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| 1 | Mother Gitanjali Talyarkhan was a former model in Bombay. |
| 2 | Starred in the shelved film, Crown Films,"Untitled Project" (1997) Starring Akshaye Khanna, Karishma Kapoor,Sharad Kapoor. Music by Rajesh Roshan,Produced by Asoo Nihalani,Raj Lalchandani, Directed by Lateef Binny. |
| 3 | Starred in the shelved movie Arshee Films "Fighter" (1997) Starring Akshaye Khanna, Twinkle Khanna,Suresh Oberoi,Ishrat Ali,Mukesh Rishi,Gulshan Grover, Music by Viju Shah, Produced by TP Aggarwal, Directed by Sanjay Gupta. |
| 4 | Akshaye was going to star in the film " Made in India" directed by father Vinod Khanna. After Himalay Putra flopped, the film was shelved. |
| 5 | Starred in Nikhil Advani's shelved film " Chand Bhai" opposite Vidya Balan. This was in 2011. |
| 6 | Starred in Milind Soman shelved home production " Miya Biwi aur TV". Co starring Urmila Matondkar.This was in 2003. |
| 7 | Starred in Darmesh Darshan's shelved film " Gusthaki Maaf" co starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, John Abraham. N .R. Pachishia shelved the film after Aap Ke Khatir flopped. |
| 8 | Signed Navdeep Singh's" Basra". Co starring Madhavan. Madhavan was then replaced by Emraan Hashmi. The film went thru delays and Akshaye and Emraan both opted out. Abhay Deol was then signed for Akshaye's role and Nikhil Dwivedi for Emraan's role. Abhay was also to produce the film. After further financial problems, the film was finally shelved. |
| 9 | Was signed for John Abrham's role in Zinda but opted out due to money matters. |
| 10 | Starred in Anees Bazmee's shelved film " Autograph". This was to be the remake of the super hit Tamil film "Autograph" in 2005. |
| 11 | Was signed for Pahlaj Nihalani's " Uljhan". He also shot a song for the film. When he left the film, Pahlaj Nihalani used the song in " Bhai Bhai". |
| 12 | Starred in Sawan Kumar Tak s shelved film " Souten Ki Souten". Co starring Manisha Koirala, Mamta Kulkarni, Bhagyashree. This was in 1997. |
| 13 | Starred in Farhan Akhtar's directorial shelved film " Voice From The Sky" . A period film set in Calcutta 1905. The film was about the invention of the telephone. Farhan shelved the film and started Don 2. |
| 14 | Starred in Robin Bhatt's shelved film " Agar Tum Na Aate". Co starring Twinkle Khanna, Danny Denzongpa, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Mukesh Rishi, Vishwajeet Pradhan. This was in 1996. |
| 15 | Starred in Rajat Rawail's shelved film " Deewana Tere Naam Ka" co starring Karishma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Satish Shah, Bindu. This was in 1997. |
| 16 | Starred in the shelved film, Arshee Films " Fighter"(1997). Starring Akshaye Khanna,Twinkle Khanna, Suresh Oberoi, Mukesh Rishi, Gulshan Grover, Ishrat Ali. Music by Viju Shah, Diirected by Sanjay Gupta. Reels:1. |
| 17 | When Amol Gupte scripted Taare Zameen Par , he wanted Akshaye Khanna for Aamir Khan's role. |
| 18 | Step cousin of actor Ishaan Pohoomal. Ishaan is Vinod Khanna's nephew thru marriage. Ishaan s mother and Kavita Khanna are sister's. |
| 19 | Feroz Khan had signed Akshaye Khanna and Mamta Kulkarni for Janasheen in 1995. When Fardeen Khan decided to turn actor, he shelved the film and decided to start Prem Aggan in 1996.Years later Feroz restarted Janasheen with Fardeen Khan and Celina Jaitly. |
| 20 | Former brother in law of actress Suman Raganathan. ( She was married to his cousin Gautam Kapur). |
| 21 | Had signed Deepa Mehta's " Earth" but was replaced by Aamir Khan. |
| 22 | Cousin to Bollywood actors Gautam Kapoor, Karan Khanna, Akhil Kapur. |
| 23 | Close friends with actress Priyanka Chopra and Arshad Warsi. |
| 24 | His good friends in the industry include Aishwarya Rai, Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor, Amir Khan, Ayesha Takia, Sanjay Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit. |
| 25 | He did full justice to his role in Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai (2001) as the sensitive and reserved artist Siddarth who falls in love with an older woman. His performance won him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. |
| 26 | Good friends with actor Anil Kapoor. |
| 27 | Was engaged to actress Tara Sharma. |
| 28 | Considers his best work to be Gandhi, My Father (2007). |
| 29 | Favourite director is Priyadarshan. |
| 30 | Brother of Rahul Khanna |
| 31 | Son of actor Vinod Khanna |
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