Akshay Kumar has completed over 25 years in Bollywood. He has seen hardships in the starting phase of his life but his immense talent has helped him to make it big in this glitzy world. He is now known to the fans as a Khiladi Kumar. He often does his own stunt and lives a disciplined life. He takes good care of his health and still remains as one of the fittest actors in the Industry.
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Here we have compiled 18 Unknown Facts about Akshay Kumar:
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Born as Rajiv Bhatia, Akshay Kumar has changed his name when he entered the Industry. His father Hari Om Bhatia was a military officer and his mother Aruna Bhatia was a housewife.
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Until the age of 3, he lived in Delhi and then moved to Mumbai’s Koliwada area.
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Since his childhood days, he had a keen interest in self-defence and martial arts. After seeing his friends learning Martial Arts, Akshay also enrolled for it. He obtained the black belt in Taekwondo in India. he then went to Thailand to study different forms of Martial Arts. he also worked as a waiter, when he was staying in Bangkok.
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He uses to take coaching for the students. One of his student’s father was a photograher, who recommended him for doing modeling.
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In the first two days of his modeling shoot, Akshay Kumar earns more than his monthly salary as a chef.
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He did several odd jobs before making it in the world of Bollywood. He worked as a peon for a travel agency and even did some movies as a background dancer.
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There is an interesting thing about his name Akshay. He picked the name of Akshay from on of his movies, where he did a small role. In that particular movie, the lead hero name was Akshay and he liked it and now the name is enough!
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He first appeared in Bollywood film Saugandh (1991) as a lead actor alongside Raakhee and Shantipriya.
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He was auditioned for Deepak Tijori’s role in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander but he got rejected for it.
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In one of the interviews, Akshay says that he wakes up at 5 am and post of his interviews between 6-7 am.
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Interestingly, Akshay Kumar movie Boss entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest poster by beating Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’. Later Bahubali: The Beginning poster has broken this record.
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Akshay Kumar is blessed with two children Aarav and Nitara.He always keeps his children from the media and once said, “He wants his children to live a normal childhood.”
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In 2004, he was honored with Rajiv Gandhi Award for his outstanding achievements in Bollywood and 2009, he won the 4th highest civilian award, Padmashree.
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In 2008, he was named as the Sexiest Man Alive from People (India) magazine. In 2009, he was awarded the highest Japanese honor of Katana, which is a sixth-degree black belt in Kuyukai Gōjū-ryū karate.
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He also does a number of social works, he recently donated 90 lakhs to the farmers of Maharashtra.
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With the amount of 32 Million Dollars, he is currently among the 15 highest paid actors in the world, as per Forbes.
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2011, he launched his own production house called Grazing Goats Pictures, till now it has produced 5 low budget films. The films are OMG – Oh My God!, 72 Miles, Bhaji in Problem, Fugly and Singh is Bling.
18. As of 2013, Akshay Kumar has been the highest taxpayer actor of hindi film Industry for 6 consecutive years. He paid Rs. 19 crores as advance tax payment in the year 2013.
Overall, Akshay Kumar is a multi-talented personality who has entertained us from last 25 years.
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