ACTOR
Akshaye Khanna
- Known for
- Chhaava (2025), Section 375 (2019), Border (1997), Hungama (2003)
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Akshaye Khanna is an actor best known for Chhaava, Section 375 and Border.
All facts (49)
- #001
Akshaye Khanna fully did justice to the role of Siddarth, the sensitive and withdrawn artist who falls in love with an older woman, in Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai (2001). His performance earned him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.
- #002
Akshaye Khanna is the son of actor Vinod Khanna.
- #003
Akshaye Khanna is the brother of Rahul Khanna.
- #004
In 1995, Feroz Khan had signed Akshaye Khanna and Mamta Kulkarni for Prem Aggan. Feroz decided to shelve the film and start Janasheen with the same star cast. When Fardeen Khan decided to become an actor, he shelved the film and decided to revive Prem Aggan in 1996. Years later, Feroz restarted Janasheen with Fardeen Khan and Celina Jaitly.
- #005
Vinod Khanna had promised J. P. Dutta that he would be the one to launch Akshaye Khanna in films. The plans were later cancelled when Vinod decided to make the film himself.
- #006
When Amol Gupte wrote the screenplay for Taare Zameen Par, he wanted Akshaye Khanna for Aamir Khan's role.
- #007
Akshaye Khanna's good friends in the industry include Aishwarya Rai, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Ayesha Takia, Sanjay Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit.
- #008
In 1995, Akshaye Khanna was involved with a girl named Neha, who left him for his cousin Karan Khanna.
- #009
Akshaye Khanna is good friends with actor Anil Kapoor.
- #010
Akshaye Khanna's favourite director is Priyadarshan.
- #011
Akshaye Khanna considers Gandhi, My Father (2007) his best work.
- #012
Akshaye Khanna was signed for Khakee, but Tusshar Kapoor later took his place.
- #013
Akshaye Khanna was offered Kaante but turned the role down. It was later done by Lucky Ali.
- #014
Akshaye Khanna was offered the role played by Vivek Oberoi in Kurbaan.
- #015
Akshaye Khanna is close friends with actress Priyanka Chopra and Arshad Warsi.
- #016
Akshaye Khanna was engaged to actress Tara Sharma.
- #017
Akshaye Khanna turned down Saif Ali Khan's role in Parineeta.
- #018
Akshaye Khanna is the cousin of Bollywood actors Gautam Kapoor, Karan Khanna and Akhil Kapur.
- #019
Akshaye Khanna is the former brother-in-law of actress Suman Ranganathan. (She was married to his cousin Gautam Kapur.)
- #020
Akshaye Khanna was signed for the role in Zinda that went to John Abraham, but he backed out of the contract over money matters.
- #021
Akshaye Khanna was offered Kisna but turned the film down for unknown reasons.
- #022
Akshaye Khanna is the step-cousin of actor Ishaan Pohoomal. Ishaan is Vinod Khanna's nephew from his marriage, as Ishaan's mother and Kavita Khanna are sisters.
- #023
Akshaye Khanna was cast in the shelved Arshee Films production Fighter (1997), replacing Saif Ali Khan, alongside Twinkle Khanna (replacing Sanjuktaa Singh), Suresh Oberoi, Mukesh Rishi, Gulshan Grover and Ishrat Ali. The music was by Viju Shah, the producer was T. P. Agarwal and the director was Sanjay Gupta.
- #024
Akshaye Khanna starred in Rajat Rawail's shelved film Deewana Tere Naam Ka, alongside Karishma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Satish Shah and Bindu. This was in 1997.
- #025
Akshaye Khanna acted in Robin Bhatt's shelved film Agar Tum Na Aate, starring alongside Twinkle Khanna, Danny Denzongpa, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Mukesh Rishi and Vishwajeet Pradhan. This was in 1996.
- #026
Akshaye Khanna acted in the shelved Sawan Kumar Productions film Souten Ki Souten (1996), alongside Manisha Koirala, Mamta Kulkarni and Bhagyashree. The story was by Javed Siddique and the music by Jatin Lalit, with Sawan Kumar Tak as producer and director. The film had previously been shot in 1989 as Rakesh Mohan Productions' Souten Ki Souten, starring Jeetendra, Jaya Pradha, Madhavi and Shilpa Shirodkar, with story by B. B. Bhalla, screenplay by Reema Rakesh Nath, music by Ravindra Jain, producer Rakesh Mohan and director Sawan Kumar Tak.
- #027
Akshaye Khanna played the lead in Anees Bazmee's shelved film Autograph (2007), which was to star Urmila, with music by A. R. Rahman and Rajkumar Santoshi as producer. It was to be a remake of the 2005 Tamil super hit Autograph. The film was first announced with Tusshar Kapoor in the lead.
- #028
Akshaye Khanna acted in Navdeep Singh's shelved film Basra (2009), alongside Fardeen Khan, Madhavan, Chitrangada Singh and Shahana Goswami, with music by Kailash Kher and Nikhil Advani as producer. Emraan Hashmi replaced Madhavan. The film was delayed and both Akshaye and Emraan backed out, and Fardeen also left the film. Akshaye then agreed to the role with Abhay Deol and Emraan's role with Nikhil Dwivedi, and Abhay was also to produce the film. After further financial problems, the film was finally shelved.
