Akshaye Khanna was told he’s ‘not successful’, he smiled and responded: ‘Everyone is ahead, I am the last one in the race’ | Bollywood News
Akshaye Khanna’s career had a major resurgence in 2025 after the actor appeared in Chhaava and Dhurandhar. Both these films saw him in negative roles, and after Dhurandhar, his stardom has multiplied manifold. But, for the unversed, the actor has been around for 28 years now, and in an earlier interview, he was questioned why his solo hero films weren’t as successful as some of his contemporaries like Abhishek Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan. “I have gotten much success as a solo hero, I have seen some success, but not as much. But you are saying like… You are trying to say that unless I become as successful as Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan, you won’t consider me a success. That’s a little odd,” he told Prabhu Chawla in 2007. This interview was conducted shortly before the release of his film Gandhi, My Father. He said that this was like comparing a businessman to JRD Tata or Dhirubhai Ambani, and saying that unless they are as successful as them, they aren’t a success. …

