Akshay Kumar

Birth name: Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia

Born: September 9,1967

Birth Place: Amritsar, Panjab, India

Eye Color: Brown

Height: 6'1"

Occupation: Actor

Years Active: 1991

Wife: Twinkle Khanna

Biography:

Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia a.k.a Akshay Kumar was born to a middle class Punjabi family in Jalandhar (Punjab). His father was a government worker. From a very young age, he was recognized as a performer, particularly as a dancer. Akshay Kumar lived in Delhi for some time before moving to Mumbai. He lived in Koliwada which was a Punjabi dominated area. And then moved to Amritsar. He studied at Don Bosco school and then Khalsa College, where he took an interest in sports.

He studied Martial arts in Bangkok and worked as a Chief. His fall into acting came when producer Pramod Chakravarthy, saw his portfolio and offered the lead role in Deedar.

Carrer:

His first Bollywood film was saugandh in 1991 which was unnoticed.

His first major hit was the 1992 thriller film Khiladi.

1993 saw a drop as many of his films failed to do well.

However, 1994 proved to be a good year for Kumar as he followed up his success with Khiladi with the action thriller Main Khiladi tu anari and the action hit Mohra which was one of the highest grossing films of the year.Later that year, Yash Chopra signed him for the romantic film Yeh dilagi which was also a success.

He received appreciation for his performance in this film, where he played a romantic role which was different compared to his action roles. Consequently, he received various nominations for Best Actor award at the Filmfare and Star Screen ceremonies. All these achievements, promoted Kumar as one of the most successful actors of that year.

In 1995, along with his share of unsuccessful movies, he starred in the third film in his Khiladi series Sab se bada khiladi, which was another hit. He proved to have success with the Khiladi series, as in the next year he starred in the fourth hit film with Khiladi in the title, Kiladiyo ka khiladi opposite Rekha and Rveena Tandon, which was one of the highest grossing films of the year.

In 1997, he made an extended guest appearance in Yash Chopra's hit film Dil to pagal hai, for which he received a Film Fair Best Supporting Actor award nomination.

In the same year, he attempted a comedy role with the fifth film in the Khiladi series, Mr. and Mrs. khiladi which was unsuccessful. Along with this film, his next few Khiladi films went on to fail at the box office. In 1999, he received critical acclaim for his roles in the films Sangharsh and in the box office hit Jaanwar.

In 2000 he starred in the comedy Hera Phari (2000) which was a success and showcased his talent at doing comedy just as well as action or romantic roles. He also starred in the romantic film Dhadkan later that same year which was also a box office hit. In 2001, Kumar played a negative role in the film Ajnabee for which he won much acclaim as well as the Film Fair Best villain award .

After the success of Hera Pheri, he starred in many successful comedy films which include Aawara pagal deewana (2002), Mujhse shadi karogi (2004) and Garam Masala (2005).

Apart from his action, comedy and romantic roles he also displayed a flair for dramatic roles in films such as Ek Rishta (2001), Ajanbee (2001), Bewafa(2005) and Waqt:The race against time (2005) which did moderately well in India, but was a hit overseas.

In 2006 he starred in a sequel to Hera Pheri titled Phir Hera Pheri which was a huge success at the box office.

Later that year he starred alongside Salman Khan in the romantic musical film Jaan-E-Maan which did not do as well as expected at the box office. Though the film under-performed, his role as a shy, lovable nerd was praised. He ended the year with Bhagam Bhag which was a success.

2007 proved to be one of his most successful years dows his career. His first release, Namaste Landon was critically and commercially successful in both India and overseas. Kumar's second release Hey Babyy has also done extremely well at the box office. His 3rd release, Bhul Bhulaiya, also was a hit.

