Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Khanna अक्षय खन्ना
Khanna in January 2014
Born	28 March 1973 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Bollywood Actor and Member of Willingdon Sports Club
Years active	1997–present
Relatives	Vinod Khanna (Father) Geetanjali Khanna (Mother) Rahul Khanna (Brother) Shakshi Khanna (Half-Brother) Shraddha Khanna (Half-Sister)

Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian film actor. He made his acting debut in the year 1997 with Himalay Putra which was produced by his father Vinod Khanna. Since then he has been featured in several critically and commercially acclaimed films. Akshaye has been a recipient of Filmfare Awards twice. His most popular films include Border (1997), Taal (1999), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Hulchul (2004), Race (2008) among others. He was critically acclaimed for his performance in Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Humraaz (2002) and Gandhi, My Father (2007).

Akshaye Khanna had a four year long gap from his acting career (after Gali Gali Chor Hai). He has returned in 2016 as an antagonistic character in the film Dishoom.^[1]

Early and personal life

Akshaye Khanna was born on 28 March 1975 in Mumbai. He is the second son of Bollywood actor and politician Vinod Khanna, and the younger brother of actor Rahul Khanna. Both brothers are also members of Willingdon Sports Club.

Career

After studying in Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai, Khanna made his acting debut in Bollywood in 1997 with the movie Himalay Putra, which was produced by his father and went without much success at box office.^[2] His performance in his next release, J. P. Dutta-directed Border (1997), earned him the Filmfare Best Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998.^[3] After that a string of unsuccessful films followed such as Mohabbat (1997), Kudrat (1998), Laawaris (1999), Love You Hamesha (1999) and Dahek: A Burning Passion (1999).

In 1999, he starred in Rishi Kapoor's Aa Ab Laut Chalen; though the film did average business, he was praised for his acting. He next starred in Subhash Ghai's Taal opposite Aishwarya Rai. The film became a critical and commercial success.^[4]

In 2001, Khanna appeared in Farhan Akhtar's cult classic Dil Chahta Hai which turned out to be a turning point in his career; the film was a commercial and critical success and Khanna's performance was particularly applauded, later validated by Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002.^[5] Dil Chahta Hai relaunched Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan's careers. In 2002, Khanna appeared in an Abbas-Mustan thriller Humraaz; his role as a convincing con-artist in this film earned him much critical acclaim and a nomination for a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.^[6] Khanna then plunged into the comedy genre with Priyadarshan’s Hungama (2002) and Hulchul (2004) that became box office hits.^[7][8]

After acting in a string of unsuccessful and lukewarm box-office films like Shaadi Se Pehle (2006), Aap Ki Khatir (2006),^[9] Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007), Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008), Gandhi, My Father (2007),^[10] and Naqaab (2007),^[11] Khanna appeared in the 2008 release Race. The Abbas-Mustan thriller was the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film in 2008 and Khanna's performance in a negative role brought him awards in the Best Villain category. However, Khanna’s portrayal of Harilal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, in the critically acclaimed 2007 film Gandhi, My Father is unanimously acknowledged his best performance yet as an actor.^[12]

In 2010, he starred in Anees Bazmee's No Problem with Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut.^[13] Khanna's later releases did not fare well at the box office, but his performances in Aakrosh (2010) and Tees Maar Khan (2010) were well-received by critics and audience.

After a four year hiatus, Khanna has made his comeback in the film Dishoom.^[14][15]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1998	Filmfare Awards	Best Debut - Male	Border	Won
1998	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Border	Nominated
1998	Screen Awards	Most promising Newcomer - Male[16]	Himalay Putra	Won
2002	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Dil Chahta Hai	Won
2002	Screen Awards	Special Jury Award[16]	Dil Chahta Hai	Won
2002	Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor[16]	Dil Chahta Hai	Nominated
2002	Zee Cine Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Male[16]	Dil Chahta Hai	Nominated
2003	Screen Awards	Best Actor[16]	Deewangee	Nominated
2003	Filmfare Awards	Best Negative Role	Humraaz	Nominated
2003	Screen Awards	Best Villain [16]	Humraaz	Nominated
2003	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor in Negative Role	Humraaz	Nominated
2003	IIFA Awards	Best Villain	Humraaz	Won
2007	Australian Indian Film Festival	Best Performance Award	Gandhi, My Father	Won
2007	Screen Awards	Best Actor	Gandhi, My Father	Nominated
2009	Screen Awards	Best Villain	Race	Won
2009	IIFA Awards	Best Villain[16]	Race	Won

