Akshay Kumar was born as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia on the 9th
September 1967 in Amritsar to a middle class Punjabi household.His father was a
government worker. He grew up in Delhi and later in Mumbai’s Koliwada area. He
did his schooling at the Don Bosco School and his college years were spent in
Khalsa College, where he took an interest in sports. As a teenager he wanted to
master martial arts, but as his father was scared of risking his future with
his crazy heroic cravings he promised him to gift all that he wished if, he
would secure first class in his board exam. Akshay did achieve his father's
demand and flew to Bangkok for Martial Arts training.
Once there he lived with his uncle. His uncle got him job at
Metro Guest House where his first salary was, just Rs 1,500. He studied martial
arts in Bangkok while working as a chef.
