Hindi Aaj (1990)

Aaj is a Hindi movie, directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Kuljeet Pal. It features Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Kumar Gaurav, Marc Zuber, and Anamika Pal in lead roles. The movie featured songs written by the Hindi poets Sudarshan Faakir and Madan Pal. Akshay Kumar made his first screen appearance in the film, under his birth name Rajiv Bhatia, in a bit role as a karate instructor. He has said that he later chose the name Akshay Kumar after Kumar Gaurav’s on-screen name in the movie. The movie songs are sung by Jagjit Singh, and Chitra Singh. It was released on 23 November 1987.