Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar

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Born to Punjabi parents in Amritsar, Punjab, Akshay Kumar was originally named Rajiv Bhatia. He spent early days of his life in Chandni Chowk, Delhi and later moved to Mumbai with his family from where he did his schooling. When he was in 7th standard, he got bashed from his dad for getting poor marks. Akshay meekly told his dad that he wanted to be an actor. Finally, this black belt in Taekwondo, dropped out of college and moved to Bangkok to learn martial arts. He wanted to get more advanced training, but his financial status could only allow him to go to Bangkok.

Talent before Acting

In Bangkok, he learned the combat sport, Muay Thai. To survive himself he worked as a waiter and a chef. Those were his days of struggle when he put himself out there to be able to pursue his passion. He would even buy jewellery from Bangkok and sell them in India to get himself some money. His favorite actor during those days was Dharmendra and he really wanted to be something like him. After he completed his training in Bangkok, he returned to India and opened his own training classes.

Missed flight

In India, Akshay met Jayesh Seth, a photographer and got himself clicked while doing a stunt. The picture turned out well. Akshay decided to try his luck in modelling. He had long hair, a moustache and looked nowhere close to the tall, dark and handsome man that he is today. Yet, he got a few modelling projects through some good pictures. He made more money from that project in 2-days than his month’s salary. But right before the shoot of an important advertisement, Akshay missed the flight and was told he will never become big in the industry. Heartbroken, Akshay finally decided to try his luck in Bollywood.

Rajiv to Akshay

Akshay saw a lot of rejections and days of anonymity. His first screen appearance was an uncredited martial art instructor in Mahesh Bhatt’s Aaj in 1987. Then after his initial few flops, he got his break with Abbas Mastaan’s Khiladi which launched him with the screen name Akshay Kumar. The Khiladi films went on to make eight films with the last on being Khiladi 786 in 2012. Akshay worked for as many as 15 films in a year while doing his own stunts in many of them and most of them turning out to be a blockbuster.

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