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Akshaye Khanna dances to Shah Rukh Khan’s Chaiyya Chaiyya in old video, leaves netizens in awe: ‘Why is he so fine’

Akshaye Khanna dances to Shah Rukh Khan’s Chaiyya Chaiyya in old video, leaves netizens in awe: ‘Why is he so fine’

For the last two months, Akshaye Khanna has been the talk of the town ever since the release of his film Dhurandhar. Also starring Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, R Madhavan and Sanjay Dutt, the Aditya Dhar film broke records at the box office, with one of the biggest highlights being Akshaye’s performance as Rehman Dakait. Soon netizens began digging up old interviews, movie scenes and fun moments of the actor, because they just couldn’t get enough of his aura and that handsome face! The latest viral video in the list is a throwback stage performance from 2000, when Akshaye set the dance floor on fire with his moves on Shah Rukh Khan’s iconic track Chaiyya Chaiyya. Akshaye Khanna at an award function in 2000 In this viral video, which has resurfaced 26 years later, Akshaye Khanna can be seen performing on the song Chaiyya Chaiyya from Shah Rukh Khan’s 1998 film Dil Se. Akshaye looks handsome as ever, dressed in a black suit with a matching cap over his head, whereas his dance partner Twinkle …

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 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. …