Published 19:50 IST, May 6th 2020
Akshay Kumar's films have made domestic net lifetime collections of 20 bn; know how
Akshay Kumar's films have collected domestic net lifetime collections over 20 billion in 2013. Here's everything you need to know about it.
Akshay Kumar is one of the most prominent personalities in the Indian film industry. He has appeared in more than a hundred films to date and has received numerous awards and accolades. In his career spanning over 29 years, Kumar has become one of the highest-paid and most successful Bollywood actors of all time. Read on to know more about how his films made domestic net lifetime collections of over 20 billion:
How did Akshay Kumar's films collect domestic net lifetime collections over 20 billion?
Akshay Kumar is the first Bollywood actor whose movies’ domestic net lifetime collection crossed ₹20 billion by 2013. Moreover, it increased to ₹30 billion by 2016. He kick-started his acting journey with Saugandh opposite Raakhee and Shantipriya in 1991. Since then he refused to look back and has been a part of around 113 films, among which over 50 emerged out to be commercially successful.
After primarily starring in action flicks, he carved a niche for himself by slaying his comedic and intense roles. Therefore, he gained popularity for his performances in drama, romance, and comedy films. Akshay Kumar has been a part of Aflatoon, Housefull series, Namastey London, and Hera Pheri series, to name a few. They are some of the flicks which pushed him towards achieving fame this helped him with his net lifetime collection of over ₹20 billion.
Besides acting, Akshay Kumar has also worked as a stunt actor and has earned respect for performing dangerous stunts in his movies. He also hosted Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2008 and founded his production companies including Hari Om Entertainment and Grazing Goat Pictures production company. Later on, he launched a dance television reality program Dare 2 Dance.
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Akshay Kumar received an Instagram memento
Akshay Kumar is also quite active on social media. He has a massive fan following on Twitter and Instagram. Apart from his other big achievements, Kumar emerged out as the first Bollywood male actor to have gained ₹20 million followers on his official Instagram page. Moreover, he received an Instagram memento for his milestone from the photo-sharing application in 2018.
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Updated 19:50 IST, May 6th 2020