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1997	Himalay Putra	Abhay
1997	Border	2/Lt. Dharamvir
1997	Mohabbat	Rohit Malhotra/Tony Braganza
1997	Bhai Bhai	Cameo appearance
1998	Doli Saja Ke Rakhna	Inderjit Bansal
1998	Kudrat	Vijay
1999	Aa Ab Laut Chalen	Rohan Khanna
1999	Laawaris	Captain Dada/Vijay
1999	Taal	Manav Mehta
1999	Dahek	Sameer B. Roshan
2001	Dil Chahta Hai	Siddharth Sinha
2001	Love You Hamesha	Shaurat
2002	Humraaz	Karan Malhotra
2002	Deewangee	Raj Goyal
2002	Bollywood/Hollywood	Himself (Cameo)
2003	Hungama	Jeetu
2003	LOC Kargil	Lt. Balwan Singh, 18 Grenadiers
2003	Border Hindustan Ka	Mobarak (Guest appearance)
2004	Deewaar	Gaurang Kaul
2004	Hulchul	Jai A. Chand
2006	Shaadi Se Pehle	Ashish Khanna
2006	36 China Town	Chief Police Inspector Karan
2006	Aap Ki Khatir	Aman Mehra
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Shiven Dungarpur
2007	Naqaab	Vicky Malhotra
2007	Gandhi, My Father	Harilal Gandhi
2007	Aaja Nachle	MP Raja Uday Singh
2008	Race	Rajiv Singh
2008	Mere Baap Pehle Aap	Gaurav J. Rane
2009	Luck by Chance	Himself (Cameo)
2009	Shortkut - The Con is On	Shekhar Giriraj
2010	Aakrosh	Siddhant Chaturvedi
2010	No Problem	Raj Ambani
2010	Tees Maar Khan	Aatish Kapoor
2012	Delhi Safari	Alex
2012	Gali Gali Chor Hai	Bharat
2016	Dishoom	Rahul (Wagah)

Others

Akshaye Khanna, in 2013, reported a case of a couple duping him of ₹ 50 lakh for doubling this amount in 45 days through commodity trading to the police.^[17]

References

1. IANS,Mumbai. "Akshaye Khanna is USP of Dishoom: Varun Dhawan.". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
2. "Akshaye Khanna - Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
3. "Best Debut Award". Indiatimes. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
4. "Taal Dances To Record Numbers". Rediff. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
5. "`Dil Chahta Hai' bags 7 awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
6. "Akshaye Khanna: (Nominee- Best Performance in a Villainous Role for 'Humraaz')". Indiatimes. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
7. "Box Office 2003". BoxofficeIndia.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
8. "Box Office 2004". BoxofficeIndia.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
9. "Box Office 2006". BoxofficeIndia.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
10. "Box Office 2007". BoxofficeIndia.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
11. "Box Office Earnings 10/08/07-16/08/07 (Collections in Ind Rs)". BoxofficeIndia.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
12. "Gandhi My Father: Brave attempt". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
13. "Bad times continue at the box office". Rediff. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
14. ""John, Varun and Jacqueline starrer Dishoom to go on floors today"". The Indian Express. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016.
15. Roshmila Bhattacharya,Mumbai Mirror. "Akshaye Khanna: I know I'm an oddball.". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
16. Akshaye Khanna - Awards. IMDb.com
17. V Narayanan. "Akshaye Khanna invests Rs 50 lakh to get Rs 1 crore in 45 days, loses all.". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

External links

• Akshaye Khanna at the Internet Movie Database