In TrendsSensex TodayIPO SubscriptionNifty OutlookStocks to WatchNSE IPOAkshay Kumar as Haiwaan: The beginning of a new era?It’ll be fascinating to see if the new Priyadarshan film is able to catapult Akshay Kumar out of the rut of middling, forgettable films that he seems to be stuck in for a while now.By Sneha Bengani September 9, 2026, 12:17:07 PM IST (Published)As Akshay Kumar turns 59 today, he is at a crossroads. In a prolific acting career spanning 35 years, the age-defying superstar has hopped more genres than most.Action, comedy, social-message cinema, patriotic dramas, courtroom stories, biopics, franchise films — he’s done it all. What more, what new can he bring to his audiences for whom his versatility, economy of scale and litheness have become repetitive? His new film, Haiwaan, releases this Friday (Sept 11) and may be the answer.Kumar plays the titular villain in the crime-thriller directed by Priyadarshan. Not the antagonist-protagonist kind, like Ranbir Kapoor in Animal, Shah Rukh Khan in Raees or Varun Dhawan in Badlapur. But the monstrous kind, who operate beyond motive, reason and redemption. The Ashutosh Rana in Sangharsh kind.However, it’s hardly the first time a mainstream Hindi hero who has spent his entire career playing…
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