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Akshay Kumar reminiscences father's reaction to his name change! Wed July 17th, 2024

With Radhikka Madan costarring in Sarfira, his freshly released film, Akshay Kumar is currently basking in its triumph. However, Khiladi Kumar's real name is Rajiv Bhatia, and that was his name before he became well-known and successful. After his first film, he changed his birth name. He just recalled his father's response to this choice during an interview.

The actor talked about his reasons for changing his name from Rajiv Bhatia in a media interaction. When questioned about his first day on the set of Mahesh Bhatt's debut film Aaj, he revealed that the character Akshay, played by Kumar Gaurav in the movie, served as inspiration.

The actor recalled, "Not many people know this, but my real name is Rajiv. During the shoot, I casually asked what the hero's name was in the film, and when they said Akshay, I decided to adopt that name."

He went on to say that although Rajiv is a good name and was famously the name of the Prime Minister at the time, he changed it for no apparent reason.

In addition, the actor revealed how his father reacted to the name change, asking, "What is wrong with you?" and challenging his choice. The actor retorted that he decided to stick with his first movie's hero, Akshay.

When talking about his professional struggles, the Bade Miyan Chote Miyan actor mentioned that people usually find it amusing when his movies don't do well at the box office. Some people are feeling satisfied, he said, adding, "their film has not performed well, and others are happy."

In terms of movies, Akshay Kumar recently finished shooting Jolly LLB 3 with Saurabh Shukla, Arshad Warsi, and Huma Qureshi. Alongside Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jackie Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, and Tiger Shroff, the actor is also scheduled to feature in Rohit Shetty's Singham Again.

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