DID YOU KNOW? Akshay Kumar Once Worked As A Lightman In The Movies? Here’s A Few Interesting Facts
Akshay Kumar also tried his hands at working as a chef and waiter, when he was training in Martial Arts in Bangkok, Thailand
Akshay Kumar is truly a force to be reckoned with. The actor has had an eventful career in Bollywood. However, success did not come easy, the actor is known to have faced his fair share of trouble to make it big as an A-lister. The actor had humble beginnings and he has worked his way to the top.
But, did you know, Akki once worked as a cameraman?
Before debuting as a model and actor, Akshay Kumar used to work as a lightman. In a previous interview that has now surfaced on social media, the actor was heard saying, "Before becoming an actor I worked as a light man with a photographer. I had clicked a lot of pictures of actors as a light boy, I had clicked Govinda sahab's photo also. I still remember how when he was seeing his picture (that I had clicked) and he happened to look at me and told me 'beta tu hero kyun nahi ban jaataa, hero lagta hai tu (son, why don't you become a hero, you look like a hero)' and I was like 'kyun mazaak kar rahe ho (why are you joking)".
Well, soon Akki went on to become a huge star and even starred with Govinda in Bhagam Bhag (2006).
Interestingly, Akshay Kumar, who is known to perform his own stunts, was trained in Taekwondo, Karate and Muay Thai. To top it off he even hosted a mini-series called Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar that aired on the National Geographic Channel in 2004.
Unfortunately, the actor also tried his hands at working as a chef and waiter, when he was training in Martial Arts in Bangkok, Thailand.
It's no secret, Akshay's real name is Rajiv Bhatia. However, few know that his full name is in fact, Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia. He was born in Delhi's Chandni Chowk and spent his formative years there before the family moved to Mumbai.
It is an open secret that the actor took up Canadian citizenship as a backup in the 1990s when his movies were not doing well and he had delivered 15 flops!
However, Akki has been doing great professionally, and his latest release OMG 2 has opened to great reviews. A sequel to the original OMG – Oh My God!, which was released in 2012. The latest film stars Akshay as a messenger of Shiva who comes down to Earth to help out one of his devotees, played by Pankaj Tripathi, who has landed in serious trouble! The movie also stars Yami Gautam in a pivotal role.
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