Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Akshaye Khanna


Biography

Akshaye Khanna (born March 28, 1975) in Mumbai, India is a two-time

Filmfare Award-winning popular Indian Bollywood actor. After making

his debut in Himalaya Putra (1997), Khanna has went on and worked in

many critically and commercially successful movies.


At the age of 22 in 1997, Akshaye made his debut in his father's

production Himalaya Putra, which didn't do well at the box office.

His next release was J. P. Dutta's Border (1997). The film did very

well at the box office, becoming the highest grossing film of that

year and earning him a Filmfare Best Debut Award. Most of his

releases that followed failed to do well until Subhash Ghai's Taal

(1999) released. The film fared moderately well and became the fourth

highest grossing film of 1999.This was followed by Farhan Akhtar's

moderately successful Dil Chahta Hai (2001) which became the fifth

highest grossing film of 2001.His performance was well received by

critics and won him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.

Khanna's next release was Abbas Mustan's Humraaz (2002), in which he

played a negative role for the first time. His performance was

applauded and earned him a nomination for Filmfare Best Villain

Award. He then attempted comedy in Priyadarshan's Hungama (2003) and

Hulchul (2004). Both films did well at the box office, with the

latter becoming one of the highest grossing films of 2004.

Although his releases, Shaadi Se Pehle (2006) and Aap Ki Khatir

(2006) failed to do well at the box office, his other release that

year, 36 China Town performed moderately well.Nikhil Advani's

multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Khanna's first

release in 2007. Although much hyped, the film failed to do well.This

was followed by the suspense thriller Naqaab which didn't do that

well.[10] Akshaye's recent portrayal of Harilal Gandhi in the

critically acclaimed, Gandhi, My Father was praised by critics and

was mentioned as his best performance so far.

Personal life

Akshaye Khanna is the youngest son of actor Vinod Khanna. His older

brother Rahul Khanna is also an actor. Though his major interest

remains Hindi cinema (also called Bollywood). He had previously dated

Tara Sharma.


Filmography

Actor:

In Production
2000s
1990s

1. Shortcut (2007) (announced)

2. Aaja Nachle (2007)
3. Gandhi, My Father (2007) .... Harilal Gandhi
4. Naqaab: Disguised Intentions (2007) .... Vicky
5. Salaam-E-Ishq (2007) .... Shiven Dungarpur
6. Aap Ki Khatir (2006) .... Aman Mehra
... aka Only for You (India: English title)
7. 36 China Town (2006) .... Chief Police Inspector Karan
8. Shaadi Se Pehle (2006) .... Ashish Khanna
9. Hulchul (2004) .... Jai
10. Deewaar (2004) .... Gaurang Kaul
... aka Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (India: Hindi

title: promotional title)
11. LOC: Kargil (2003) .... Lt. Balwan Singh, 18 Grenadiers
... aka L.O.C. (India: Hindi title: promotional abbreviation)
12. Hungama (2003) .... Jeetu
13. Border Hindustan Ka (2003) .... Mobarak
14. Deewangee (2002) .... Raj Goyal
... aka Obsession (International: English title)
15. Humraaz (2002) .... Karan Malhotra
16. Dil Chahta Hai (2001) .... Siddharth Sinha
... aka Do Your Thing (USA: TV title)

17. Taal (1999) .... Manav Mehta
... aka Thaalam (India: Tamil title)
18. Laawaris (1999) .... Captain Dada/Vijay
19. Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) .... Rohan Khanna
... aka Lets Go Back (International: English title)
20. Love You Hamesha (1999) .... Shaurat
21. Kudrat (1998) .... Vijay
22. Dahek: A Burning Passion (1998) .... Sameer Roshan
23. Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1998) .... Inderjit Bansal
24. Bhai Bhai (1997) (uncredited) .... Dancer (in song "Tera Naam

Loonga")
25. Border (1997) .... Dharamvir
26. Himalay Putra (1997) .... Abhay
27. Mohabbat (1997) .... Rohit Malhotra/Tony Braganza
... aka Love (International: English title)

Music Department:

1. Aap Ki Khatir (2006) (playback singer)
... aka Only for You (India: English title)

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