and he is blessed with two children. He said that the promos and posters reminded him of his own The Godfather. Happy birthday Aarav ???? Akshay was awarded by Box Office 1000 Crore Club Hero in Star Box Office India Awards In 2014,. Before Bollywood happened, he worked as a waiter in a restaurant called Metro Guest House in Bangkok. All of his films released during 1993, including Dil Ki Baazi, Kayda Kanoon, Waqt Hamara Hai and Sainik did not perform well commercially. The film was a commercial success. In 2016, his next movie was Airlift, which was the biggest successful movie, and later he appeared in Housefull 3, Namastey England, Rustom, for this he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. [19] Soon, his sister was born and the family lived in Koliwada, a Punjabi dominated area of Central Bombay. "[233] He was one of the 15 international celebrities invited for the Olympics torch-bearer rally to Canada. I was so humbled, not only as an actor but as a fan of his legendary work. [61] His character in the film had two names and his role received mixed reviews. The couple has two children, son Aarav and daughter Nitara. Then next he appeared in the Khiladi series Khiladiyon Ke Khiladi with Rekha and Raveena Tandon. His role was listed as no. One of the fittest and highest-paid actors in Bollywood, Akshay has achieved so much in his entire career till date. [104] The film received mostly negatively reviews. His first live show was held in 1991 in Delhi. I only believe in being Indian". [121], Kumar's first film of 2008, Vijay Krishna Acharya-directed action thriller Tashan, marked his comeback to the Yash Raj Films banner after 11 years. He made his first debut from “Saugandh”, in which he is opposed to Rakhee and Shantipriya. He appeared as himself and produced it.

In an event in Delhi he appealed for people to donate to the Bharat Ke Veer cause, and ₹129.3 million (equivalent to ₹140 million or US$2.0 million in 2019) was collected. In 2006, he starred in ‘Phir Hera Pheri’, the sequel to ‘Hera Pheri’ that also was a hit. [75][76] Taran Adarsh wrote "only Munish[Armaan] Kohli and Akshay Kumar leave an impact. ", "Once Upon sequel – first film shot in exotic Oman", "Zee Cine Awards 2014: Complete list of nominations", "Review: Akshay Kumar's Boss: All title, no thunder! Kumar owns a team in the Kabbadi League. In the following year, he was casted in the Abbas Mustan’s ‘Khiladi’ that is considered as a breakthrough in his career and gave him the name ‘Khiladi’ for his mind-blowing stunts. Akshay Kumar Biography- The Khiladi of All Genres.

Later he became an Accountant at UNICEF. 2007 is considered as one of the successful years of his career with 4 hits and no flops.

He has also won national awards for “Best Actor” for his great acting skill in Rustom and two filmfare awards for Ajnabee and … Pooja Batra, Ayesha Jhulka, and Rekha are some names who have been dated by Akshay Kumar.According to rumors he was engaged to Raveena Tandon, but after some time they broke up. Although a poll (conducted by Bollywood Hungama) named it the most anticipated release of the year,[122] the film under-performed at the box office grossing ₹279 million (US$3.9 million) in India. Akshay’s birthdate is 9 September 1967 and was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India. I never thought of changing my passport. ", "Akshay Kumar might well be the new king of Bollywood. Whilst the former did not make a profit at the box office, the latter turned out to be a commercial success and marked his comeback. Sometime during or after the 2011 Canadian federal election, the Conservative government there granted Canadian citizenship to Kumar by invoking a little-known law which allowed circumventing the usual residency requirement for Canadian immigrants. [32] The following year he starred in Abbas Mustan-directed suspense thriller, Khiladi, widely considered his breakthrough role.

Akshay’s performance was admirable in the movie.

We have covered the date of birth and other related information here. His timing is fantastic and the conviction with which he carries off the evil streak in his personality is bound to be talked-about in days to come. He played the role as a blind man in Vipul Amrutlal Shah and Shaarang Dev Pandit-directed heist film Aankhen, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Aditya Pancholi, Sushmita Sen and Paresh Rawal. Later he appeared in ” Dancer” which is directed by Kishore Vyas. [186] Rustom which was produced by Neeraj Pandey and marked his 3rd release of 2016. [149] In 2012, he founded another production company called Grazing Goat Pictures Pvt Ltd.[150]Joker was reportedly promoted as Kumar's 100th film,[151][152][153][154] but later Akshay Kumar clarified that the 100th film landmark had been crossed long before he even signed up for Joker. "[49] His following releases failed commercial and this caused a setback to his film career. [191][192], In 2018, Akshay starred in the social drama film Pad Man alongside Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte. Shot a music video of the Punjabi devotional song ‘Nirgun Raakh Lia’, Akshay donated all the profits to the victims of the train bombings of Mumbai on July 11, 2006. He worked with photographer Jayesh Sheth as an assistant to shoot his first portfolio. Together they have a son, and a daughter. In 2008, he appeared in Singh is King directed by Bazmee. As of October 2020, his upcoming films are Laxmmi Bomb directed by Raghava Lawrence, a remake of the Tamil horror comedy film Kanchana 2 (2015),[204][205] Sooryavanshi directed by Rohit Shetty,[206][207] which are releasing in 2020.

[158] His first release in 2013 was Special Chabbis which earned a positive critical reception and was moderately successful at the box office. I love to write what people love to talk about, everything that involves Bollywood excites me to write about it. In 2017, he played a role in Namastey London, which is directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, which was a big hit at the box office. Akshay also had worked as a chef and waiter. [16], He received his school education from Don Bosco High School, Matunga,[20] simultaneously learning Karate. Kumar went to Bangkok to learn martial arts and lived in Thailand for five years learning Thai Boxing. But to have your work spoken of so kindly by the world's most admired gangster Al Pacino himself – I had goose-bumps thinking about him watching the promo! Your email address will not be published. [211][212] He is known as a protective father and keeps his children away from the media. He is inspired by Amitabh Bachchan and Jackie Chain. Upon his return to Bombay, he commenced the teaching of martial arts. Carry Minati Biography, Age, Girlfriend, Family, and why he roasted Amir Siddiqui? As of 2015[13] and 2019, Kumar was on the Forbes list of highest paid entertainers in the world, ranking 52nd with earnings of $48.5 million. [88] Next, Kumar played Hari Om Patnaik, an IPS officer in Madhur Bhandarkar-directed Aan: Men at Work.

"[68] The film won him critical acclaim as well as his first Filmfare Award for Best Villain and IIFA award 2002 for Performance in a Negative Role. "[105] Though the film under-performed, his role as a shy, lovable nerd was praised. In 2010, ‘Housefull’ earned the second-highest opening weekend collection of all time, however, ‘Khatta Meetha’ was an average performer. From Childhood Akshay Kumar has an interest in martial arts and acting and during his passion, he went to Bangkok to learn martial arts. But my 15th film worked and I never looked back. The film received positive reviews. [156] His later release Oh My God which he produced and starred along with Paresh Rawal.

Your email address will not be published. [36] His last release of 1992 was Deedar. He took the dubbing role for his son, Aarav, and did so for free. [200] Housefull 4, directed by Farhad Samji, was released in October 2019. [127][128][129] Kumar's next release was 8 x 10 Tasveer, an action-thriller directed by Nagesh Kukunoor that failed commercially.