The journey from Rajiv Bhatia to becoming Akshay Kumar, how a 15 second role changed the fate of the player

Entertainment Desk: Bollywood’s ‘Khiladi’ i.e. Akshay Kumar is not in need of any identity today. But do you know that this master of martial arts did many jobs like waiter, chef and selling jewelery before coming into films? Akshay Kumar’s film journey is no less than an inspirational story. Recently, some interesting facts related to his career graph and name change have come to light, which will surprise his fans.

15 second role and name changed

Akshay Kumar’s real name is Rajeev Hariom Bhatia. He started his career with the film ‘Aaj’ (Aaj) in the year 1987. His character in this film was only for 15 seconds, in which he played the role of a martial arts instructor. Interestingly, the name of the character of the lead actor Kumar Gaurav of this film was ‘Akshay’. Rajeev Bhatia liked this name so much that he went to the court and changed his name to ‘Akshay Kumar’ without any astrological advice.

Received first award after a long wait of 10 years

Akshay Kumar started his innings as a lead hero in the film ‘Saugandh’ in 1991, but he had to wait for 10 long years for his first big achievement. He received the first Filmfare Award of his career for his negative character (Best Villain) in the 2001 film ‘Ajnabee’. After this he did not look back and also achieved the title of ‘King of Comedy’ with films like ‘Hera Pheri’.

Special honor given to father-in-law Rajesh Khanna

Akshay Kumar’s personal life has also been very interesting for his fans. He married Twinkle Khanna, daughter of late superstar Rajesh Khanna. Akshay named his daughter to show respect to his father-in-law. Nitara Rajesh Khanna kept. He took this decision when Rajesh Khanna died in 2012, just a few months before the birth of his daughter.

Passion for dangerous stunts and martial arts

Akshay Kumar is called the ‘real player’ of Bollywood because he does most of his own stunts. Akshay, a black belt in Taekwondo, had forced everyone to sit tight by doing a stunt on top of a flying airplane during the film ‘Khiladi 420’. The special thing was that his face was not going to be visible in that stunt, yet he refused to take a body double.