Have you seen Akshay Kumar's doppelganger? The resemblance is uncanny
Akshay Kumar, who is currently rejoicing the success of Mission Mangal, is back in the headlines. This time, though, it isn't because of his movies, but for a viral picture on social media featuring his doppelganger. Recently, a photo of an elderly Kashmiri cricket fan named Majid Mir surfaced online, and Internet was quick to notice his uncanny resemblance with the superstar.
- Majid follows Gavaskar's heydays trend, wears hat everyday
- Here's the viral post we are talking about
- Majid perfect choice to play Akshay onscreen, Twitter users comment
- Did Akshay Kumar use FaceApp's Old Age filter, ask netizens
- Earlier, Anushka had found her doppelganger in singer Julia Michaels
- I've been looking for you all my life, exclaims Anushka
- Akshay becomes world's fourth highest paid actor on Forbes list
- For now, Akshay has several big projects in his kitty
Majid follows Gavaskar's heydays trend, wears hat everyday
Apparently, the picture was first shared by a journalist attached with a leading news channel. The scribe stated that Majid is a huge fan of former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, and religiously follows his trend (from heydays) of wearing a hat. However, soon after the picture went online, netizens went berserk, and commented that this will how the Kesari actor would look when he ages.
Here's the viral post we are talking about
Met a Kashmiri Fan of Sunil Gavasker, Majid Mir in #Kashmir Wears that hat everyday religiously 👍🏻👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/jNcHx5GJSK
— Ashish/Aashu (ABP News) (@AshishSinghLIVE) August 28, 2019
Majid perfect choice to play Akshay onscreen, Twitter users comment
A Twitter user even commented, "Vaise ye bhaisahab Sunil Gavaskar ke fan kam, Akshay Kumar ka budhapa zyaada lag rahe hain ( He looks Akshay Kumar's older version more than Sunil Gavaskar's fan)." Netizens also believe that Majid will be a perfect choice for portraying Akshay in his biopic. "Looks like Akshay Kumar!!! Had to enlarge photo to see the difference," wrote another user.
Did Akshay Kumar use FaceApp's Old Age filter, ask netizens
This dude looks like someone has applied Old age FaceApp filter on Akshay Kumar. 😄😄(BTW huge respect for His cricket passion)
— Rahul D / राहुल / راہل (@rdalwale) August 28, 2019
Earlier, Anushka had found her doppelganger in singer Julia Michaels
Notably, Akshay isn't the first celebrity whose lookalike created a buzz on the Internet. Earlier, Anushka Sharma too found her duplicate in American pop-singer Julia Michaels. Julia had tweeted to Anushka, earlier this year, saying how they are "apparently twins." To this, Anushka joyfully thanked her saying that she has been searching for Julia and the rest of her 5 doppelgangers all her life.
I've been looking for you all my life, exclaims Anushka
OMG YES!! 😲 I've been looking for you and the remaining 5 of our dopplegangers all my life 😂 https://t.co/SaYbclXyXt
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) February 5, 2019
Akshay becomes world's fourth highest paid actor on Forbes list
Meanwhile, Akshay has made it to the fourth position on Forbes list of World's Highest-Paid Actors (male) 2019. With an earning of $65mn (approx Rs. 466 crore) during June 2018-June 2019, he is the only Bollywood actor to secure a position in the list this year. Terming the 51-year-old superstar as "Bollywood's top-earning star," the magazine noted that Akshay earns $5-10mn per film.
For now, Akshay has several big projects in his kitty
On the work front, Akshay has several big projects in the pipeline. The superstar, who recently wrapped up the shooting of Good News with Kareena Kapoor Khan, is currently working on Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi. He will also be seen in Bachchan Pandey, Housefull 4 and Laxmmi Bomb. There are reports that Akshay will also be collaborating with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Rowdy Rathore's sequel.
