Here’s the story how Rajiv Bhatia became Akshay Kumar of bollywood !

Here’s the story how Rajiv Bhatia became Akshay Kumar of bollywood !

The Airlift actor, who has completed 25 years in Bollywood, began his trip to B-Town with Saugandh (1991), not many know that the actor's first appearance on the silver screen was in the 1987 film Aaj of Mahesh Bhatt . He played a karate instructor in the film and had a 10-second role that starred Kumar Gaurav in the lead role. However, there is an interesting story behind Rajiv Bhatia becoming Akshay Kumar.

However, this was the time when Rajiv got his screen name Akshay. A source close to Akshay quoted a daily saying: "His name, Akshay, has a direct connection to his first film." The name of Gaurav in the film was Akshay. World as Akshay Kumar and adapted it as his screen name.And this is how Bollywood has his own Khiladi, Akshay Kumar.Although the Bollywood star loves his birth name, Rajiv, he felt that Akshay would be a more convenient name for his Avatar of a hero in Bollywood.

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