It's been a good year for Akshay Kumar with five of his films - Housefull 2, Rowdy Rathore, Joker, OMG and Khiladi 786 - together raking in over Rs 400 crore.
And now, the actor has decided to take a short break from his professional commitments so as to devote his time and energy to personal matters. TOI has learnt he has cancelled all his shoots until the first week of January to be able to spend time with wife Twinkle, son Aarav and his recently arrived baby girl named Nitara Khanna Bhatia. The family plans to bring in Twinkle's birthday on December 29 at the bungalow near Anjuna Beach in Goa, bought by Akshay. Last year, Akshay had taken his fatherin-law, late Rajesh Khanna to the same place to celebrate his birthday, which falls on the same day as his daughter Twinkle. A source told this newspaper, "It's been a hectic year for Twinkle and she needed some rest after the arrival of the new baby. She was also the producer of Khiladi 786 and Akshay realised a holiday was long overdue." As has been the case since the last four years, they will also celebrate New Year's in Goa lighting up Gaumvaddi sky with fireworks". He is expected to return to his job in the first week of Jan," the source said. Akshay Kumar remained unavailable for comment. Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna, Goa Mob: 8805237604/9420979201