Akshaye Khanna is known for his powerhouse performances in movies like Border, Dil Chahta Hai, Mom and recently in The Accidental Prime Minister where he played one of the lead characters.
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These days he is not seen in many movies, but there was a time in the early '90s when the actor would regularly essay pivotal roles. Many said that the actor has some bad attitude problem because of that he didn't make it big in the film industry besides having so many talents.
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On Simi Garewal's chat show – Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, when Simi told him that Rishi Kapoor had said about Akshaye, "Akshaye is such a gifted actor, but he has a serious attitude problem", Akshaye had calmly replied, "So does he!"
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In the same chat show, he once said that his choice of going on a date with Jayalalithaa. Akshaye opened up his heart saying he would want to go on a date with Tamil Nadu's Amma. Akshaye had said, "I would date Jayalalithaa. There is a lot there that intrigues me. She's very secretive."
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We all know before joining politics and later becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa had worked in southern films and was a leading, well-known face. She did many films with superstars like Dr Rajkumar, M. G. Ramachandran, Ravichandran, Sivaji Ganesan etc.
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Akshaye's last movie The Accidental Prime Minister was based on the life of former PM Manmohan Singh. Played the role of Sanjaya Baru, who is a political commentator and policy analyst. Before that, he had worked in Ittefaq and Mom, both of which won him rave reviews for his phenomenal performance. He was also seen in film Section 375, directed by Ajay Bahl features Richa Chaddha.
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