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.

Akshaye Khanna is the youngest son of actor Vinod Khanna. His older brother Rahul Khanna is also an actor.

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.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.

Filmography as Actor

Shortcut (2009)

Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008) - Gaurav Rane

Race (2008) - Rajiv

Aaja Nachley (2007)

Gandhi, My Father (2007) - Harilal Gandhi

Naqaab (2007) - Vicky Malhotra

Salaam-E-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007) - Shiven

Aap Ki Khatir (2006) - Aman

Shaadi Se Pehle (2006) - Ashish

36 China Town (2005)

Autograph (2005)

Deewaar (2004) - Gaurang Kaul

Hulchul (2004) - Jai

Border Hindustan Ka (2003) - Mobarak

Hungama (2003) - Jeetu

LOC Kargil (2003) - Lt. Balwan Singh

Humraaz (2002) - Karan Malhotra

Deewangee (2002) - Raj Goyal

Dil Chahta Hai (2001) - Siddharth Sinha

Taal (1999) - Manav Mehta

Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) - Rohan Khanna

Dahek (1999) - Sameer Roshan

Laawaris (1999) - Captain Dada

Love You Hamesha (1999) - Shaurat

Kudrat (1998) - Vijay

Border (1997) - Dharamvir

Bhai Bhai (1997) - Dancer (in song "Tera Naam Loonga") (uncredited)

Himalay Putra (1997) - Abhay

Mohabbat (1997) - Rohit Malhotra/Tony Braganza