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Debuting in 1991’s Saugandh, Akshay Kumar has built his legacy as one of Bollywood’s most reliable leading men. Kumar also gets trolled at times for occasional streaks of commercial flops but his tendency to regularly work across multiple genres helps in delivering some memorable performances too. He might be the only Bollywood hero in today’s times who ends up starring in almost five movies every year!
Khiladi Kumar: Legacy as an Action Star
Akshay Kumar is synonymous with the word Khiladi. Even though the character arcs have changed over the years, the sobriquet Khiladi has endured in several (often unrelated) action films featuring him in the lead, starting with the 1992 hit Khiladi and being followed by spiritual sequels like International Khiladi, Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi and many more.
What is notable about the Khiladi movies is that they showcased Kumar’s emphasis on practical stunts. Instead of relying on stunt doubles, the actor was more than ready to perform his own action scenes (a rarity for Bollywood heroes in general). This physical prowess perhaps stems from his martial arts background. Before his mainstream success, Kumar even spent five years in Bangkok to master Thai Boxing.
The Slapstick Comedy Era
Just because Kumar started with the action genre doesn’t mean he wasn’t funny. In fact with cult favourites like Hera Pheri, Bhagam Bhag, Welcome, and Singh Is Kingg, Kumar put his comic timing on full display. All of the aforementioned comedies relied on Kumar’s over-the-top nature, be it in the form of slapstick mannerisms or blaring loud dialogue delivery.
Equally important in these comedies were the talented supporting actors pitted alongside him. Prominent cases in point include Paresh Rawal as Baburao in the Hera Pheri franchise and Nana Patekar as the eccentric gangster Uday Shetty in Welcome. Such standout characters from these movies only added further credibility to Akshay Kumar as a team player. While Kumar did have meaty parts for himself, he doesn’t seem to carry much of an ego to prevent the supporting actors from overshadowing him.
The Social Message Phase
Following his successful streak of family-friendly comedies in the 2000s, Kumar entered the 2010s with an affinity for social message dramas. Even if he flirted with the action genre during this time (Holiday, Baby), Kumar’s patriotic leading man carried a strong sense of moral responsibility for the nation.
At the same time, Kumar took delightful turns in playing real-life heroes like the social activist Laxmikant Chauhan in Pad Man , a character inspired by entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham who created low-cost sanitary pads for rural women. Another example is his dramatically intense turn in Kesari as Havildar Ishar Singh, a valiant Sikh war hero from British-ruled India of 1897.
Why Special 26 is Akshay Kumar’s best movie?
Just when Kumar’s roles seemed to get formulaic or unmemorable, he proved everyone wrong with the heist thriller Special 26 . With director Neeraj Pandey recreating Delhi of the 1980s, Special 26 was a career-defining movie that proved Kumar’s intensity is only getting better with age. He shines as a mild-mannered trickster who robs corrupt politicians of their black money, a surprisingly understated performance by the otherwise energetic actor. And yet again, Kumar is accompanied by some heavily praiseworthy supporting actors, Anupam Kher as his trusted accomplice and Manoj Bajpayee as a police official in pursuit. Special 26 was a return to form for Kumar and has continued to age well a decade later.
Where can you stream Akshay Kumar’s filmography?
Most of Akshay Kumar’s best movies can be streamed on leading OTT platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, Hotstar and many more.
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Special 26
2013
8.0 (59k)
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In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the CBI or Income Tax Department. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of money from their targets while a relentless cop is on their trail.
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₹120.00 HD₹190.00 HDHera Pheri
2000
8.2 (73k)
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Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned.
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2015
7.9 (61k)
#3
A small nascent elite team of the Indian intelligence system perpetually strives to detect and eliminate terrorists and their plots. Officer Ajay leads his team to destroy one such potentially lethal ploy in their biggest operation yet.
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2012
8.1 (66k)
#4
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
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2006
7.3 (28k)
#5
Raju, Shyam and Baburao are living happily after having risen from rags to riches. However, they lose it all after falling victim to a chit fund scam due to their greed for more money. Soon, they find themselves in new mess and encounter eccentric and dangerous characters in their quest for a shortcut to riches again.
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1992
7.1 (8k)
#6
A group of friends, who love to make bets with one another, play a prank that goes horribly wrong when one of them is murdered.
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2008
5.8 (16k)
#7
A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.
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2007
7.1 (26k)
#8
Dubai-based criminal don Uday takes it upon himself to try and get his half-sister Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a crime family. Uday's associate and best friend Majnu finds a well to do, nice young man, Rajiv, who lives with his maternal uncle and aunt - Dr. and Mrs. Ghunghroo. Through extortion he compels the Ghunghroos to accept this matrimonial alliance. With no escape from this predicament, the wedding is planned, with hilarious consequences.
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2004
7.4 (16k)
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DCP Anant and his team get tasked with escorting an alleged terrorist to Mumbai. However, a rogue ex-police officer makes their task difficult as he tries to stop them from reaching their destination.
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2006
6.6 (15k)
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After their lead actress quits their drama troupe; Bunty, Babla and their boss Champak search for a new heroine in London where they have just arrived, and get embroiled in a murder case involving a mysterious woman.
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Subs HD Ads HD AdsSubs HD AdsSubs HD Subs HDNamastey London
2007
7.1 (23k)
#11
On a trip to India, Jasmeet's father forcefully marries her off to Arjun. However, when they return to London, Jasmeet announces her intention of marrying her boyfriend, Charlie Brown.
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Housefull
2010
5.6 (16k)
#12
Believing himself to be a jinx and bringing bad luck upon himself and others, a man attempts to find true love, but ends up in very complicated relationships.
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2018
7.9 (29k)
#13
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.
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Subs HD Subs 4K SubsAwara Paagal Deewana
2002
6.3 (9k)
#14
A dentist and a henpecked husband finds his life in trouble after getting embroiled in a mafia rivalry.
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2010
6.0 (13k)
#15
The story follows Sachin Tichkule, a struggling contractor whose failure in making peace with the corrupt bureaucracy in town as well as strained relation with his ex-girlfriend and his family leads to misadventures that deprive him of his closest relations. However, as he begins to mend his ways, justice comes knocking on his door.
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2009
5.4 (6k)
#16
8X10 Tasveer is a story about young man named Jai Puri, (Akshay Kumar), who possesses supernatural powers. Jai is of Indian origin who works as a forest ranger in Canada. His life is shattered by a loss of a very important person in his life. This personal tragedy leads him to use his unique supernatural power to unravel the mystery behind the murder.
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2014
7.2 (30k)
#17
A soldier on vacation finds himself hunting down a terrorist. A military officer attempts to hunt down a terrorist, destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
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Airlift
2016
7.9 (59k)
#18
When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
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2007
7.4 (33k)
#19
An NRI couple return to India and decide to stay in their ancestral palace while disregarding warnings about a curse and paranormal forces. Soon inexplicable events start happening which forces him to call an eccentric psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.
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2019
7.4 (22k)
#20
In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.
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