Akshay Kumar, formally known as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, is an Indian-born naturalized Canadian actor, movie producer, martial artist, and tv presenter who specializes in Bollywood, the mainstream Hindi language film business located mostly in Mumbai. Throughout his career, Kumar has acted in over 100 films and received several prizes, such as a National Film Award for Best Actor and two Filmfare Awards. Kumar is one of Hindi cinema's most successful and prolific performers. He was the first Bollywood actor whose movies' domestic net lifelong archives exceeded 20 billion by 2013, and 30 billion by 2016. He featured in 113 films, 52 of which were financially viable, and he was the first Bollywood actor whose movies' domestic net lifetime catalogs exceeded 20 billion by 2013, and 30 billion by 2016.

Kumar debuted in 1991 with Saugandh, but his breakthrough came a year later with the crime thriller Khiladi. The movie launched Kumar's career as a leading man in the 1990s, and it was the first of numerous films featuring Kumar that would eventually become known as the Khiladi movie series, as well as a string of other action movies.