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By Our Correspondent Š2004 Bollyvista.com |
A typical south-Mumbai youngster, Vinod Khanna's younger son, Akshaye, 5'11", made his movie debut at 23 with his father's 'Himalay Putra'. The movie did not fare well but Akshaye was instantly lapped up by all and sundry for the immense promise he held. He even featured opposite his father's co-star Madhuri Dixit in Rakesh Nath's 'Mohabbat' with Sanjay Kapoor.
When none of his initial movies fared too well, J.P. Dutta's 'Border', in which he played an Army Officer, came as a messiah bringing him the critical and commercial success he was looking for. His performance stood above the performance delivered by the rest of the cast.
Akshaye went through a bad phase in between and was virtually out of the work when films like Rakesh Nath's 'Mohabbat', Dinesh Gandhi's 'Laawaris', Rishi Kapoor's 'Aa Ab Laut Chalen', Romu Sippy's 'Kudrat' and Priyadarsan's 'Doli Saja Ke Rakhna', from which he had great expectations, flopped at the turnstiles. Ad man Kailash Surendranath's 'Love You Hamesha' with Sonali Bendre and Riya Sen got stuck and subsequently shelved. Moreover, his introverted nature and attitude problem didn't find him a place in many producers' good books either.
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