- #029
Akshaye Khanna starred in Darmesh Darshan's shelved film Gusthaki Maaf, alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor and John Abraham. N. R. Pachishia shelved the film after Aap Ke Khatir failed.
- #030
Akshaye Khanna acted alongside Vidya Balan in Nikhil Advani's shelved film Chand Bhai. This was in 2011.
- #031
Akshaye Khanna acted in the shelved Arshee Films production Fighter (1997), replacing Saif Ali Khan, alongside Twinkle Khanna (replacing Samyukta Singh), Suresh Oberoi, Ishrat Ali, Mukesh Rishi and Gulshan Grover. The music was by Viju Shah, the producer was TP Aggarwal and the director was Sanjay Gupta.
- #032
Akshaye Khanna acted in the shelved Crown Films project Untitled Project (1997), starring alongside Karishma Kapoor and Sharad Kapoor. The music was by Rajesh Roshan, the producers were Asoo Nihalani and Raj Lalchandani, and the director was Lateef Binny.
- #033
During the making of the shelved film Sanam O Sanam, producer-director Barkha Roy (Reena Roy's sister) approached father Vinod Khanna with a request. Barkha wanted to cast her 25-year-old sister Anju opposite 18-year-old Akshaye Khanna. Vinod thought she was mad, because Akshaye was too young for films and too young to work with Anju.
- #034
Akshaye Khanna acted in the shelved New Age Productions film Chupa Hain Kya Dil Mein (1998), starring Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi (replaced by Akshaye Khanna), Mamta Kulkarni, Sharbani Mukherjee, Poppy, Suresh Oberoi and Milind Gunaji, with music by Aadesh Srivastava, producers Furqan Ahmed and Kamal Zaman, and director Parto Ghosh.
- #035
In 1996, Vinod Khanna planned to make a second film with his son Akshaye, to be directed by Partho Ghosh. He wanted Lisa Ray as the heroine. After Himalay Putra failed, the film was dropped.
- #036
In 1995, Compact Disc India Ltd was to make a film and signed Akshaye Khanna. Sanjay Khanna was to direct. The project was ultimately shelved.
- #037
In 1995, Akshaye Khanna signed on for J. P. Dutta's Jhelum. Over the years the film was made with different actors — Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff and Sunil Shetty all signed for the lead at some point. The film was ultimately never made.
- #038
When Madhur Bhandakar left the film Siyah Beyaz, TV series director Sushil Patani (of the TV series Kashmeer) was brought in to direct. Akshaye Khanna was signed for the terrorist role, with Hrishita Bhatt cast opposite him. In the end all the plans were cancelled and Subhash Ghai took over as director, giving the role to Anurag Sinha.
- #039
In 2005, Feroz Khan launched a new film titled "Shaadi. Com", to be produced by Feroz Khan and directed by Hansal Mehta, starring Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley and Paresh Rawal. The film was shelved a few months later. Hansal Mehta had previously tried to make a different film of the same name with Saif Ali Khan and Tabu. Akshaye Khanna was also approached for the lead role. On both occasions, the original producer backed out because of the actors' poor market.
- #040
Akshaye Khanna turned down the shelved film "Sandhya". Rakesh Bapat was later signed.
- #041
In 1995, Akshaye Khanna starred in an untitled Goldie Films film that was shelved. The cast included Akshaye Khanna, Namrata Shirodkar and Kumar, with story by Rajiv Kaul and Praful Parekh, music by Anu Malik, produced by Poonam Sharma and directed by K. Ravi Shankar.
- #042
In 1996, Akshaye Khanna starred in an untitled R A R Movies film that was shelved. The cast included Akshaye Khanna, Karishma Kapoor and Manek Bedi, with music by Rajesh Roshan, producers Asoo Nihalani, Raj Lalchandani and Ranjeet Herma, and director Sanjay Gupta.
- #043
Akshaye Khanna was the first to be offered the Emraan Hashmi role in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. He heard about the role and accepted it. However, he was very surprised when he later learned that Emraan had also taken on the same role.
- #044
Akshaye Khanna was the original choice for the undercover cop Maqbool "Mac" Haider in Sanjay Gupta's action heist film KAANTE (2002). The part eventually went to Lucky Ali.
- #045
Akshaye Khanna was initially considered for the main antagonist Rohit Chopra in Sanjay Gupta's thriller drama ZINDA (2005). The part eventually went to John Abraham.
- #046
Akshaye Khanna had signed on for Deepa Mehta's "Earth", but Aamir Khan replaced him.
- #047
In 1994, Akshaye Khanna agreed with producer Nitin Manmohan on a film to be directed by Mukul Anand. All the plans were cancelled.
- #048
It was reported that Vinod Khanna and Akshaye Khanna would come together with Mukul Anand for a film in 1995.
- #049
Vinod Khanna's cousin Coomi Khanna Bhasin is married to Harry Bhasin. Their son, Akash Bhasin, is a stand-up comedian in the US.
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