Bollywood action khiladi Akshay Kumar is entertaining us from last 25 years. He has raised the level of action in Bollywood movies. You can even call him the Vin Diesel of Bollywood when it comes to action. He is good with his fighting skills and has proved it over the years. At latest, he even revealed why he changed his name from Rajiv Bhatia To Akshay Kumar.
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In the latest interview for Naam Shabana with a leading daily, Akshay Kumar said,
“No one has ever asked me this question. My first film was Aaj (1987) which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Kumar Gaurav. The name of Gaurav’s character was Akshay.”
He further said,
“I had a 4.5-second role in it and I would only observe Gaurav and his acting. I don’t know what happened but one day I just went to the court and got my name changed.”
He also goes on to say,
“I don’t know why I changed my name …. I just went to the Bandra East court and got it done. Main kucch bhi nahi tha us time pe phir bhi maine visiting card banwaye. Then I went out to get work, time was in my favour, and I got films after that.”
