India's very own 'Khiladi', Akshay Kumar, turns 47 today!
Akshay's latest comedy film with Lisa Haydon, 'The Shaukeen' is expected to release this November. Till then, we wish him the very best and hope he always lives life off the edge.
Akshay has a new show 'Dare to Dance', a reality show that is about competitive dancing with a strange twist. Contestants will have to incorporate dangerous stunts into their dance routine in order to move to the next round.
He married Twinkle Khanna, daughter of Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna, in 2001. They were paired opposite each other in the movies 'Zulmi' and 'International Khiladi'. The hot couple have two children, Aarav Kumar and Nitara Kumar.
Being the 'Khiladi' he is, the actor has often been linked up with a number of his co-stars like, Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty and even Pooja Batra.
Akshay Kumar is known to do several dangerous stunts without a stunt double. He's nicknamed the Jackie Chan of India.
Aki also made his TV debut when he played host for reality shows, 'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi' and then went on to host the Indian remake of the popular cooking television show 'MasterChef'.
In 2009, he received a Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema.
The gangster comedy movie 'Boss', costarring Mithun Chakraborty and Aditi Rao Hydari, raked in huge profits at the box-office when it released in October.
In 2012, he teamed up with his 'Hera Pheri' costar Paresh Rawal once again and portrayed Lord Krishna in the hit satire 'OMG: Oh My God!'.
After a string of action and romance movies he moved on to comedy and raked in big bucks for 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi', 'Garam Masala', 'Welcome', 'Singh Is Kinng', 'Housefull', the 'Hera Pheri series' and recently 'Rowdy Rathore'.
But it was his performance of the villain in the thriller 'Ajnabee' that got his first ever Filmfare award.
The audience loved his character in the blockbuster 'Dil To Pagal Hai' and he was eventually nominated for his second Filmfare award.
His first Filmfare nomination was for Yash Chopra's 'Yeh Dillagi' in 1994.
His most successful movies were from the action packed 'Khiladi series'. Starting with 'Khiladi' in 1992 and eventually producing seven more parts. 'Khiladi 786' was released in 2012. He was paired opposite Asin.
His first movie to hit the theatres was 'Saugandh' in 1991 opposite actress Shantipriya.
Calling himself a 'Chandni Chowk kid', Akshay worked as a chef, waiter and a model before he had his brush with stardom.
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia was born on September 9, 1967 in Punjab.