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Filmymantra Media on Instagram: "During the meet and greet sessions with Ht City, when one of his fans asked him what made him to change his real Name , Akshay said, “No one has ever asked me this question. My first film was Aaj (1987) which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Kumar Gaurav. The name of Gaurav’s character was Akshay. I had a 4.5 second role in it and I would only observe Gaurav and his acting. I don’t know what happened but one day I just went to the court and got my name ch