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Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", [ 3 ] [ 4 ] through his career spanning over 30 years, Kumar has appeared in over films and has won several awards , including two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He received the Padma Shri , India's fourth-highest civilian honour, from the Government of India in Kumar is one of the most prolific actors in Indian cinema.

Kumar began his career in with Saugandh and had his first commercial success a year later with the action thriller Khiladi.

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The film established him as an action star in the s and led to several films in the Khiladi film series , in addition to other action films such as Mohra and Jaanwar Although his early tryst with romance in Yeh Dillagi was positively received, it was in the next decade that Kumar expanded his range of roles. Kumar won Filmfare Awards for his negative role in Ajnabee and his comic performance in Garam Masala While his career had fluctuated commercially, his mainstream success soared in with four consecutive box-office hits; it was consistent until a short period of decline between and , after which he reinforced his status with several films, including Rowdy Rathore and Holiday Moreover, around this time critical response to several of his films improved; his work in Special 26 , Baby , Airlift , and Jolly LLB 2 was acclaimed, and he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the crime thriller Rustom He earned further notice for his self-produced social films Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Pad Man , as well as the war film Kesari , and set box-office records in with Mission Mangal , Housefull 4 , Good Newwz , and the action film Sooryavanshi.

All of Kumar's subsequent theatrical releases failed commercially, with the exception of the comedy-drama OMG 2 In addition to acting, Kumar has worked as a stunt actor. The actor had also set up martial arts training schools for women safety in the country. He is a leading brand endorser celebrity in India. His father too enjoyed wrestling.

He enrolled in Guru Nanak Khalsa College for higher education, but dropped out as he was not much interested in studies. He requested his father that he wanted to learn martial arts further, and his father somehow saved money to send him to Thailand.