The real name of Akshay Kumar is …….

Akshay Kumar

The real name of bollywood star Akshar Kumar is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia.

He is a popular actor and a Tv celebrity also. 

Personal Life of Akshay Kumar :-

With Dara Singh
Akshay Kumar with Dara Singh

He was born in Amritsar, Punjab. His father’s name was Hari Om Bhatia and the name of his mother is Aruna Bhatia. 

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Akshay Kumar with his Mother and Sister

His father was an army officer, later he left the army and became an accountant in UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund).  

Akshay Grew up in Chandni Chowk and later moved to Bombay (Present day Mumbai) where his sister Alka Bhatia was born. 

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Twinkle Khanna

He received his education from Don Bosco High School, Matunga. In the meantime, he was also learning karate and Akshay also learnt various forms of martial arts like Taekwondo and Thai Boxing.

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Akshay Kumar with His Children

As a teenger Akshay told his father that he wants to become an actor in movies.

His wife is Twinkle Khanna and have two children named as Aarav Kumar and Nitara Kumar.  

Rise Of Khiladi Of The Bollywood

During his struggling days he worked as a background dancer in various movies.

In Dhaka he also worked as a chef in a hotel. 

He got his first movie in 1991 and the name of the movie was “Saugandh” but getting a movie is one thing and gaining prestige is totally other and he gained prestige from his movie “Khiladi”.

 

After that, many of his Khiladi series movies were a big hit at the box office and he came to be popularly known as “The Khiladi Of The Film Industry”. 

Until Now, Akshay Kumar has appeared in more than 100 films and received two Filmfare Awards and has also been awarded the fourth highest civilian award of India, “Padmashree” by the Government Of India. 

His work in the movie “Airlift”, which showed the biggest evacuation programme ever conducted in the world, as a result, awarded him the National Film Award for Best Actor.

Click on to learn more about the Evacuation Programme

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Akshay Kumar at the Cover of the Forbes Magazine

He also owns two production companies named as Hari Om Production Company and Grazing Goat Production Company. 

He also owns a kabaddi team in Indian Kabaddi League named as Bengal warriors.

In 2019, he was at the 52nd rank of the highest paid entertainers in the Forbes Magazine.

In 2020, he became the highest paid Bollywood actor according to Forbes.