Taking to Instagram, Twinkle shared a picture of her family walking across a ropeway between trees.
Twinkle captioned the picture, “A birthday filled with many adventures. Next BYOB pottery and then mixing potions in a dark dungeon.” The picture shows Twinkle and her two children, Nitara and Aarav, making their way across two trees, fully harnessed.
Akshay had spoken about his birthday plans in an interview to Hindustan Times. He’d said, “This year I’ll be celebrating mine and Aarav’s birthday (September 15) cycling round London and taking my wife and kids for a picnic in the park. It’s important that no matter what we have going on in our lives, work, movies, school, if we can’t stand still and celebrate our birthdays together, I don’t know what life is about, because the only thing I ever want to do is be with my family on my birthday.”
Akshay has always been an outdoorsy fitness freak, and he spoke about living a healthy life in the same interview. “You need nothing but water and home cooked food to become anything you want,” he advised fans who look up to him as a fitness icon.
The actor on Monday announced his new film, his first historical epic, as a gift for his fans. Prithviraj, based on the life of the great warrior, Prithviraj Chauhan, will be produced by Yash Raj Films and will be released in 2020. He wrote on Instagram, “Truly happy to share the news of my first historical film on my birthday. I’m humbled to have the opportunity to play a hero I look up to for his valor and values – Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan – in one of my biggest films.”
Things to know about Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar was born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia in Amritsar, India, on Sept. 9, 1967, to Aruna Bhatia – a film producer – and Hari Om, a military officer. He was a model before entering movies.
The actor trained extensively in martial arts and was a black belt in Taekwondo. He started training when he was in eighth standard and learned Muay Thai in Bangkok.
He decided to change his name to Akshay Kumar in 1987 after he played a 15-second role in the movie “Aaj.” He revealed the reason behind changing his name during the promotion of his 2017 release “Naam Shabana.” The actor said, “My first film was Aaj (1987) which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Kumar Gaurav. The name of Gaurav’s character was Akshay. I had a 4.5 second role in it and I would only observe Gaurav and his acting. I don’t know what happened but one day I just went to the court and got my name changed.”
In 1992, he auditioned for the role of Shekhar Malhotra for “Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander” but was rejected. The role was finally played by Deepak Tijori.
The actor worked as a waiter in Bangkok and kept a picture of actress Sridevi, actors Jackie Chan and Sylvester Stallone in front of him while working since he wanted to become a star like them. While interacting with the audience of the show “The Great Indian Laughter Challenge,” he said, “That time I knew I always wanted to become an actor, and this helped me work in the direction of achieving my dream. Today, I can proudly say that I have worked and been associated with all three of them in some way or the other.”
The actor had a crush on late actress Sridevi during his initial days in Bollywood, he revealed on the show “Koffee With Karan”. He did one movie with the actress titled, “Meri Biwi Ka Jawaab Nahin” (2004).
He worked as a light boy with photographer Jayesh Kumar and clicked pictures of some popular Bollywood stars, including Govinda, Sangeeta Bijlani, Rekha and Jackie Shroff. The actor revealed on “The Anupam Kher Show” that he got a portfolio made by Jayesh free of cost in return for his work.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Akshay revealed that he used to steal watches on the streets of Chandni Chowk to get some kick in his life when he was young.
The actor suffers from a slipped disc, which was a result of lifting heavyweight wrestler Undertaker in the movie “Khiladiyon ka Khiladi.” He quoted during “The Kapil Sharma Show,” “I have a slip disk problem from the time I worked in ‘Khiladiyon ka Khiladi’ as I had to lift Undertaker. Since then I don’t do intact. I do jogging on the beach or in swimming pool.”
Twinkle Khanna (R) married Akshay after her movie “Mela” (2000) didn’t work. The actor said on “Koffee with Karan,” “She was very confident about ‘Mela’ and said that if the film didn’t work, she would get married. Fortunately for me, ‘Mela flopped,’ and we got married.”
Akshay believes that Twinkle is her lucky charm. He told PTI, “I wasn’t having that great a time in Bollywood before the ‘Lakshmi’ of my life entered my house. Before meeting her, I had 14 flops but things started looking up after the Lady Luck smiled at me.”
(Pictured) With mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia (2nd R) and wife Twinkle during the unveiling of a statue of late actor Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 9, 2013.
In 2009, he was honored by the Indian Government with a Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the country.
He played cupid in his “Khiladi 786” co-actor Asin and Rahul Sharma’s wedding.
Despite a packed schedule, the actor makes sure to get up early at 5:30 a.m. He also eats his dinner early, at around 7:30 p.m. and is in bed by 9 p.m. He is known for leaving early from evening parties as he has a strict regime to follow every day.
He has worked in eight movies which have Khiladi in its title, including the first “Khiladi” (1992), “Main Khiladi Tu Anari” (1994) and the last one, “Khiladi 786” (2012).
The actor holds a Canadian passport. In May 2019, he tweeted, “I have never hidden or denied that I hold a Canadian passport. I work in India, and pay all my taxes in India.”
He is a huge WWE fan and met American professional wrestler Kane in 2009 at his residence in India.
Akshay believes 9 to be his lucky number, as all good things happened to him on the ninth day or the month. His children were also born in September.
(Pictured) Shakes hands with son Aaarav after receiving the National Award for Best Actor from President of India Pranab Mukherjee during the 64th National Film Awards in New Delhi, India, on May 3, 2017.
He hosted a martial arts documentary titled “Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar” for National Geographic in 2004.
He is very fond of shoes and apparently owns more shoes that his wife twinkle does. At HT India’s Most Stylish Awards, Twinkle said, “He has more shoes than me.”
He is fond of Japanese cuisine and his favorite meal includes sashimi, sushi and miso soup. He also likes to cook for his wife.
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