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'''Akshay Kumar''' (aka [[Fan Nickname|Mr Khiladi]]) is an Indian film actor. He has appeared in over 120 Hindi films. As of 2017, he is the tenth highest paid actor in the world.

In 2002, he won his first Filmfare Award in the Best Villain category, for his performance in ''Ajnabee'' (2001). Willing to change his intransigent image, Kumar later ventured mostly into comedy films. His comic performances in films such as ''Hera Pheri'' (2000), ''Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'' (2004), ''Garam Masala'' (2005) and ''Jaan-E-Mann'' (2006) met with critical acclaim. His success further rose in 2007, when he starred in four consecutive commercial hits (''Namastey London'', ''Welcome'', ''Heyy Babyy'' and ''Bhool Bhulaiyaa''). Having done so, he has established himself as one of the prominent actors of the Hindi film industry. In 2008, the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on Kumar in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema. That same year, he starred in the box-office smash ''Singh Is Kinng''. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. that year, he appeared in the [[So Bad It's Good]] kung-fu flick ''[[Chandni Chowk To China]]'' and the box-office hit ''Kambakkht Ishq'' (which has cameos from [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Denise Richards]] and [[Brandon Routh]]). After a low slum in the early 2010's, he has come back strong with films like ''Baby'', ''Gabbar is Back'' and ''Singh is Bling''. From January 2016 to February 2018, he starred in six domestic success a row with films ''Airlift'' (2016), ''Housefull 3'' (2016), ''Rustom'' (2016, for which he earn a National Film Award), ''Jolly LLB 2'' (2017), ''Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'' (2017) and ''Padman'' (2018). He also was the main host of the Indian version of ''[[Fear Factor]]'', named (naturally) 'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi''.

Kumnar has nicknamed "India's [[Jackie Chan]]", for both his proficiency in martial arts and his penchant tofor dodoing his own stunt work. As of the late 2010's2010s, he has beentaken notorious byto producing and starring in films with social themes, notably ''Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'' (tackling the sanitary issues of the country), and ''Padman'' (based in the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, the man who invented low-cost sanitary pads and then went to break the menstruation taboos in India).