Akshay Kumar, who started his film career with the 1991 film 'Saugandh', continues even today. Akshay, who has been working in Bollywood for 33 years, has traveled a great journey from Star to Superstar. Akshay Kumar, who has given many memorable and record -breaking films in his long and successful career, has also played double roles in many films.
Akshay Kumar has played double roles in films like 'Jai Kishan', 'Aflatoon', 'Khiladi 420' and 'Photo'. Apart from this, he has also played a double role in the 2012 film 'Rowdy Rathore'. In the film, the audience liked his style a lot and the film proved to be a blockbuster at the box office. This film became the third highest grossing film of 2012. Its budget was only Rs 60 crore, whereas, it collected Rs 200 crore and blew up at the box office.
'Rowdy Rathore' is one of Akshay's career and one of the highest grossing films. The film was released on 1 June 2012. In this, Akshay played the role of 'IPS Vikram Shiv Rathou' and 'Shiva'. Actress Sonakshi Sinha was seen in her opposite role. Sonakshi played a girl named 'Neerja'. This was the first time that the two artists shared the screen together. The duo got a lot of love from the audience.
The producers of 'Rowdy Rathore' were Ronnie Screwvala and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. At the same time, it was directed by famous dancer and choreographer Prabhu Deva. The makers prepared this film in a good budget of Rs 60 crore. In return, he got a profit of Rs 160 crore. On one side, Akshay and Sonakshi's pair were a hit and on the other side the makers made bumper profits. The film collected about 200 crores at the worldwide box office. Its earnings at the domestic box office recorded Rs 172 crore. And this film proved to be a blockbuster by earning three times more than its budget.