Top 10 Action Movies Of Akshay Kumar

Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, popularly known as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian Bollywood film actor and producer. He was born on the 9^th of September 1967 in India and completed his masters at Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts and Commerce. In a career of over 30 years, he has starred in more than 100 films, including Sooryavanshi, Special 26, Khiladi Series, and others. He has won several awards, including National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, and the second highest civilian honor, Padma Shri. Being referred to as Khiladi of Bollywood, here is the list of his action movies.

1. Gabbar Is Back

Gabbar is Back is an Indian Bollywood action-drama movie released in 2015. Krish Jagarlamudi directed the film and was produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film’s top cast includes Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hassan, Kareena Kapoor, and others. The film revolves around a mystery man named Gabbar. He kidnapped ten tehsildars of Maharashtra and later returned, except one, the most corrupt, and found hanged. Police get a CD from Gabbar narrating that his target is to punish the corrupt officers. Aditya Singh Rajput, a professor in National College, meets Shruti, and they start dating each other.

2. Kesari

Kesari is a Hindi-language action-drama movie released in 2019. The film was directed by Anurag Singh, and produced by Karan Johar and others. The film casts Akshay Kumar, Parineet Chopra, and others. The film depicts Havildar Ishwar Singh of the Sikh Regiment in the British Indian Army. The regiment commander refers to all Indians as cowards and is jealous of Ishwar’s fighting skills. With an incident of breach of peace with Afghans, Ishwar Singh was transferred to Saragarhi Fort, where he found troops in a mess and enforced discipline on them. Again, the fight takes place between Saragarhi’s troops, and Afghans and they all die a heroic death.

3. 2.0

2.0 is a Tamil-language Indian action-fantasy movie released in the year 2018. The film was directed by S. Shankar, starring Akshay Kumar, Rajinikanth, Amy Jackson, and others. It was a second part of the film Enthiran in Tamil and Robot in Hindi release. The film depicts a strange event when all phones start flying in the city, causing panic among the citizens. A council of politicians and scientists was convinced to discuss the possibilities. Vaseegaran suggested getting the Chitti reactivated, but a council member, Dhinendra Bohra, opposed it because his father was killed by Chitti.

4. Bachchan Paandey

Bachchan Pandy is a Hindi action-comedy movie released on the 18^th of March, 2022. Farhad Samji directed the movie which was produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, starring Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi, and Jacqueline Fernandez. The film depicts Myra Devekar, a film director who was assigned a task by a producer to come up with a violent gangster story for a film. To satisfy the want, she started to study a real-life gangster, one-eyed Bachchan Paandey of Baghwa. The film was released as BP, narrating opposite to his character with comedy, not with horror.

5. Bell Bottom

Bell Bottom is a Hindi-language action-thriller movie that was released in 2021. Ranjit M. Tewari directed the film, starring Akshay Kumar, Vaani Kapoor, Lara Dutta, and Huma Qureshi in a cameo role. The movie is inspired by an actual life hijacking event by Khalistani terrorists during the 1980s in India. The story begins in 1984, with the hijacking of India Airlines Flight 691 by Khalistani terrorists. It was the seventh attempt in the past five years, and the previous all ended with releasing the other terrorist and delivering money. This time, frustrated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi allowed a RAW agent coded as Bell Bottom to handle the case.

6. Samrat Prithviraj

Samrat Prithviraj is a Hindi Indian historical action-drama movie released in the year 2022. The film was directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi and starred Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chillar, making her Hindi film debut. The film depicts an event at Ghazni, Afghanistan, in 1192 CE, where Prithviraj is captured by Muhammad Ghori and forced to fight with three lions. He was able to kill them but fainted due to weakness. The next day, he was given seven arrows and a bow with an offer to kill any of his seven men, and he would be released. Prithviraj rejects the proposal and says that only one arrow should be allowed, and Ghori himself face him.

7. Baby

Baby is a 2015 action-thriller movie released in Hindi language. The film was directed by Neeraj Pandey and starred Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Anupam Kher, and Rana Daggubati in the lead roles. The film depicts Feroz Khan heading a temporary task force after the attacks of 26/11 to find and eliminate terrorist’s planning. Ajay Singh captured a former colleague-turned-traitor, Jamaal, and was threatened to provide information regarding the terror attack plan. He tells about a bomb blast in the Delhi shopping mall, and taunts Ajay by saying that it was the first of their massive program and commits suicide by jumping from a building.

8. Brothers

Brothers is an Indian Action-drama movie based on martial arts that was released in the year 2015. Karan Malhotra directed the film and produced by Endemol India, Dharma Productions, and Lionsgate films with a budget of an estimated 110 crores. It is the remake of the American movie Warrior, released in 2011. The plot of the movie is based upon two step-brothers who are trained in mixed martial arts and make their living from street fighting. Later, they both participated in a world championship named R2F (Right to Fight). The star cast includes Akshay Kumar, Siddharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff, Ashutosh Rana, and others.

9. Naam Shabana

Naam Shabana is an action-thriller movie of Hindi cinema released in 2017. The film is directed by Shivam Nair, starring Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, and others. The story revolves around Shabana Khan working as a proficient field agent along with Ajay Singh. It begins with two Indian agents chasing an International arms dealer called Mikhail. Mikhail killed both of them and escaped. After a year, Shabana, a college student, falls under the agency’s radar as a potential recruit. Her love, Jai, was killed in an incident. The assailant escapes justice as being the son of an influential man. Frustrated, Shabana receives an unknown call asking if she wants to take revenge for Jai’s death.

10. Ram Setu

Ram Setu is a 2022 action-adventure film of Hindi cinema. Abhishek Sharma directed the film, starring Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Satya Dev, Nushrratt Bharuccha, and others. The film depicts Dr. Aryan Kulshrestha, an ASI archaeologist and a firm believer in scientific facts but not in God. In 2007, with the government’s efforts to demolish the Ram Setu to build a canal, Aryan was asked to draft a report for the Supreme Court stating that it is a natural formation. He submits a report stating Ramayana is an epic Fiction, not a history, and questions the existence of Shree Ram.