Bollywood stars
Akshay Kumar
Dil To Pagal Hai and Tashan
About Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar’s films on the Yash Raj Films site run from Yeh Dillagi (6 May 1994), in which he plays Vijay, to the action film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024).
On screen
He starred with Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor in Yash Chopra’s Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), in Suneel Darshan’s Jaanwar (1999), and as Bachchan Pande in Vijay Krishna Acharya’s Tashan (2008).
Our advice: start with Dil To Pagal Hai.
In Tashan he is Bachchan Pande.
Selected films
Yeh Dillagi (6 May 1994), directed by Naresh Malhotra
Dil To Pagal Hai (30 October 1997), directed by Yash Chopra
Jaanwar (24 December 1999), directed by Suneel Darshan
Tashan (25 April 2008), directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya
Samrat Prithviraj (3 June 2022)
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (10 April 2024)
Release dates and directors are from the films’ pages on the Yash Raj Films and Red Chillies Entertainment websites.
Why it's on our list
- Vijay in Yeh Dillagi
- Dil To Pagal Hai
- Bachchan Pande in Tashan
Release dates and directors come from the studios’ own websites, and the National Film Awards from the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau.