Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna
28.03.1975 (49 years) (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the son of actor Vinod Khanna. He has won numerous awards in his career including two Filmfare Awards, three Screen Awards and two IIFA Awards in varied acting categories. After studying in Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai, he made his acting debut in 1997 with the film Himalay Putra. His next release, J. P. Dutta's war drama Border (1997) emerged as a critical and commercial success, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Khanna rose to prominence with starring roles in the musical romantic drama Taal (1999), the comedy drama Dil Chahta Hai (2001) which won him a Best Supporting Actor at Filmfare, the romantic thriller Humraaz (2002), for which he was nominated in the Best Negative Role category, the romantic comedies Hungama (2003) and Hulchul (2004), the murder mystery 36 China Town (2006), the action thriller Race (2008) and the heist comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010), and he also acted in the comedy film No Problem (2010) and he continued to draw praise for his performances in the 1999 romance Dahek, the 2002 psychological thriller Deewangee, the 2007 biographical drama Gandhi, My Father and the 2010 action thriller film Aakrosh. Following a 4-year hiatus since his last release, Gali Gali Chor Hai (2012), Khanna made his comeback with moderately successful films, as the antagonist in the action-comedy film Dishoom and as an investigative cop in two thrillers, the crime film Mom and the murder mystery Ittefaq (both 2017). Khanna received further acclaim for his role in Section 375 (2019) and Drishyam 2 (2022).