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| Akshay Kumar ( born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, on September 9, 1967) is a popular Bollywood film actor. During the 90s, Kumar was known as the action hero of Bollywood, starring in hit action films such as "Khiladi" (1992), "Mohra" (1994) and "Sabse Bada Khiladi" (1995), and being notably known for his action "Khiladi Series". However, he was also praised for his performances in successful romantic films like "Yeh Dillagi" (1994), "Dhadkan" (2000) and "Ek Rishtaa" (2001), proving himself as a capable actor with different ranges of roles. He won his first Filmfare Award under the Best Villain category for his performance in "Ajnabee" (2001). Kumar later ventured into comedy films for which he has received much appreciation. His comic performances in films such as "Hera Pheri" (2000), "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" (2004), "Garam Masala" (2005) and "Jaan-E-Mann" (2006) met with huge acclaim. Balancing commercial crowd attractions with critical success, he has established himself as one of the most prominent leading actors of the industry. Akshay Kumar lived in Delhi for some time before moving to Mumbai.He lived in Koliwada which was a Punjabi dominated area. And then moved to Amritsar.He studied at Don Bosco school and then Khalsa College, where he took an interest in sports. He studied martial arts in Bangkok and worked as a Chef. His fall into acting came when producer Pramod Chakravarthy, saw his portfolio and offered the lead role in "Deedar". His first Bollywood film was "Saugandh" in 1991 which was unnoticed. His first major hit was the 1992 thriller film "Khiladi". 1993 saw a drop as many of his films failed to do well. However, 1994 proved to be a good year for Kumar as he followed up his success with Khiladi with the action thriller "Main Khiladi Tu Anari" and the action hit "Mohra" which was one of the highest grossing films of the year. Later that year, Yash Chopra signed him for the romantic film "Yeh Dillagi" which was also a success.He received appreciation for his performance in this film, where he played a romantic role which was different compared to his action roles. Consequently, he received various nominations for Best Actor award at the Filmfare and Star Screen ceremonies. All these achievements, promoted Kumar as one of the most successful actors of that year. In 1995, along with his share of unsuccessful movies, he starred in the third film in his Khiladi series "Sabse Bada Khiladi", which was another hit. He proved to have success with the Khiladi series, as in the next year he starred in the fourth hit film with Khiladi in the title, "Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi" opposite Rekha and Raveena Tandon, which was one of the highest grossing films of the year. In 1997, he made an extended guest appearance in Yash Chopra's hit film "Dil To Pagal Hai", for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award nomination. In the same year, he attempted a comedy role with the fifth film in the Khiladi series, "Mr and Mrs Khiladi" which was unsuccessful.Along with this film, his next few Khiladi films went on to fail at the box office. In 1999, he received critical acclaim for his roles in the films "Sangharsh" and in the box office hit "Jaanwar". In 2000 he starred in the comedy "Hera Pheri"(2000) which was a success and showcased his talent at doing comedy just as well as action or romantic roles. He also starred in the romantic film "Dhadkan" later that same year which was also a box office hit.In 2001, Kumar played a negative role in the film "Ajnabee" for which he won much acclaim as well as the Filmfare Best Villain Award. After the success of "Hera Pheri", he starred in many successful comedy films which include "Awara Paagal Deewana" (2002),"Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" (2004) and "Garam Masala" (2005). Apart from his action, comedy and romantic roles he also displayed a flair for dramatic roles in films such as "Ek Rishtaa" (2001), "Ajnabee" (2001), "Bewafaa" (2005) and "Waqt: The Race Against Time" (2005) which did moderately well in India, but was a hit overseas. In 2006 he starred in a sequel to "Hera Pheri" titled "Phir Hera Pheri" which was a huge success at the box office. Later that year he starred alongside Salman Khan in the romantic musical film "Jaan-E-Mann" which did not do as well as expected at the box office.Though the film under-performed, his role as a shy, lovable nerd was praised.He ended the year with "Bhagam Bhag" which was a success. His first release of 2007, "Namastey London" was critically and commercially successful in India and overseas.The film is currently the second highest grossing film of 2007.His most recent release was "Heyy Baby" which was also commercially successful. Kumar is also an active stage performer. He led the Heat 2006 world tour which also starred Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen and Celina Jaitley. He has been romantically linked to a few of his female co-stars, including Pooja Batra,Raveena Tandon, Rekha, Shilpa Shetty and Priyanka Chopra. After being engaged to actress Twinkle Khanna, the daughter of veteran actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, they finally got married in January 14, 2001. Their son named Araav was born in September 15, 2002 In July 2007, a leading Mumbai tabloid newspaper printed a story saying that Kumar and his wife had fallen out and Kumar had moved out of his home, staying at a hotel instead.On 26 July 2007 the couple sent a legal notice to the tabloid, declaring that the rumour was false.
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