Akshay Kumar has had an especially profitable innings in Bollywood.
Nevertheless, do you know that the actor went by means of his share of hiccups earlier than he made it large? Right here is a few unknown trivia on the Khiladi Kumar…
Began as a lightman
Earlier than debuting as a mannequin and actor, Akshay Kumar used to work as a lightman. In an outdated video that not too long ago surfaced on social media, Akshay will be heard saying, “Earlier than changing into an actor I labored as a light-weight man with a photographer. I had clicked lots of footage of actors as a light-weight boy, I had clicked Govinda sahab’s photograph additionally. I nonetheless keep in mind how when he was seeing his image (that I had clicked) and he occurred to take a look at me and informed me ‘beta tu hero kyun nahi ban jaataa, hero lagta hai tu (son, why don’t you turn into a hero, you appear to be a hero)’ and I used to be like ‘kyun mazaak kar rahe ho (why are you joking)”. As luck would have it, Akki went on to turn into an enormous star and even starred with Govinda in Bhagam Bhag (2006).
Educated in Martial Arts
The actor, who normally performs his personal stunts, is skilled in Taekwondo, Karate and Muay Thai. In truth, he even hosted a mini collection referred to as Seven Lethal Arts with Akshay Kumar that aired on the Nationwide Geographic Channel in 2004.
Labored as a chef and waiter
To make ends meet, the actor additionally tried his fingers at working as a chef and waiter, when he was coaching in Martial Arts in Bangkok, Thailand.
Actual identify – Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
It is not uncommon information that Akshay’s actual identify is Rajiv Bhatia. Nevertheless, few know that his full identify is in truth, Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia. He was born in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk and spent his adolescence there earlier than the household moved to Mumbai.
Naturalised Canadian citizen
It’s an open secret that the actor took up Canadian citizenship as a again up within the Nineteen Nineties, when his films weren’t doing effectively and he had delivered 15 flops! A good friend, who was primarily based out of Canada, requested him to use and he bought in. Nevertheless, earlier this yr, the actor introduced that he’ll quickly surrender his Canadian citizenship as India means ‘every thing’ to him.
