Birthday Special: 8 Unknown Facts About Akshay Kumar

Today is the birthday of bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. As the actor celebrates his birthday today, have a look at some of his unknown facts:

• His real name is Rajiv Bhatia. He changed his name to Akshay Kumar before entering into Bollywood.
• Akshay has a black belt in Taekwondo. He then moved to Bangkok and learned Muay Thai and also worked as Chef and Waiter.
• Before making a full-fledged entry into Bollywood, he was a part of Mahesh Bhatt’s film Aaj in 1987. He played the role of a martial arts instruction in the film.
• Well, becoming an actor was a big accident for the Khiladi Kumar. He once missed a flight for his modelling assignment in Bangalore and with all the disappointment he visited a film studio with his portfolio. There, Pramod Chakravarthy signed him for the lead role in Deedar.
• Akshay was rejected for the role played by Deepak Tijori in Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikandar.
• If you think SRK is the only actor who has played Raj several times in his films, then you are wrong. Akshay’s character has named as Raj in total 5 films.
• He is known as Khiladi of Bollywood as 8 of his films as the word Khiladi in their titles.
• Akshay has given us many blockbuster and mind-blowing performances in his career. But, the actor hasn’t won any award for his performances.

We wish the phenomenal actor a very Happy Birthday and a successful year!