Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Khanna अक्षय खन्ना
Khanna in January 2014
Born	(1975-03-28) 28 March 1975 (age 41) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Bollywood Actor and Member of Willingdon Sports Club
Years active	1997–present
Relatives	Vinod Khanna (Father) Geetanjali Khanna (Mother) Rahul Khanna (Brother) Shakshi Khanna (Half-Brother) Shraddha Khanna (Half-Sister)

Akshay Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian film actor.He made his acting debut in the year 1997 with Himalay Putra which was produced by his father Vinod Khanna. Since then he has been featured in several critically and commercially acclaimed films. Akshaye has been a recipient of Filmfare Awards twice.

His most popular films include Border (1997), Taal (1999), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Hulchul (2004), Race (2008) among others. He was critically acclaimed for his performance in Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Humraaz (2002) and Gandhi, My Father (2007).

Akshaye Khanna had a four year long gap from his acting career (after Gali Gali Chor Hai). He has returned in 2016 as an antagonistic character in the film Dishoom.

Akshay Khanna was born on 28 March 1975 in Mumbai. He is the second son of Bollywood actor and politician Vinod Khanna, and the younger brother of actor Rahul Khanna. Both brothers are also members of Willingdon Sports Club.

After studying in Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai, Akshay Khanna made his acting debut in Bollywood in 1997 with the movie Himalay Putra, which was produced by his father and went without much success at box office. His performance in his next release, J. P. Dutta-directed Border (1997), earned him the Filmfare Best Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998. After that a string of unsuccessful films followed such as Mohabbat (1997), Kudrat (1998), Laawaris (1999), Love You Hamesha (1999) and Dahek: A Burning Passion (1999).