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Actor Akshay Kumar This Bollywood actor personifies the reel life story of a guy next door who makes it big in the Bollywood. From the by lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, where he was brought up, this actor has reached dizzying heights in his Bollywood career. Akshay Kumar's jorney to fame is as amazing as his movie stories. He was born in an average family in Jallandhar in Punjab. He proved himself as a performer in Sports and Acting in his school days. He grew up in Punjab and Delhi before moving to Bangkok to learn Martial Arts. He also worked as a chef in Bangkok. On return to India he settled in Tinsel Town Mumbai and started a Martial Arts School. There he was offered a modeling assignment which attracted him to this glamourous profession. Along with modeling came a break in movies. Akshay Kumar made his debut in Saugandh which was a non starter. In 1992 he acted in Khilari which was an action thriller. It gave him the platform to develop his image as a dashing stunts hero. Although 1993 proved to be luke warm he had two great hits in 1994, Main Khiladi Tu Anari and Mohra. The song, Tu Cheez Badi hai Mast Mast, had the whole nation singing along. In Yash Chopra's Yeh Dillagi he played a romantic hero and received his first nominations for the Best Actor Award. Akshay Kumar had arrived to stay and rise to the top. Later in the mid nineties he did the Khiladi Series which was a great hit with the fans. In Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi he has acted with the legendary Rekha. This movie also featured the WWE Superstar Undertaker in a stunt scene with Akshay Kumar. This was certainly no mean achievement; acting with one of the huge superstars of the US. Akshaye played a great supporting role in Yash Chopra's huge hit Dil to Pagal Hai. He received the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor for this movie. By now Akshay Kumar was fully established as an actor to reckon in Bollywood. After Dil to Pagal Hai, Akshay Kumar had a relatively lean period. His Khiladi series of movies started failing at the box office. In this period his noteworthy films were Sangharsh and Jaanwar. The year 2000 was very successful for Akshay Kumar. Hera Pheri with Paresh Rawal and Sunil Shetty was a comedy and super hit. Tabu played the female actress role in Hera Pheri. It redefined Akshay Kumar's image and showed that he could do meaningful roles besides stunts. This was followed by Dhadkan which was a romantic thriller. The actor displayed his numerous shades by winning the Filmfare Best Villain Award for Ajnabee. Akshay Kumar had by now become a bank guarantee at the box office. Between 2002 and 2005 he did a number of movies. The comedies which did well were Awara Paagal Deewana, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi(co-starring with Salman Khan, Amrish Puri, Kader Khan, Satish Shah, Kapil Dev and more) directed by David Dhawan and Garam Masala with actor John Abraham. Another unusual film was Aitraz with Priyanka Chopra. This film shot into fame for the scene where Priyanka Chopra tries to overcome Akshay Kumar with her sexual advances and failing in the same tries to force herself on him. The zenith of the actor's career was yet to arrive. 2006 saw the launching of Phir Hera Pheri which was again a big movie. Bhagam Bhag was a great comedy which was enjoyed by the audiences. 2007 was the most successful year in the career of Akshay Kumar. Very few people are aware that the box office collection of his movies put together is higher than any of the Bollywood superstars. Namaste London was a lovely movie with Katrina Kaif. Akshay Kumar plays the Punjabi Munda who is determined to win over the love of this NRI girl who has been forced to marry him. This movie was a big hit. Other super hits were Heyy Babyy (along with actor Fardeen Khan ), Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Welcome at the end of the year. When the film pundits took stock at the end of the year it was realized that this actor has made bigger business that the great Shahrukh Khan. His hit movie with Amitabh bachchan and Sushmita Sen was Aankhen and another was Ek Rishtaa During his eventful career the actor has had a relatively stable family life. In the earlier years he was associated with many actresses like Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty and Priyanka Chopra. He finally married and settled with Twinkle Khanna, daughter of great actor Rajesh Khanna. He has a son named Aarav. A tabloid had published reports about trouble in his married life. The actor has sued this magazine for spreading rumours irresponsibly. Akshay Kumar has a number of movies lined up for 2008. Chandni Chowk to China Town is to be watched which they say is based on the real life of the actor. This star will deliver many more hits ahead. And sure enough, he will have his fans coming out laughing from his movies and his producers laughing to the banks.
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