Nirgun raakh liya akshay kumar biography

Film Career

Akshay Kumar made his Bollywood acting debut with the 1991 film Saugandh, 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 films Main Khiladi Tu Anari and Mohra which were among 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. He would consequently receive his first 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 a 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. The film became one of the highest grossing films of the year. In 1997, he made an

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On his 49th birthday, here are 49 things you didn’t know about Akshay Kumar

1) Akshay first met Twinkle at a photo shoot for a magazine. He still has the picture.

2) Twinkle bakes delicious chocolate cake once a week and Akshay eats the leftovers for days.

3) Akshay has a fascination for shoes and has more pairs than Twinkle does.

4) Akshay and Twinkle go for a quiet dinner every Saturday, often to a seafood restaurant called Gajali where the bill never comes to more than Rs 600.

5) Akshay’s height is 6’1.

6) While in Bangkok, Akshay worked in a restaurant called Metro Guest House to make ends meet.

7) Apart from Thai, Akshay loves Japanese cuisine. His favourite meal consists miso soup, salad, sushi and sashimi and fresh orange juice. Among desserts, he likes chocolate fudge cake and all Indian sweets.

8) Akshay is very emotional about the ‘firsts’ in his life. He still keeps his first house, car and motorcycle.

9) Although he has a huge fan following around the world, but Akshay adores Hollywood actor Jackie Chan, Bollywood actors Danny Denzongpa and Amitabh Bachchan.

10) Akshay sang and shot a music video of the Punjabi devotional song, Nirgun Raakh Liya. The profit made from this endeavour were donated to the victims of the train bombings of Mumbai in 2006