Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar was recently in Singapore shooting with the entire unit of De Dana Dan. Akshay managed to do what the entire unit couldn’t.

No we aren’t talking about a stunt, Akshay wanted to watch the IPL matches in his hotel room. But he realised that the hotel, where the unit has been put-up, did not get the channel. The first thing he did was to tell the management to tune in to Set Max or else… he threatened to leave the hotel and check in somewhere else.

Ratan Jain, producer of the film confirmed the story and said, “When Akshay came here last week, he asked me if we are watching the matches. When I told him that it was getting very difficult catch-up with IPL matches because the hotel did not have that channel, he spoke to the owner and told him that if he didn’t get the matches, he won’t stay in the hotel. Within minutes the channel started beaming in the hotel.”

Jain added, “I guess, apart from us Indians, no one was interested in the Indian Premier League. The hotel also must have paid a huge amount to subscribe to the channel; but Akshay is happy and now the entire unit can watch the matches together during breaks.”

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has emerged as the top taxpayer in Bollywood for 2008-09. Which means he has left the King Khan who ranks No.2.

Akshay Kumar paid a total advance tax of Rs 31 crore in the financial year against Rs 12.5 crore in 2007-08.

Amitabh Bachchan made it to the bottom of the top 10 advance tax payers list, with a modest Rs 1.25 crore, sliding 74.77% from the previous financial year. His daughter-in-law, was 6th on the list, paying more advance tax than both the Bachchans. While she handed over Rs 4.75 crore in advance tax (10.46% more than 2007-08), Abhishek Bachchan paid Rs 3.2 crore in 2008-09, marking a decline of 42.86%.

Salman Khan’s earnings saw the second-highest growth after Kumar in terms of percentage — 107.41% more than last year. But in terms of the actual amount, he made it only to third place with a total advance tax payout of Rs 14 crore.

Saif Ali Khan and his lady love Kareena Kapoor also figure in the list of top 10 Bollywood taxpayers. Khan paid Rs 8.63 crore (an impressive 64% more than last year) while Kapoor — the only other female film star to make it to the list besides Rai-Bachchan — forked out Rs 3.7 crore, nearly 2.78% more than last year.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & Akshay Kumar have been conferred with one of the most prestigious civilian awards of India - Padmashree Award.

The function took place at Ashoka Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.

Apart from Aiswarya the entire Bachchan family was also present at the award where she was awarded padmashree award by the president of India.

Akshay Kumar’s name was also announced for this recognition. Akshay’s wife Twinkle was also present at the event.