Akshay Kumar - Akki

Akshay Kumar - Khiladi
Akshay Kumar nickname Akki real name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia born on September 9, 1967 is an Top Indian Bollywood film actor. He is now the top most Bollywood actor. Akki was born in Amritsar (Punjab). His father was a government worker. From a very young age, he was recognised as a performer, particularly as a dancer. Akki spend his childhood in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area before moving to Mumbai. In Mumbai, Akshay lived in Koliwada, which was another Punjabi dominated area. He studied at Don Bosco School and then Khalsa College, where he took an interest in sports.

Akshay Kumar - Akki Biography

Akshay Kumar Nickname : Akki, Raju
Akshay Kumar Birth name : Rajiv Hari Om-Bhatia
Akshay Kumar DOB : 9 September 1967
Akshay Kumar Sign : Virgo
Akshay Kumar Height : 6'1" or 1.85 m
Akshay Kumar Weight : 82 kgs
Akshay Kumar birth place : Amritsar
Akshay Kumar Children : son Araav
Akshay Kumar Marital status : married
Akshay Kumar wife : Twinkle Khanna (daughter of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia)
Akshay Kumar Education : he was never much interested in studies, started doing martial arts when he was in 8th standard
Akshay Kumar Favourite vacation spot: Mauritius
Akshay Kumar Favourite perfume: Cool Waters

Akshay Kumar Favorite food : Thai, Chinese but never eat food from outside
Akshay Kumar Favorite color : Black and Blue
Akshay Kumar Favorite music : Soft music and prefers Indian music
Akshay Kumar Favourite books: Don’t read books
Akshay Kumar Favourite films: Deewar, Rocky
Akshay Kumar Favorite hero: Amitabh Bachchan
Akshay Kumar Favorite heroine: Twinkle Khanna, Katrina Kaif
Akshay Kumar Other facts: he trains himself every morning for 1.5 hrs
Akshay Kumar Hobbies: does a lot of outdoor sports (volleyball and cricket)
Akshay Kumar Occupation: background dancer/bollywood actor/model/fight master/distributor
Akshay Kumar Languages known : hindi, english


Akshay Kumar personal life

During his years in Bollywood, Akshay was romantically linked with several of his co-star actresses like Pooja Batra, Raveena Tandon, Rekha and Shilpa Shetty. After being engaged twice to actress Twinkle Khanna, the daughter of veteran actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, he finally married her on January 14, 2001. Their son named Aarav was born on September 15, 2002.


Akshay Kumar new movies

Now in these days Akshay Kumar shooting for three new movies which going to release in 2009 are Helloo India, Eight by Ten and De Dana Dan. In De Dana Dan Akshay is working with Katrina Kaif, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal. It is the third part of the Super hit comedy movie 'Hera Feri' directed by Priyadarshan. In Helloo India Akki is with Sunil Shetty, Udita Goswami and Preity Zinta directed by Shabnam Kapoor. In third movie 'Eight By Ten' Akki apposite is Ayesha Takia directed by Nagesh Kukunoor.


Akshay Kumar life before acting

He studied martial arts in Bangkok and worked as a chef. He then came back to Mumbai, where he started teaching martial arts. One of his students happened to be a photographer and recommended him to do modelling. The student gave him a modelling assignment for a small company. For his two hours posing in front of the camera, he got Rs. 5,000, compared to his previous salary of Rs. 4,000 in one month. That was one of the main reasons why he chose to be a model. After a couple of months of modelling, Kumar was finally offered a lead role by producer Pramod Chakravarthy for the movie Deedar.