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Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar, born as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, has worked in more than 100 Bollywood films in his career of more than 25 years. He made his debut in 1991 film Saugandh and later proved his acting mettle with a number of successful films. He has won many awards including the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Rustom.

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Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb heads to OTT; actor's fans want theatrical release
Celebrities | May 29, 2020, 06:47 PM IST
Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani starrer Laxmmi Bomb is all set to be released on Disney Hotstar after Vidya Balan's Shakuntala Devi and Amitabh Bachchan-Ayushmann Khurrana's Gulabo Sitabo headed to the direct OTT release.
Akshay Kumar forgets to tag wife Twinkle Khanna in 'Padman' post, here's what happened next
Celebrities | May 28, 2020, 11:02 PM IST
Akshay Kumar took to Twitter to celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day, by talking about the film. Tagging his co-stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte, Akshay tweeted: "It's been 2 years to #PadMan and I'm glad we managed to push the envelope a little on this taboo subject. This #MenstrualHygieneDay, I hope we move a step closer towards ending period poverty and breaking taboos surrounding menstruation. @sonamakapoor @radhika_apte." This irked producer Twinkle as Akshay forgot to tag her.
Akshay Kumar donates Rs 45 lakh to CINTAA to help distressed junior artists, daily wage workers
Celebrities | May 28, 2020, 06:49 AM IST
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has once again come forward and donated Rs 45 lakh to help 1500 members of Cine & TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) for the distressed artists who are badly hit by the pandemic.

Akshay Kumar’s son Aarav bakes chocolate brownie cake, Twinkle Khanna says she's one 'proud mom'
Celebrities | May 27, 2020, 10:46 AM IST
Twinkle Khanna took to Instagram to share a photo of a chocolate brownie cake baked by her 17-year-old son Aarav.
Sanjay Gupta wants rights of Sonu Sood biopic starring Akshay Kumar!
Celebrities | May 26, 2020, 06:28 PM IST
The reference, in good humour, is to Sonu's initiative to send stranded migrant labourers home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, just as in the 2016 film "Airlift", Akshay Kumar had played a character that helps evacuate numerous stranded Indians from Kuwait after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded that country.
Akshay Kumar holds 6 am online script meeting for Bell Bottom, filmmaker Nikkhil Advani shares pic
Celebrities | May 26, 2020, 12:49 PM IST
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar starrer Bell Bottom is supposed to go on floors from September. During the lockdown, the actor held a 6 am online script meeting with directed Nikkhil Advani, producers Jaccky and Vashu Bhagnani along with writers Ranjit Tiwari and Aseem Arora.

Akshay Kumar starrer Prithviraj sets to be demolished before Mumbai monsoon
Celebrities | May 26, 2020, 11:58 AM IST
The sets of Akshay Kumar's film 'Prithviraj' that has been standing unused in Dahisar for over two months now will now be demolished before the beginning of the Mumbai monsoon. The film was supposed to release this year on Diwali with beauty queen Manushi Chhillar playing the lead role of Sanyukta.
Akshay Kumar, R Balki shoot for coronavirus awareness campaign at Mumbai studio
Entertainment | May 26, 2020, 12:00 AM IST
R Balki, who has collaborated with Akshay Kumar in films like "Padman" and "Mission Mangal", said the crew realised the shooting can be done "quite easily" following all the guidelines.
Akshay Kumar mourns the death of hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr
Celebrities | May 25, 2020, 07:46 PM IST
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar expressed grief on the death of India's greatest hockey player Balbir Singh Sr. He shared a photo with the 'amazing personality' which was taken during the shooting of the 2018 film Gold which was based on India's first Olympic gold win.

Akshay Kumar reacts to cricketer David Warner's TikTok video on Bala song, says 'Nailed it'
Celebrities | May 24, 2020, 06:44 PM IST
Australia's cricketer David Warner shared another TikTok video in which he can be seen shaking legs on Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar's song, 'Bala'. Now, the Khiladi Kumar has reacted to the viral video and said, "Nailed it."
Akshay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Karan unite for video tribute to frontline workers: You are real heroes
Celebrities | May 24, 2020, 06:14 PM IST
Several personalities from cinema and sports, including Akshay Kumar, cricketer Virat Kohli, Turkish-German actor Meryem Uzerli, released a video thanking the frontline workers for risking their lives in service of people amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Akshay Kumar's lockdown advice: Sit it out
Celebrities | May 20, 2020, 07:10 PM IST
Akshay Kumar, in the latest photo, is seen seated at a chair in a pair of trousers, pink T-shirt, and blue shoes. Referring to the current scenario, the actor wrote, 'Sometimes it's best to sit it out #ThisTooShallPass.'

Hera Pheri 3 update: Suniel Shetty says 'differences need to be ironed out'
Celebrities | May 20, 2020, 12:00 AM IST
After the success of Hera Pheri and Hera Pheri 2, fans have been eagerly waiting for the makers to bring Hera Pheri 3 on the big screen. Actor Suniel Shetty, who played the role of Shyam in the film, recently gave an update about the film and said that it has been kept on hold for now.
Akshay Kumar donates 500 wristbands to Nashik Police to detect COVID-19 symptoms
Bollywood | May 16, 2020, 11:29 AM IST
The sensor-laden wrist bands which Akshay Kumar has donated to the Mumbai and Nashik Police will only be available to corona warriors during this time.
Akshay Kumar donates 1000 wrist bands to Mumbai Police to help detect COVID-19 symptoms
Celebrities | May 14, 2020, 08:13 PM IST
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been in the forefront helping the corona warriors and daily wage workers ever since the coronavirus outspread. The actor has once again come forward to help the Mumbai Police to detect COVID-19 symptoms by donating about 1000 wrist bands.

Kajol, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Ranveer Singh reveal favourite nineties film
Celebrities | May 14, 2020, 07:53 PM IST
Twitter has started a new campaign where it asked celebrities to name their favourite movies from the '90s while tagging others for the same. Kajol, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Ranveer Singh have revealed their favourite 90's movie.
Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn feature in video with rappers to spread awareness about COVID-19
Celebrities | May 05, 2020, 11:53 AM IST
Actors Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty among others have collaborated with rappers from Dharavi for a music video promoting the idea of staying indoors to help control community spread of COVID-19 in densely populated spaces.
Akshay Kumar donates Rs 2 crore to Mumbai Police Foundation
Entertainment | Apr 27, 2020, 07:14 PM IST
Mumbai Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh, took to his official Twitter handle to thank Akshay for his contribution.
Akshay Kumar's special version of Kesari song Teri Mitti for corona warriors out now. Watch video
Apr 24, 2020, 04:24 PM IST
Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar's special song Teri Mitti from the film Kesari dedicated especially to the corona warriors like doctors, policemen fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic is out now. Have a look!
Akshay Kumar dedicates special version of Teri Mitti song to corona warriors. Watch teaser video
Apr 23, 2020, 04:40 PM IST
Akshay Kumar was busy shooting for his next film Bachchan Pandey before the outbreak of coronavirus forced the industry to stop work. The actor an interesting line-up of films in the future like Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi, Bachchan Pandey, Laxmmi Bomb and Bell Bottom.