hottest bollywood actor: Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar Biography

Real name: Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia

Age: 44 years

Birthday: 9th September, 1967

Zodiac: Virgo

Marital status: Married to Twinkle Khanna, with one son Aarav.

Awards: Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India; Rajiv Gandhi Award for his Outstanding achievement in Bollywood. Filmfare Best Villain Award and Filmfare Best Comedian Award

Trivia: Akshay Kumar dated Pooja Batra, Shilpa Shetty and Raveena Tandon before marrying Twinkle Khanna.

He was awarded the highest Japanese honour of “Katana” and a sixth degree Black Belt in Kuyukai Gojuryu Karate.

Akshay Kumar has tattooed his son’s (Aarav) name on his back.

Akshay Kumar Biography

With his clean cut good looks and his training in martial arts, Akshay Kumar smoothly made a transition from action hero to a romantic hero and then into comedy, keeping movie buffs glued to their seats as they wait for what this Khiladi has to offer next.

Akshay Kumar was born in Amritsar, in a Punjabi family. His father was a government employee.  Kumar was then raised in Delhi before moving to Mumbai where he studied at Don Bosco School and then Guru Nanak Khalsa College. He studied martial arts in Bangkok and worked as a chef. He then came back to Mumbai, where he started teaching martial arts. One of his students recommended him to do modelling and a few modelling assignments later, Kumar was offered a role in the film Deedar (1992) and too as the lead actor!

However, Kumar made his Bollywood acting debut with the 1991 film Saugandh, which was followed by the 1992 thriller, Khiladi. In 1994, his action films Main Khiladi Tu Anari and Mohra which were among the highest grossing films of the year. Later that year, he was seen in Yeh Dillagi which was also a success. During the same year, Kumar also had success with films like Suhaag and the low budget action film Elaan. All these achievements, promoted Kumar as one of the most successful actors of that year.