16 Interesting Facts About Akshay Kumar Which Helped Him To Become A Superstar

Akshay Kumar's real name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia. He spent his childhood in Delhi's Chandni Chowk and later shifted to Mumbai with his family where he completed his studies.

Akshay has a black belt in Taekwondo. He got his training in martial arts and learned combat sports in Bangkok, Thailand.

He also worked as a waiter and chef in Bangkok during his training in martial arts.

Akshay Kumar is the true action hero of Bollywood as he does his own stunts and seldom uses body doubles .

Akshay Kumar has been named as a khiladi in Bollywood and the reason behind this is the word play in his 8 films. These films were Khiladi (1992), Main Khiladi Tu Anadi (1994), Bada Khiladi (1995), khiladiyon ka khiladi (1996), Mr. And Mrs Khiladi (1997), International Khiladi (1999), Khiladi 420 (2000) and Khiladi 786 (2012).?

For the unversed, before he became an actor he used to give martial training in Mumbai. One of his students took some of his photos and advised him to go into modeling. The student helped him bag a modeling assignment in a small company. He used to get Rs 5,000 for two hours to pose in front of the camera.?

Later, he took his portfolio and started making the rounds at Film Studios. Here he met producer Pramod Chakraborty in a studio and he signed Akshay for the film 'Deedar'. The film was released in 1992 and opened up avenues for Akshay. Even though he signed Deedar first, Akshay’s debut film as a lead actor was 'Saugandh' (1991).

Akshay is very hard working and tries to complete his films in 2-3 months. This is the reason he does 3-4 films in a year. Many of you don't know that 11 of his films were released in 1994 alone.

He told during an interview that 16 consecutive films flopped at the box office. But he never gave up and got Hera Pheri which became the biggest hit of his career and after that he never looked back.

Before debuting as a lead actor in Saugandh (1991), he was cast in a blink-and-miss role of a martial arts instructor in filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s 1987 film Aaj.

Corresponding to the number of his age, National Award winner Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar has managed to secure 52nd position on the Forbes 100 list of world's highest-paid celebrities. With estimated pre-tax earnings of USD 48.5 million (roughly Rs 366 crore) from June 2019 to May 2020, Akshay is the only Indian to make the cut on this list.