Nov 17, 2007 09:05 AM
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Akshay Kumar was my senior at Don Bosco, Matunga.I never did meet him for he was just another face in a big crowd.Back then he was known as Rajiv Bhatia I think.He left Mumbai after school and went to bangkok where he dabbled in martial arts and the culinary sciences.
Around 1990 he was back in Mumbai romancing Karishma Kapoor for Pramod Chakraborty's 'Saugandh'.Whichever film it was it took a while for Akki to get established.In those days all/most heroes were typical chocolate faces and he was a muscle-heavy hunk.And unapologetic about it.It was with 'Khiladi' an Abbas-Mustan film shot partly on Don Bosco grounds that Akshay Kumar came into his own.Indeed he starred in many 'Khiladi' films and came to be known as Akshay "Khiladi" Kumar.Akshay Kumar has been around for some fifteen years in Bollywood.And it has not been easy.
He has reinvented himself many times but at heart remains an action star.He has a flair for comedy which he uses to good effect.He dances reasonably well so he gets many songs.But more than anything, its his looks, that machismo that's quite indian and an athlete's body that is his USP.And one more thing.Akshay speaks very little and lets his hard work do all the talking!
