In Pics: Unknown facts about birthday boy Khiladi Akshay Kumar

Bollywood daredevil Akshay Kumar, who is currently hosting the TV show Dare 2 Dance, defies age and celebrates his 47th birthday today (September 9). Probably the fittest actor in the industry, Akshay has given us a number of hit movies in his career of over two decades in different genres of cinema, especially comedy and action. Find out some unknown facts about the Khiladi of Bollywood. Very few know that the actor made a brief appearance in the Mahesh Bhatt's Aaj starring Kumar Gaurav. He played a martial arts instructor in that film. Akshay started doing Martial arts when he was in 8th standard. He later traveled to Bangkok to study martial arts and to Thailand to learn Muay Thai or kickboxing. He also holds a black belt in Taekwondo.