Akshay after years of doing tough guy roles. He has sprung a surprise in Rajkumar Santoshi's Khakee. His irreverent and flirtatious turn in the movie has got the audience cheering. He is revelling in his new on screen personality. His performance was praised in Khakee.

Akshay Kumar who is originally called Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia is born on 7 September 1967. He studied martial arts in Hong Kong. Somebody suggested him to try modelling because of his good looks. From their he was offered films.

His debut film was Saugandh which was released in 1991. He always prefer to do adventurous movies in which he do all his stunt scene on his own. He was well known for his 'Khiladi' series an Indian version of James Bond such as Mr. Bond (1992), Khiladi (1992), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997) and Khiladi 420 (2000).

He dated with his many co-stars including Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty, Pooja Batra. But finally he got married to Twinkle Khanna. He has a son named "Araav" born on 15th September 2002".

He performed in two other films Aan: Man At Work in which he played an IPS officer who tries to go by the rules. He is playing an honest cop in this movie and Police Force: An Inside Story is a story of a trainee police officer who's a victim of corruption in the force and how he fights back.