Akshay emerges as top tax payer from Bollywood

Mumbai, April 15, 2009: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has emerged as top tax payer from Bollywood. He paid Rs 31 crore as income tax for the year 2008-09.

This is the highest income tax paid by any film star in India. It is also the highest income tax paid by Akshay Kumar himself.Compared to this year his income tax paid last year looks miniscule. He had paid around Rs 12 crore as income tax last year.This is yet to be declared as to how Akshay earned so much to enable him pay so much in taxes.Akshay had charged astronomical Rs 2.5 crore per show for Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi. The show that was a super success.Akshay is one of the best Bollywood actors who has been consistently giving hits to the industry. Singh IS Kinng was the last years’ one of the biggest hits.But Kumar's career hasn't always been so charmed. He started his career with the mediocre Saugandh in 1991 before delivering his first hit, Khiladi in 1992. He racked up action-star hits throughout the '90s, earning him the tag of "Khiladi" (player) Kumar. Then, after more than a dozen flops - barring a cameo in Shah Rukh's Dil To Pagal Hai - he bounced back with surprise hits Jaanwar (1999) and Hera Pheri (2000), which displayed his flair for comedy

Consistent hits from Ek Rishta in 2001 to Waqt in 2005 were balanced with flops such as Jaani Dushman, Bewafa and Insaan during the same period. His fortunes changed for better when he started accepting lead comic roles, becoming the czar of mindless entertainers, a slot that was originally held by comic king Govinda.So does Kumar's latest golden run entitle him to be called the box office king? There is tremendous media hype and frenzy surrounding Kumar's films but the fact is that none of his recent films - barring Namastey London and Bhool Bhulaiyya - had solid content. Most are average and purely marketing driven. After Singh Is Kinng's record-breaking opening, the film fizzled out and was not able to beat Welcome's box office gross in India. Why? Because the content was utter nonsense.

Akshay Kumar Filmography

Akshay Kumar Filmography8x10 Tasveer ( Sharmila Tagore, Ayesha Takia, Akshay Kumar)De Dana Dan ( Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif)Blue ( Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif)Kambakkht Ishq ( Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor)Chandni Chowk To China ( Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Shorey, Mithun Chakraborty)Singh Is Kinng ( Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Sonu Sood, Om Puri, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey)Tashan ( Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor)Welcome ( Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Feroz Khan)Bhool Bhulaiyaa ( Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Amisha Patel, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav)Heyy Babyy ( Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Vidya Balan)Namastey London ( Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor, Upen Patel, Javed Sheikh)Bhagam Bhaag ( Paresh Rawal, Govinda, Akshay Kumar, Maushmi Udeshi)Jaaneman ( Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher)Phir Hera Pheri ( Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen)Humko Deewana Kar Gaye ( Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Bhagyashree)Family - Ties Of Blood ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Aryeman, Bhumika Chawla)Dosti - Friends Forever ( Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta)Deewane Hue Pagal ( Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Rimi Sen, Shahid Kapur, Paresh Rawal)Garam Masala ( Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Paresh Rawal, Rimi Sen, Daisy Bopanna, Nargis, Neetu Chandra)Mere Jeevan Saathi ( Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Amisha Patel)Waqt – A Race Against Time ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra)Bewafaa ( Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpai)Insan ( Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Esha Deol, Lara Dutta, Tusshar Kapoor, Rahul Dev)Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Divya Khosla)Aitraaz ( Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Paresh Rawal)Mujhse Shaadi Karogi ( Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Amrish Puri)Aan - Men At Work ( Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Shatrughan Sinha, Paresh Rawal, Irrfan Khan, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Preeti Jhangiani)Khakee ( Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Tusshar Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai)Talaash ( Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor)Jaani Dushman ( Manisha Koirala, Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty)Awara Paagal Deewana ( Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani)Aankhen ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen, Paresh Rawal)Haan...Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya ( Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan)Ajnabee ( Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Bipasha Basu, Johnny Lever)Ek Rishta ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor)Khiladi 420 ( Akshay Kumar, Mahima Chaudhary)Dil To Pagal Hai ( Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Akshay Kumar)Dhadkan ( Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty)Hera Pheri ( Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu, Paresh Rawal)Sangharsh ( Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Ashutosh Rana)

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