Movie profile: Akshay Kumar
From Action to Acting
It must have taken a great effort to make the transition from action hero to comedy and romance. For years, he played the action hero to earn money but once he started understanding acting better, he consciously tried to choose roles that would define him as an actor and give him creative satisfaction. However, he will be doing an action movie soon for old times’ sake. There were reports about an alleged fight between Nana Patekar and Akshay during the making of Jaane-e-Mann. Akshay firmly clarifies that it was a rumor and nothing else. He goes on to say that the film has come out very well and he is confident that it will do well. In spite of the fact that Farhan Akhtar’s Don released the same day, October 20. His next two releases will be Bhagam Bhaag and Namaste London. The handsome actor says that many movies these days are made abroad and since he enjoys shooting abroad, he gives the nod to most of them. Doing all those Bollywood dance movements can be embarrassing of course but being the seasoned actor he is, he says he lost all sense of awkwardness years back. Performing regularly before a live audience has also helped him. He had also done an album recently though Akshay says that he is not a professional singer but did the album for a good cause. He sang only one song in the album but it made news. 
After work, his life revolves around his actress wife Twinkle Khanna and their son, Arav. Akshay looks every bit the proud father when he recounts how his son always gets good reports at school or how interested Arav is in sports. Becoming a father has calmed him down and given him a sense of balance. It is easy to see that it has. From a man who was unsure about where his life was going to the committed actor and family man that he is today, Akshay has come a long way.
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It has been a long journey for Akshay Kumar. From someone who was predominantly given column space for his
flings to someone who is now called a 'hit hero', Akshay has seen it all during the nearly two decades he has been in
Bollywood. Looking at him today, it is difficult to believe that Akshay Kumar was once referred to as the stud of the
Bollywood industry. Today, he spends quality time with his family. Life, he says, has come full circle.
Jaane-e-Mann is a love triangle between a beautiful girl (Preity Zinta), a dude (Salman Khan) and a nerd. Akshay Kumar
plays the nerd. Spanning 15 years starting in the 1970s, the nerd goes through a kind of transition from well, a nerd
to an astronaut in NASA. He says that playing a character that is readily rejected by most women was a challenge. He
adds that he enjoyed working with Preity and Salman Khan. After making people laugh in Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, he says
that he will make people cry in Jaane-e-Mann.
What endears you to Akshay is that he has no airs about him and willingly answers almost any question - well, every
question - openly and honestly. He often says his life is an open book and one has to admit that is true. He never hid
his personal life from the press and maintained a dignified silence while the press seemed to take extra pleasure in
documenting his each and every move and his girlfriends. Today, he is on good terms with all his ex-girlfriends and
wishes them the same peace he has found in his life.
