Akshay Kumar is known for being very tidy, kind and generous by nature. As soon as you hear the name Akshay Kumar, all you can remember is the perfect Khiladi and a effortless actor. This talented man is often credited to bring the action comedy sequel in Bollywood and he performed his entire role with ease. Here we bring you some facts about Akshay Kumar.
1. Kumar was born in Delhi, India to Hari Om Bhatia who was a military officer and Aruna Bhatia.
2. Till the age of 3, he lived in Chandni Chowk of Delhi and then shifted to Mumbai, where he lived in Koliwada (basically a Punjabi dominated area).
3. He obtained a black belt in Taekwondo while in India, which inspired him to study martial arts in Bangkok, Thailand. While in Bangkok, he learned Muay Thai and worked as a chef and waiter.
4. One of his students, who was an aspiring photographer, recommended Kumar into modeling which ultimately led him to a modeling assignment.
5. Akshay Kumar than started making money with two days of shoot, which was much more than his one month’s salary where he worked as chef.
6. He did several odd jobs to pave his way in Bollywood. He even worked in Kolkata as a peon of travel agency and sometimes worked as a background dancer in several movies.
7. Once his uncle got him job at Metro Guest House where his first salary was 1000 baht which means it was Rs 1,500. Akshay says, he would sleep in the kitchen at night.
8. Kumar made his first appearance as the lead actor opposite Raakhee and Shantipriya in Saugandh (1991).
9. He was auditioned for Deepak Tijori’s role in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander but got rejected.
10. In an interview, Akshay said he wakes up at 5 in the morning and prefers to schedule most of his interviews between 6-7 am.
11. Did you know Akshay Kumar’s movie Boss entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest poster? Yes, the poster entered Guinness world record after beating Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ and later the record was broken by Bahubali : The Beginning.
12. Akshay is blessed with children – Aarav and Nitara. He proves to be a protective father and keeps them away from Media. Kumar says, “He wants his children to live a normal childhood”.
13. In 2004, he was honored 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. In 2009, he was also honored with Padmashree Award.
14. In 2008, he was named the “Sexiest Man Alive” by People (India) magazine and in the next year Kumar was awarded the highest Japanese honour of “Katana” and a sixth degree black belt in Kuyukai Gōjū-ryū karate.
15. Recently, Kumar donated 90 lacs to drought hit farmers in Maharashtra. He also raised money through his concerts.
16. With 32 Million Dollars, he is currently among top 15 highest paid actor in the world according to Forbes.
17. In 2011, Akshay Kumar launched a production house called Grazing Goats with the intention to support low budget films. The production house successfully produced 5 films OMG – Oh My God!, 72 Miles, Bhaji in Problem, Fugly and Singh is Bling.
18. As of 2013, Akshay has been Hindi film industry’s highest advance taxpayer for six consecutive years. He paid ₹19 crore (US$2.9 million) as advance tax payment in that year.
