Akshay Kumar

Akshay Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", he is the recipient of several accolades, including two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. In 2009, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. One of the most prolific actors in Indian cinema, Kumar has appeared in over 150 films in a career spanning over three decades. Forbes included Kumar in their lists of both highest-paid celebrities and highest-paid actors in the world from 2015 to 2020. Between 2019 and 2020, he was the only Indian on both lists. Kumar began his career in 1991 with Saugandh and had his first commercial success a year later with the action thriller Khiladi. The film established him as an action star in the 1990s and led to several films in the Khiladi film series, in addition to other action films such as Mohra, Suhaag, Sangharsh, and Jaanwar. Although his early tryst with romance in Yeh Dillagi was positively received, it was in the next decade that Kumar expanded his range of roles. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)