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Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor. He has appeared in over ninety Hindi films.Throughout the 1990s, Kumar primarily acted in action films like Khiladi (1992), Mohra (1994), Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), and got particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly known as the "Khiladi Series". He performed in romantic films like Yeh Dillagi (1994) and Dhadkan (2000) plus dramatic films such as Ek Rishtaa (2001). His comic performances in films such as Hera Pheri (2000), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala (2005) and Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) met with acclaim. His success more rose in 2007, when he starred in four consecutive industrial hits. In 2008, the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on Kumar in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

Early life

Akshay Kumar was born in Amritsar, Punjab to a Punjabi family. His father was a government employee. From a very young age, he was recognised as a performer, significantly as a dancer. Kumar was raised in Delhi's Chandni Chowk neighbourhood before moving to Mumbai. In Mumbai, he lived in Koliwada, which was another Punjabi dominated area. He studied at Don Bosco Faculty and then Guru Nanak Khalsa College (King's Circle), where he participated in sports with Janpal Singh.
He studied martial arts in Bangkok and worked as a chef. He then came back to Mumbai, where he started teaching martial arts. One in all his students happened to be a photographer and counseled him to try to to modelling. The scholar gave him a modelling assignment for a small company. For his 2 hours posing in front of the camera, Kumar got Rs. five,000, compared to his previous monthly salary of Rs. 4,000. That was one in every of the most reasons why he selected to be a model. When a couple of months of modelling, Kumar was offered a lead role by producer Pramod Chakravarthy for the movie Deedar.