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", through his career spanning over 30 years, Kumar has appeared in over 150 films and has won several awards, including two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, from the Government of India in 2009. Kumar is one of the most prolific actors in Indian cinema.

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 was born on 9 September 1967 as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, in the Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi , [ b ] into a Punjabi Hindu family, to parents Hari Om Bhatia (later Brijmohan Bhatia) hailing from Amritsar and Aruna Bhatia with roots in Kashmir . His father was an Indian Army officer.

From a young age, Kumar was very interested in sports, and his father also enjoyed wrestling. He lived and grew up in Delhi's Chandni Chowk and later moved to Bombay, Maharashtra , when his father left the Army to become an accountant with UNICEF . Soon, his sister was born, and the family lived in Koliwada , a Punjabi dominated area of Central Bombay. He received his school education from Don Bosco High School in Matunga , simultaneously learning Karate.