Mumbai, July 8 -- With Welcome To The Jungle drawing audiences to theatres, one thing has become evident yet again - few actors have built a relationship with franchise cinema quite like Akshay Kumar. Over three decades, he has headlined some of Hindi cinema's most recognisable film series, creating characters and worlds that continue to find new audiences long after their first release.

1. Khiladi (1992): The film that gave Bollywood its original Khiladi

A college campus, a murder mystery and a dangerous game of deception. Khiladi wasn't just another thriller of the '90s, it showed Akshay Kumar as Hindi cinema's new action hero. The success of the film spawned an entire franchise, but its biggest legacy was giving the actor an identity...