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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Akshay Kumar (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia on 9 September 1967) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Cinema of India">Indian film</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Actor">actor</a>, producer and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Martial arts">martial artist</a> who has appeared in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar_filmography" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Akshay Kumar filmography">over a hundred</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Bollywood">Hindi films</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar#cite_note-4" style="background: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> He has been nominated for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a> several times, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Akshay_Kumar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="List of awards and nominations received by Akshay Kumar">winning it two times</a>. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_film" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Action film">action films</a> and was known for his appearances in films of the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khiladi_(film_series)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Khiladi (film series)">Khiladiseries</a>" as well as other action films such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waqt_Hamara_Hai" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Waqt Hamara Hai">Waqt Hamara Hai</a> (1993), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohra" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Mohra">Mohra</a> (1994), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaan_(1994_film)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Elaan (1994 film)">Elaan</a> (1994), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaag_(1994_film)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Suhaag (1994 film)">Suhaag</a> (1994), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapoot" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sapoot">Sapoot</a> (1996).</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Later, Kumar also gained fame for his drama, romance and comic roles. His performances in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_film" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Romance film">romance films</a> like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeh_Dillagi" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Yeh Dillagi">Yeh Dillagi</a> (1994),<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhadkan" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Dhadkan">Dhadkan</a> (2000), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaaz" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Andaaz">Andaaz</a> (2003) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namastey_London" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Namastey London">Namastey London</a> (2007), as well as drama films such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waqt:_The_Race_Against_Time" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Waqt: The Race Against Time">Waqt: The Race Against Time</a>(2005). His comic performances in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Comedy film">comedy films</a> such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_Pheri_(2000_film)" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Hera Pheri (2000 film)">Hera Pheri</a> (2000), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujhse_Shaadi_Karogi" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Mujhse Shaadi Karogi">Mujhse Shaadi Karogi</a> (2004), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_Masala_(2005_film)" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Garam Masala (2005 film)">Garam Masala</a> (2005),<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagam_Bhag" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Bhagam Bhag">Bhagam Bhag</a> (2006), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhool_Bhulaiyaa" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Bhool Bhulaiyaa">Bhool Bhulaiyaa</a> (2007), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singh_Is_Kinng" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Singh Is Kinng">Singh Is Kinng</a> (2008) met with acclaim. In 2007, he starred in four consecutive commercially successful films. Kumar hit a rough patch since 2009 to 2011 but came back with two successes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefull_2" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Housefull 2">Housefull 2</a> (2012) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowdy_Rathore" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Rowdy Rathore">Rowdy Rathore</a> (2012) with both of them grossing over <span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian rupee"><span title="INR">₹</span></a>1 billion</span> (US$16 million). His other films like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMG_%E2%80%93_Oh_My_God!" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="OMG – Oh My God!">OMG</a> (2012), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_26" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Special 26">Special 26</a>(2013) and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_(2014_film)" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Holiday (2014 film)">Holiday</a> (2014) were highly successful critically and commercially. In February 2013, many media outlets reported that the net box-office collection of Kumar's films had crossed <span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian rupee"><span title="INR">₹</span></a>20 billion</span> (US$320 million) and he was the first and the only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a>actor to do so.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar#cite_note-5" style="background: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> Having done so, he has established himself as a leading contemporary actor of Hindi cinema.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Apart from acting, Kumar has also worked as a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_actor" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Stunt actor">stunt actor</a>; he has often performed many dangerous stunts in his films, which has earned him the sobriquet "Indian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Jackie Chan">Jackie Chan</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Chan_6-0" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar#cite_note-Chan-6" style="background: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar#cite_note-7" style="background: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup> In 2008, he hosted the show <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Factor_%E2%80%93_Khatron_Ke_Khiladi" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi">Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi</a>. The next year, he founded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Om_Entertainment" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Hari Om Entertainment">Hari Om Entertainment</a> production company.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar#cite_note-8" style="background: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">In 2008, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Windsor" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="University of Windsor">University of Windsor</a> conferred an <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_Doctorate" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Honorary Doctorate">Honorary Doctorate</a> of Law on Kumar in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema. The following year he was awarded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. In 2011 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asian_Awards" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="The Asian Awards">The Asian Awards</a> honoured Kumar for his outstanding achievement in Cinema. In 2012 he founded another production company called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazing_Goat_Pictures" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Grazing Goat Pictures">Grazing Goat Pictures</a>.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">In 2014, Kumar launched TV realty show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_2_Dance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Dare 2 Dance">Dare 2 Dance</a>. He also owns the team Khalsa Warriors in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Kabaddi_League" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="World Kabaddi League">World Kabaddi League</a>.</span></i></b></div>
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