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Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Vinod Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi films. Known for his acting versatility and strong portrayals, he has appeared in over 40 films. Khanna is often regarded as one of the finest actors in Hindi cinema. He is a recipient of numerous accolades including two Filmfare Awards.

Born to actor Vinod Khanna, he made his acting debut with ''Himalay Putra'' (1997). His next release, J. P. Dutta's war drama ''Border'' (1997) emerged as a critical and commercial success, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Khanna replicated this success with the romance ''Taal'' (1999), the comedy-drama ''Dil Chahta Hai'' (2001) which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, the comedies ''Hungama'' (2003) and ''Hulchul'' (2004), the murder mystery ''36 China Town'' (2006) and the heist comedy ''Tees Maar Khan'' (2010). He drew critical praise for featuring in the thrillers ''Humraaz'' (2002) and ''Deewangee'' (2002), the biopic ''Gandhi, My Father'' (2007) and the action thrillers ''Race'' (2008) and ''Aakrosh'' (2010).

Following a four-year hiatus, Khanna returned to films with the action-comedy ''Dishoom'' (2016) and played an investigating officer in the 2017 thrillers ''Mom'' and ''Ittefaq'', receiving further praise for playing a defence lawyer in the legal drama ''Section 375'' (2019) and a cop in the crime thriller ''Drishyam 2'' (2022). He then received widespread acclaim in 2025 for his portrayal of Aurangzeb in the historical action film ''Chhaava'' and Rehman Dakait in the spy action thriller ''Dhurandhar''; the films emerged as the third highest and highest-grossing films of the year respectively. The latter became fourth highest grossing Indian films of it's time with Khanna's performance praised. Provided by Wikipedia