Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an India-born naturalised Canadian actor, producer, martial artist and television personality. He has appeared in over 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards. He is married to former Indian cricket captain Ravi Agrawal and has a son, Ravi Kumar, and a daughter, Raveena Kumar. He also owns the team Khalsa Warriors in the World Kabaddi League.
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Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an India-born naturalised Canadian actor, producer, martial artist and television personality. He has appeared in over 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Kumar is one of the most successful actors of Hindi cinema, having starred in 113 films, 52 of which were commercially successful. As of 2015 and 2019, Kumar was on the Forbes list of highest paid entertainers in the world, ranking 52nd with earnings of USD 48. 5 million. He also owns the team Khalsa Warriors in the World Kabaddi League. Kumar was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India, and grew up in a Punjabi family. His father was an army officer. He left the Army to become an accountant with UNICEF. Kumar has a sister, Alka, who is a Thai Boxing Boxing champion. He is married to former Indian cricket captain Ravi Agrawal and has a son, Ravi Kumar, and a daughter, Raveena Kumar. He lives in Mumbai with his wife and two children. He was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civil honour by the Government of India, for his work in 2009. Kumar also has a brother and a sister who are both boxers and have appeared in several films and TV shows, including Khatron Ke Khiladi and Dare 2 Dance. His son is a professional boxer and has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, such as Dancing with the Stars and The Voice of India.
Kumar’s wife is former Indian cricketer Shabana Azmi, who has been married to Kumar since 2007. Kumar and his daughter have a son and daughter who have been married since 2011. He currently lives in New Delhi, India with his husband and two daughters. He works as a stunt actor and has performed many dangerous stunts in his films, which has earned him the sobriquet \”Indian Jackie Chan\”. He has also worked as a martial arts instructor and has appeared on several reality TV shows. Kumar won the National Film Awards for his negative role in Ajnabee and his comic performance in Garam Masala. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the crime thriller Rustom. His first mainstream success came a year later with the action thriller KhilADi. He gained recognition for the romantic films Dhadkan, Andaaz and Namastey London, as well as drama films such as Waqt and Patiala House. His mainstream success soared in 2007 with four consecutive box-office hits in India; it was consistent until a short period of professional setbacks between 2009 and 2011, after which he reinforced his status with several films, including Rowdy Rathore and Holiday. He earned further notice for the social films Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Pad Man and the war film Kesari.
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