Indian Film History

Akshay Kumar', has dual citizenship is an Indian born Canadian, producer, actor and martial artist who has acted in over 100 Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the early 90's He was nominated for Filmfare awards several times and won it twice in his career. Akshay Kumar is known for his action films and sports films. He over the years gained fame for his roles as a Romantic hero and comic roles as well as family drama. Akshay Kumar was born in Amritsar. His father was a military officer. From an young age Kumar was known for his stage performance particularly as a Dancer. he lived and grew up in Delhi's Chandni Chowk and later with his family moved to Mumbai where he started his life in Koliwada, a punjabi dominated area. His early education was from Don Bosco school and Guru Nanak Khalsa College for his higher studies but he dropped out of college after a year or two and went to Bangkok to learn Martial Arts. Akshay has only one sibling his sister Alka Bhatia. As a teenager Akshay Kumar aspired to be an actor and expressed his desire to try his luck in Bollywood. He obtained a Black Belt in Taekwondo in India and studied Martial arts in Bangkok.where he learned Muay Thai and worked as a Chef and waiter. Once he had returned to Mumbai he started his own classes to teach Martial Arts. one of his students who was an aspiring photographer recommended Akshay kumar to modelling which was a stepping stone for him in the entertainment industry. After being engaged twice to actress Twinkle Khanna, the daughter of actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, Kumar married her on 17 January 2001. Their first child was a boy, whom they named Aarav. Twinkle gave birth to their second child, daughter Nitara, on 25 September 2012. He is known as a protective father and keeps his children away from the media. He stated that he wants to "give them a normal childhood." n 2009, while performing at a show for Levis at Lakme Fashion Week, Kumar asked Twinkle to unbutton his jeans. This incident sparked a controversy which led to a police case being filed against them. umar stays in shape with a combination of kickboxing, basketball, swimming and Parkour as well as working out. While in standard eighth he had started practising Karate. He intended to open a martial arts school and the state government of Maharashtra allotted land for the school in Bhayandar. n 2004, he was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Award for his outstanding achievements in Bollywood. In the same year, he presented the television series Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar for free.Kumar went on to be a successful actor and all these achievements that led him to be one of the most successful actors of the year. In 1994 he appeared in 11 films one after another..He proved to have success with the Khiladi series. The films were commercial successful. Akshay Kumar played a supporting role in Yash Chopra's film ' Dil to Pagal Hai in 1997 co starring Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor for which he received once again his first nomination for the Filmfare awards for the Best Supporting Actor. In 1999, Akshay Kumar played opposite his wife Twinkle Khanna in the film International Khiladi. The film turned out to be an average grosser at the box office. He received critical acclaim for his roles in the few films that he chose and his film Jaanwar turned out to be a commercial success and marked his comeback. Kumar has seen a successful career graph from the time he has joined the industry. However, he had a rough patch from the year 2009 to 2011 but he bounced back with success with the film Housefull and Rowdy Rathore in 2012 with both of them grossing over Rs. 1 Billion ( US 15 Million), his other films were highly successfully. He was the first Bollywood actor to have reached the net Box office collection that crossed over Rs. 20 Billion( US $ 300 million) and is considered as one of the most successful actors in the History of Indian Cinema. And is known for his contemporary roles in the Indian Hindi Cinema.

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