Akshay Kumar Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Salary, Family, Net Worth

Akshay Kumar Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Career, Lifestyle & Net Worth – Want to know more about Akshay Kumar? What is Akshay Kumar profession? Akshay Kumar age? Akshay Kumar height? Akshay Kumar weight? Akshay Kumar net worth? Get all your answers here. Akshay Kumar, real name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, is a Canadian actor of Indian origin, producer, television personality, martial artist, stuntman and philanthropist who works in Bollywood films.

Akshay Kumar Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Career, Lifestyle & Net Worth

Akshay Kumar Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Career, Lifestyle & Net Worth

Akshay Kumar Known for?

He is known for his martial arts and acting skills, and bring them together in his movies. 

Akshay Kumar Career and Lifestyle Info:

Kumar made his first appearance as the lead actor opposite Raakhee and Shantipriya in Saugandh (1991). In the same year, he acted in Kishore Vyas-directed Dancer, which received poor reviews. The following year he starred in Abbas Mustan-directed suspense thriller, Khiladi, widely considered his breakthrough role. His next release was the Raj Sippy-directed detective film Mr. Bond, based on James Bond. His last release of 1992 was Deedar. It failed to perform well at the box office. In 1993, he acted in the Keshu Ramsay-directed bilingual film Ashaant (released in Kannada as Vishnu-Vijaya) and starring Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Ashwini Bhave and Ashutosh Rana. All of his films released during 1993, including Dil Ki Baazi, Kayda Kanoon, Waqt Hamara Hai and Sainik did not perform well commercially.

In 2000, Kumar starred in the Priyadarshan-directed comedy Hera Pheri alongside Paresh Rawal and Sunil Shetty. The film which was a remake of Malayalam film Ramji Rao Speaking, became a commercial success and proved to be a turning point in Kumar’s career. 2007 proved to be Kumar’s most successful year during his career in the industry, and as described by box office analysts, “probably the best ever recorded by an actor, with four outright hits and no flops.” His first release, Vipul Amrutlal Shah-directed Namastey London, was critically and commercially successful, and his performance earned him a Best Actor nomination at the Filmfare. Critic Taran Adarsh wrote of his performance in the film, “he’s sure to win the hearts of millions of moviegoers with a terrific portrayal in this film.” Kumar’s chemistry with lead actress Katrina Kaif also generated immense appreciation, with Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India describing their pairing as “refreshing.”

Airlift released on 22 January 2016 was critically and commercially successful, and second Housefull 3 which was released on 3 June 2016. Namastey England, sequel to Namastey London has been announced. Rustom which was produced by Neeraj Pandey and marked his 3rd release of 2016. Akshay was praised for his performance in Rustom which garned him numerous award nominations. Rustom grossed more than 200 crores at the box office. 

His only film release in 2017 was Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. This film depicted the serious of issue of Toilets in certain regions of the country. Akshay’s performance was praised. Akshay Kumar dug a toilet in Madhya Pradesh to promote the film. The movie trailer was released on 11 June 2017. PM Modi called it a good effort to further the message of cleanliness, as per Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. In 2018, Akshay starred in the social drama film Pad Man alongside Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte. He later made his Tamil cinema debut in the science fiction thriller 2.0, co-starring Rajinikanth, in which he played an evil ornithologist named Pakshirajan. Kumar will feature opposite Parineeti Chopra starring in Karan Johar’s film Kesari that will be based on the story of the Battle of Saragarhi. Kumar to star in Hindi remake of the Tamil horror comedy film Kanchana 2 (2015). Kumar will star opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan in Karan Johar’s next.

Akshay Kumar Family and Personal Info:

Kumar was born in Amritsar, India to Hari Om Bhatia and Aruna Bhatia in a Punjabi Hindu family. His father was an army officer. From a young age, Kumar was very interested in sports. His father too enjoyed wrestling. He lived and grew up in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk and later he moved to Mumbai when his father left Army to become an accountant with UNICEF. Soon, his sister was born and the family lived in Koliwada, a Punjabi dominated area of Central Mumbai. He received his school education from Don Bosco School, simultaneously learning Karate. He enrolled in Mumbai’s Guru Nanak Khalsa College for higher education, but dropped out as he was not much interested in studies. He requested his father that he wanted to learn marital arts further, and his father somehow saved money to send him to Thailand. Kumar went to Bangkok to learn martial arts and lived in Thailand for five years learning Thai Boxing. Kumar also has a sister, Alka Bhatia. When Kumar was a teenager, his father asked him what he aspired to be. Kumar expressed his desire to become an actor.

After having obtained a black belt in Taekwondo while in India, he studied martial arts in Bangkok, Thailand, where he learned Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter. After Thailand, Kumar went to work in Kolkata in a travel agency, in Dhaka in a hotel and Delhi where he sold Kundan jewellery. Upon his return to Mumbai, he commenced the teaching of martial arts.