Akshaye Khanna

Actor · Born March 28, 1975 (51) · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Akshay Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian film actor. He made his acting debut in 1997 with Himalay Putra which was produced by his father Vinod Khanna. Since then he has been featured in several critically and commercially acclaimed films. Akshaye has been a recipient of Filmfare Awards twice. His most popular films include Border (1997), Taal (1999), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Hulchul (2004), Race (2008), Dhurandhar (2025) among others. He was critically acclaimed for his performance in Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Humraaz (2002), Gandhi, My Father (2007) and Dhurandhar (2025) Akshaye Khanna had a four year gap from his acting career following his role in Gali Gali Chor Hai. He returned in 2016 as an antagonistic character in the film Dishoom.

What are Akshaye Khanna's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

38%

Morality

36%

Self

8%

Power

7%

Survival

6%

Society

4%

Ideas

2%

Romantic love10 Family bonds9 Deception7 Justice6 Duty4 Sacrifice4 Friendship3 Ambition3

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 26

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 6 · Dark 10

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 4

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 10 · Intense 13

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 3

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 5

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 6

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 10

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

25 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 25 analyzed roles.

Hero

11 of 25

Shadow

7 of 25

Shapeshifter

2 of 25

Herald

2 of 25

Mentor

2 of 25

Ally

1 of 25

Show the 25 roles

Shapeshifteras 2nd Lieutenant Dharamvir Singh Bhakhri in Border (1997)
Heroas Rohit Malhotra in Mohabbat (1997)
Heroas Inderjit Bansal in Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1998)
Heroas Rohan Khanna in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999)
Heraldas Manav Mehta in Taal (1999)
Mentoras Siddharth Sinha in Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Shadowas Karan Malhotra in Humraaz (2002)
Heroas Raj Goyal in Deewangee (2002)
Allyas Lt. Balwan Singh Panghal in LOC: Kargil (2003)
Heroas Jai A. Chand in Hulchul (2004)
Shapeshifteras Aman Mehra in Aap Ki Khatir (2006)
Heroas Ashish Khanna in Shaadi Se Pehle (2006)
Heroas Harilal Gandhi in Gandhi, My Father (2007)
Shadowas Rajiv Singh in Race (2008)
Heroas Shekhar Giriraj in Short Kut: The Con Is On (2009)
Heraldas Aatish Kapoor in Tees Maar Khan (2010)
Shadowas Waghmare in Dishoom (2016)
Heroas Dev Verma in Ittefaq (2017)
Heroas Tarun Saluja in Section 375 (2019)
Mentoras Tarun Saluja in Section 375 (2019)
Shadowas Baba Bhandari in Sab Kushal Mangal (2020)
Heroas Major Hanut Singh in State of Siege: Temple Attack (2021)
Shadowas IGP Tarun Ahlawat in Drishyam 2 (2022)
Shadowas Aurangzeb in Chhaava (2025)
Shadowas Shauryaman Gaur in Ikka (2026)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

18

Melancholic

14

Romantic

9

Thrilling

7

Joyful

5

Other

21

How their films linger

Feel-good12 Fun8 Bittersweet8 Thought-provoking7 Hopeful6 Rousing5

How their films end · 9 with a twist

Happy13
Bittersweet9
Tragic2
Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Akshaye Khanna's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (9).

Also on these channels

Eros Now4 titles, show their 4 titles on Eros Now

Subscription and free streaming for Akshaye Khanna's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

49 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Mahakāli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
as Asuraguru Shukracharya
Ikka(2026)
as Shouryaman Gaur
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Dhurandhar: The Revenge(2026)
as Rehman Dakait
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Border 2(2026)
as 2nd Lt. Dharamvir Singh Bhakhri
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Dhurandhar(2025)
as Rehman Dakait
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
State of Siege: Temple Attack(2021)
as Major Hanut Singh
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Chhaava(2025)
as Aurangzeb
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Drishyam 2(2022)
as IG Tarun Ahlawat
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Hungama 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Special Appearance
Sab Kushal Mangal(2020)
as Baba Bhandari
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Section 375(2019)
as Tarun Saluja
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Accidental Prime Minister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Sanjaya Baru
Ittefaq(2017)
as Dev Sharma
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Mom(2017)
as Matthew Francis
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Dishoom(2016)
as Wagah
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Delhi Safari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Alex (voice)
Gali Gali Chor Hai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Bharat
Tees Maar Khan(2010)
as Atish Kapoor
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
No Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Raj Ambani
Aakrosh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Sidhant Chaturvedi
Short Kut: The Con Is On(2009)
as Shekhar
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Mere Baap Pehle Aap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Gaurav Rane
Race(2008)
as Rajeev Singh
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Aaja Nachle(2007)
as MP Raja Uday Singh
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Gandhi, My Father(2007)
as Harilal Gandhi
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Naqaab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Actor
Salaam-E-Ishq(2007)
as Shiven Dungarpur
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Aap Ki Khatir(2006)
as Aman Mehra
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
36 China Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Chief Inspector Karan Kapoor
Shaadi Se Pehle(2006)
as Ashish Khanna
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Hulchul(2004)
as Jai Chand
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Gaurang Kaul
LOC: Kargil(2003)
as Lt. Balwan Singh Panghal
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Hungama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Jeetu
Border Hindustan Ka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Mubarak
Deewangee(2002)
as Raj Goyal
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Humraaz(2002)
as Karan Malhotra
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Dil Chahta Hai(2001)
as Siddharth "Sid" Sinha
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Taal(1999)
as Manav Mehta
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Dahek A Burning Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Sameer B.Roshan
Love You Hamesha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Actor
Laawaris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Captain Dada / Vijay
Aa Ab Laut Chalen(1999)
as Rohan Khanna
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Kudrat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Vijay
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna(1998)
as Inderjit Bansal
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Mohabbat(1997)
as Rohit Malhotra/Tony Braganza
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Border(1997)
as 2nd Lt. Dharamvir Singh Bhakhri
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Himalay Putra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Abhay Khanna
Adhira (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 49 titles, 47 of them dated from 1997 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Dhurandhar (2025)

$137M worldwide

Highest rated

Section 375 (2019)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

19972026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1997Screen debut· Border
2003First top-billed film· Hungama
2019Career best· Section 375

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting49 of 49 · 66^th

By decade

1990s10 · acting2000s18 · acting2010s10 · acting2020s9 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 26% of 23 roles

38%

17%

22%

970712

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Akshaye Khanna's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66^th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61^st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 27

Approval · how many liked their films

68^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 27

Reach · how many have seen their films

75^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 27

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

75^th and up12
50^th to 74^th7
25^th to 49^th5
Below 25^th6

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved5
Universally Panned1
Loved with Detractors1
Divisive1
Cult Classic3
Crowd Pleaser10
Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Tees Maar Khan (2010)

95^th percentile spread · 61% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Section 375 (2019)

Midcredits 99^th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Akshaye Khanna's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore8 titles23–88 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all films

Sex & Nudity13 titles7–43 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all films

Profanity9 titles7–64 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all films

Alcohol & Drugs6 titles9–55 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense7 titles14–84 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.