Akshaye khanna

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Akshaye Khanna

Birth Date: 28 Mar, 1975, Age (49)

Occupation : Actor

Filmfare Awards : 2

Place of Birth : Mumbai

Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Khanna is the second son of late famous Bollywood actor and politician Vinod Khanna, and the younger brother of actor Rahul Khanna.

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.His performance in his next release, J. P. Dutta-directed Border, earned him the Filmfare Best Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2001, Akshaye appeared in Farhan Akhtar's cult classic Dil Chahta Hai. This marked a turning point in his career, the film was a commercial and critical success and his performance was particularly applauded, later validated by Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.Dil Chahta Hai relaunched Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan's careers.

Akshaye took a four-year break from acting in 20112 till 2016 .He made his comeback as an antagonist in the action-comedy film Dishoom.

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  • Border after 21 years: The JP Dutta epic war movie.

    Border after 21 years: The JP Dutta epic war movie.

    JP Dutta's Border, based on the 1971 India-Pakistan war, The National award-winning film brought to life the battles and showed the emotional trauma of those who never returned back to their family members.It had an huge cast of Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Akshay Khanna.