Akshay Kumar is an inspiration to many young actors who aspire to make it big in Bollywood. But did you know why he changed his name from Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia to Akshay Kumar. The superstar tells all. This what happened one day During the meet and greet sessions with Ht City, when one of his fans asked him what made him do it, Akshay said, “No one has ever asked me this question. My first film was Aaj (1987) which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Kumar Gaurav. The name of Gaurav’s character was Akshay. I had a 4.5 second role in it and I would only observe Gaurav and his acting. I don’t know what happened but one day I just went to the court and got my name changed.” “I don’t know why I changed my name .... I just went to the Bandra East court and got it done.
- 3/29/2017
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