AKSHAY KUMAR

When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was known for his appearances in films of the Khiladi series as well as other action films such as Mohra (1994), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Sapoot (1996) and Angaaray (1998). Later, Kumar also gained fame for his drama, romantic and comic roles. He earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of a hysterical professor in Sangharsh (1999) and a criminal in Jaanwar (1999). His performances in romantic films like Dhadkan (2000), Andaaz (2003) and Namastey London (2007); drama films like Waqt (2005) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007); comedy films like Hera Pheri (2000), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006) and Singh Is Kinng (2008) were all well received. In 2007, he starred in four consecutive commercially successful films. Kumar hit a rough patch from 2009 to 2011. He came back with two successes, Housefull 2 and Rowdy Rathore both in 2012. His other films like OMG (2012), Special 26 (2012), Holiday (2014) and Gabbar Is Back (2015) were highly successful critically and commercially. From January 2016 to August 2017, he came with successful movies like Airlift (2016), Housefull 3 (2016), Rustom (2016), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017).

He has experimented with his roles. He has done action, romantic and comedy. At the beginning of his career, I didn’t like him that much. I felt like why he came into the movies sector but after watching movies like Ajnabee and Hera Pheri, I started to like his acting. More than that, after watching movies like Namastey London, Bhagam Bhag and Singh Is Kinng, I became to like his acting more. He can portray any character. 

CONCLUSION

Same as he was an actor in the 2000–2010 phase. In the ’90s there was so much repetitive action-based performance except some movies like Sangharsh, Yeh Dillagi, Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi, Nazar Ke samne and some others. Jaanwar was also a good performance. Even in many action films, his performance was very nice eg. Mohra, Angaaray, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Khiladi and few others. But many movies were just repetitive which down rated him as an actor. Many times he was just taken in films for doing action and stunts. After Hera Pheri he started more diverse roles like Aankhen, Andaaz, Ajnabee, and Aitraaz. But Akshay Kumar is a very much underrated actor. Emotional scenes and tragic roles get so many accolades but comedy doesn’t. The comedy movies of his were very difficult to do as an actor Eg. Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Phir Hera Pheri, Deewane Huye Paagal, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, and Awaara Paagal Deewana. People find them repetitive but it's very difficult to give that comic timing and expression. He also gave a very good performance in Khakee which didn’t get much attention that it deserved. Unfortunately, comedy doesn’t get recognition here for an actor. People bash the logic behind those movies but if you focus on actors and acting part its as tuff for them as to give a tragic performance. Akshay Kumar also did a very nice romantic role in Namastey London and Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. Then his performance in Bhool Bhulaiya was also clapped worthy. 8 x 10 Tasveer was also a nice different performance given which remains unrecognized. De dana dan and Khatta Meetha again underrated performance and underrated movies which many many people agree with. Action Replayy as a movie was a dud but Akshay’s performance was very nice. His acting in Patiala House was over the top again still not recognized. Akshay was many times bad at choosing scripts that’s why many times his good performances were overshadowed by such mistakes.

Coming to the last 5 years, I would say his movies have improved and his performances. His performance in Special 26, Airlift or Baby was equally good as his some performances in the last decade. All of them remained unrecognized again. Houseful 3 as a movie was below average but Akshay’s role was quite difficult. Brothers movie wasn’t entertaining but acting-wise Akki nailed it. Padman was the bravest role and a challenging one which no other actor would have dared to attempt even, he just cracked it. Jolly LLB2 and Toilet Ek Prem Katha watch out for serious scenes and those performances are amazing. I forgot Holiday and OMG: Oh My God which were also top-class performances.