Akshay Kumar bio, age, career, net worth, parent, wife – Akshay Kumar, original name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia is an Indian actor who became one of Bollywood’s leading performers, known for his versatility.
Akshay Kumar Biography
Akshay Kumar is a handsome and dashing hero of Bollywood. Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia is popularly known as Akshay Kumar. He was born on 7th September 1967. Before becoming an actor he studied martial arts in Hong Kong and worked as a chef there.
He tied the nuptial knot with Twinkle Khanna and their son Aarav was born on 15th September 2002. For his expertise in martial arts he is often called the Bruce Lee of India.
It was at the insistence of his friends that Akshay Kumar decided to try his luck in acting. After working for a few modeling assignments, he received an offer from Raj Sippy to act in his film Saugandh(1991), which however couldn’t do well in the box office. It was Abbas-Mustan’s thriller ‘Khiladi’ which made him a star.
He has mostly acted in thrillers and action movies like Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1993), Elaan (1994), Mohra(1994), Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996). He even did few romantic films such as Yeh Dillagi (1994), Dhadkan (2000) and Andaaz (2003). He did a number of films with the name Khiladi such as ‘Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi’, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi’ and even an ‘International Khiladi’.
Akshay Kumar’s comic role in Mr and Mrs Khiladi (1997) was not quite successful. But finally he established his talent and proved that he could act in action movies , romantic movies and even in comedies with equal ease. In the year 2000, Hera Pheri was released which became a hit.
He then became a first choice for directors in comedies such as Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala(2005) and Phir Hera Pheri. His dramatic roles in films like Ek Rishta (2001), Bewafaa (2005) and Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) was appreciated by his fans. His recent release Namastey London(2007) did fairly well at the box office.
Akshay Kumar Career
Kumar began his career in 1991 with Saugandh and had his first commercial success a year later with the action thriller Khiladi. The film established him as an action star in the 1990s and led to several films in the Khiladi film series, in addition to other action films such as Mohra (1994) and Jaanwar (1999).
Although his early tryst with romance in Yeh Dillagi (1994) was positively received, it was in the next decade that Kumar expanded his range of roles. He gained recognition for the romantic films Dhadkan (2000), Andaaz (2003), Namastey London (2007), and for his slapstick comic performances in several films including Hera Pheri (2000), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), and Singh Is Kinng (2008).
Kumar won Filmfare Awards for his negative role in Ajnabee (2001) and his comic performance in Garam Masala (2005).
While his career had fluctuated commercially, his mainstream success soared in 2007 with four consecutive box-office hits; it was consistent until a short period of decline between 2009 and 2011, after which he reinforced his status with several films, including Rowdy Rathore (2012) and Holiday (2014).
Moreover, around this time critical response to several of his films improved; his work in Special 26 (2013), Baby (2015) and Airlift (2016) was acclaimed, and he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the crime thriller Rustom (2016).
He earned further notice for his self-produced social films Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Pad Man (2018), as well as the war film Kesari (2019), and set box-office records in 2019 with Mission Mangal, Housefull 4, Good Newwz, and the 2021 action film Sooryavanshi.
In addition to acting, Kumar has worked as a stunt actor.[a] In 2008, He started hosting Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and hosted four seasons. He also launched the TV reality show Dare 2 Dance in 2014 and his off-screen work includes ownership of the team Khalsa Warriors in the World Kabaddi League.
The actor had also set up martial arts training schools for women safety in the country. Kumar is one of the India’s most philanthropic actor and supports various charities. He is a leading brand endorser celebrity in India.
Sometime during or after the 2011 Canadian federal election, the Conservative government granted Canadian citizenship to Kumar by invoking a little-known law which allowed circumventing the usual residency requirement for Canadian immigrants.
According to a former Conservative Party minister, Tony Clement, the citizenship was awarded in return for Kumar’s offer of putting his “star power to use to advance Canada-Indian relations”, and Canada’s “trade relations, commercial relations, in the movie sector, in the tourism sector”. On 15 August 2023, Kumar confirmed he got Indian citizenship back and Canadian citizenship was withdrawn as part of Indian law
Akshay Kumar Net Worth
Akshay Kumar Net Worth is $235 Million USD
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