Filmography:

Year

Movie

Co stars

1991	DANCER	Kirti Singh, Mohnish Behl
	SAUGANDH	(intr.) Shanti Priya
1992	DEEDAR	Karishma Kapoor, Laxmikant Berde
	KHILADI	Deepak Tijori, Ayesha Jhulka
	MR. BOND	Sheeba, Saathi Ganguly
1993	ASHAANT	Vishnu Vardhan, Ashwini Bhave
	HUM HAIN BEMISAAL	Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shirodkar
	MAIDAN-E-JUNG	Dharmendra, Karishma Kapoor
	SAINIK	Ashwini Bhave, Ronit Roy
	ZAKHMI DIL	Ashwini Bhave, Ravi Kishen
1994	AMAANAT	Sunjay Dutt, intr. Heera Rajagopal
	IKKE PE IKKA	Shanti Priya, Prithvi
	JAI KISHEN	(double role), Ayesha Juhlka, Chandni
	MAIN KHILADI TU ANARI	Shilpa Shetty, Saif Ali Khan
	MOHRA	Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon,
	PAANDAV	Nandini, Prithvi
	SUHAAG	Ajay Devgan, Karishma Kapoor
	WAQT HAMARA HAI	Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher
	YEH DILLAGI	Kajol, Saif Ali Khan
	ZAALIM	Madhoo, Vishnu Vardhan
1995	NAZAR KE SAMNE	Ektaa, Farheen
	PRINCE	Monica Bedi
	SAB SE BADA KHILADI	Mamta Kulkarni, Mohnish Behl
	TU CHOR MAIN SIPAHI	Saif Ali Khan, Tabbu
1996	KHILADIYON KA KHILADI	Rekha, Raveena Tandon
	SAPOOT	Sunil Shetty, Karishma Kapoor
1997	AFLATOON	Urmila Matondkar, Anupam Kher
	DAAVA	Raveena Tandon, Naseeruddin Shah
	DIL TO PAGAL HAI	Shah Rukh Khan , Madhuri Dixit .
	INSAAF	Shilpa Shetty, Ranjeet
	LAHOO KE DO RANG	Naseeruddin Shah, Karishma Kapoor
	MR.& MRS. KHILADI	Juhi Chawla, Kader Khan
	TARAZU	Sonali Bendre, Amrish Puri
1998	AARZOO	Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan
	ANGAARAY	Nagarjuna, Pooja Bhatt
	BAAZU	Raveena Tandon
	BAROOD	Raveena Tandon, Rakhee
	DAS NUMBRI	Manisha Koirala, Monica Bedi
	SABSE BADA KHILADI	Twinkle Khanna, Rekha
	DAS NUMBRI	Manisha Koirala, Monica Bedi
	KEEMAT	Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon
1999	ZULMI	Twinkle Khanna
2000	DHADKAN	Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty
	HERA PHERI	Sunil Shetty, Tabbu , Paresh Raval
	Khiladi 420	Mahima Chaudhary
2001	Ek Rishta	Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor
2002	Ajanbee	Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Johnny Lever
	Hein mein bhi pyar kiya	Karishma Kapoor
	Ankhen	Bipasa Basu,Sushmita Sen,Arjun rampal,Paresh Rawal,Amitab Bachan
	Awara Pagaal Deewana	Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani
	Jaani Dushman	Manisha Koirala, Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty
2003	Talaash	Kareena Kapoor
2004	Khakhee	Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Tusshar Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai
	Aan	Sunil Shetty, Shatrughan Sinha, Paresh Rawal, Irrfan Khan, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Preeti Jhangiani
	Mujhse Shadi Karogi	Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Amrish Puri
	Aitraaz	Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Paresh Rawal
	Ab tumhare hawale watan saathiyo	Amitabh Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Divya Khosla
2005	Insan	Ajay Devgan, Esha Deol, Lara Dutta, Tusshar Kapoor, Rahul Dev
	Bewafaa	Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Shamita Sheti, Manoj Bajpai
	Waqt	Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra
	Mere Jeevan Saathi	Karisma Kapoor, Amisha Patel
	Garam Masala	John Abraham, Paresh Rawal, Rimi Sen, Daisy Bopanna, Nargis, Neetu Chandra
	Dosti-Friends forever	Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta
	Deewane huye pagal	Sunil Shetty, Rimi Sen, Shahid Kapur, Paresh Rawal
2006	Family	Amitabh Bachchan, Aryeman, Bhumika Chawla
	Hum ko deewana ker gye	Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Bhagyashree
	Phir hera Pheri	Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen
	Jaan-E-Mann	Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher
	Bhagam bhag	Paresh Rawal, Govinda
2007	Namaste london	Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor, Upen Patel, Javed Sheikh
	Hey Babyy	Fardeen Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Vidya Balan
	Bhul Bhulaiya	Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Amisha Patel, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav
	Om shanti om	guest appearance