Early and personal life

Akshaye 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.

Career

After studying in Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai, 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).

In 1999, he starred in Rishi Kapoor's Aa Ab Laut Chalen; though the film did average business, he was praised for his acting. He next starred in Subhash Ghai's Taal opposite Aishwarya Rai. The film became a critical and commercial success.

In 2001, Khanna appeared in Farhan Akhtar's cult classic Dil Chahta Hai which turned out to be a turning point in his career; the film was a commercial and critical success and Khanna's performance was particularly applauded, later validated by Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002. Dil Chahta Hai relaunched Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan's careers. In 2002, Khanna appeared in an Abbas-Mustan thriller Humraaz; his role as a convincing con-artist in this film earned him much critical acclaim and a nomination for a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Khanna then plunged into the comedy genre with Priyadarshan’s Hungama (2002) and Hulchul (2004) that became box office hits.

After acting in a string of unsuccessful and lukewarm box-office films like Shaadi Se Pehle (2006), Aap Ki Khatir (2006), Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007), Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008), Gandhi, My Father (2007), and Naqaab (2007), Khanna appeared in the 2008 release Race. The Abbas-Mustan thriller was the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film in 2008 and Khanna's performance in a negative role brought him awards in the Best Villain category. However, Khanna’s portrayal of Harilal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, in the critically acclaimed 2007 film Gandhi, My Father is unanimously acknowledged his best performance yet as an actor.

In 2010, he starred in Anees Bazmee's No Problem with Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut. Khanna's later releases did not fare well at the box office, but his performances in Aakrosh (2010) and Tees Maar Khan (2010) were well-received by critics and audience.

After a five year hiatus, Khanna is going to make his comeback from the film Dishoom.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1998	Filmfare Awards	Best Debut - Male	Border	Won
1998	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Border	Nominated
1998	Screen Awards	Most promising Newcomer - Male	Himalay Putra	Won
2002	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Dil Chahta Hai	Won
2002	Screen Awards	Special Jury Award	Dil Chahta Hai	Won
2002	Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Dil Chahta Hai	Nominated
2002	Zee Cine Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Male	Dil Chahta Hai	Nominated
2003	Screen Awards	Best Actor	Deewangee	Nominated
2003	Filmfare Awards	Best Negative Role	Humraaz	Nominated
2003	Screen Awards	Best Villain	Humraaz	Nominated
2003	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor in Negative Role	Humraaz	Nominated
2003	IIFA Awards	Best Villain	Humraaz	Won
2007	Australian Indian Film Festival	Best Performance Award	Gandhi, My Father	Won
2007	Screen Awards	Best Actor	Gandhi, My Father	Nominated
2009	Screen Awards	Best Villain	Race	Won
2009	IIFA Awards	Best Villain	Race	Won

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Himalay Putra	Abhay	Male Lead
1997	Border	Dharamvir	Supporting Actor
1997	Mohabbat	Rohit Malhotra/Tony Braganza	Male Lead
1997	Bhai Bhai		Special Appearance
1998	Doli Saja Ke Rakhna	Inderjit Bansal	Male Lead
1998	Kudrat (1998)	Vijay	Male Lead
1999	Aa Ab Laut Chalen	Rohan Khanna	Male Lead
1999	Laawaris	Captain Dada/Vijay	Male Lead
1999	Taal	Manav Mehta	Male Lead
1999	Dahek	Sameer B. Roshan	Male Lead
2001	Dil Chahta Hai	Siddharth Sinha	Supporting Actor
2001	Love You Hamesha	Shaurat	Male Lead
2002	Humraaz	Karan Malhotra	Male Lead in the Negative Role
2002	Deewangee	Raj Goyal	Male Lead
2002	Bollywood/Hollywood	Himself	Guest Appearance
2003	Hungama	Jeetu	Male Lead
2003	LOC Kargil	Lt. Balwan Singh, 18 Grenadiers	Supporting Actor
2003	Border Hindustan Ka	Mobarak	Special Appearance
2004	Deewaar	Gaurang Kaul	Male Lead
2004	Hulchul	Jai A. Chand	Male Lead
2006	Shaadi Se Pehle	Ashish Khanna	Male Lead
2006	36 China Town	Chief Police Inspector Karan	Male Lead
2006	Aap Ki Khatir	Aman Mehra	Male Lead
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Shiven Dungarpur	Male Lead
2007	Naqaab	Vicky Malhotra	Male Lead
2007	Gandhi, My Father	Harilal Gandhi	Male Lead
2007	Aaja Nachle	MP Raja Uday Singh	Male Lead
2008	Race	Rajiv Singh	Male Lead in the Negative Role
2008	Mere Baap Pehle Aap	Gaurav J. Rane	Male Lead
2009	Luck by Chance	Himself	Guest Appearance
2009	Shortkut - The Con is On	Shekhar Giriraj	Male Lead
2010	Aakrosh	Siddhant Chaturvedi	Male Lead
2010	No Problem	Raj Ambani	Male Lead
2010	Tees Maar Khan	Aatish Kapoor	Supporting Actor
2012	Delhi Safari	Alex	3D Animation film (Voice Dubbing)
2012	Gali Gali Chor Hai	Bharat	Male Lead
2016	Dishoom	Sameer Joshi	Male Lead in the Negative Role

Others

Akshaye Khanna, in 2013, reported a case of a couple duping him of ₹ 50 lakh for doubling this amount in 45 days through commodity trading to the police.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]