Akshay Kumar's son Aarav Bhatia left home at 15; now, he does his own laundry, is a gold medalist in Judo and has no plans of joining Bollywood

Aarav Bhatia, the son of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, has been gaining the limelight after being spotted at Huma Qureshi’s Eid Celebrations with his cousin, Simar Bhatia. While the 22-year-old maintained distance from the film industry and media attention, Bhatia’s connection with the Bollywood royalty Rajesh Khanna has made the netizens curious about his life apart from the lights and flashes.
In an interview with Shikhar Dhawan, Akshay Kumar revealed that Aarav has been a simplistic child who isn’t interested in films. The focus has always been on fashion, sports, and martial arts. “I am happy the way Twinkle and I have brought up Aarav; he is a very simple boy. My daughter, on the other hand, likes clothes… We never forced him to do anything; he is interested in fashion; he doesn’t want to be a part of cinema. He came to me and said that ‘I don’t want to do films.’ I said, ‘This is your life, do what you want to do, ’” Kumar mentioned.
To have an independent lifestyle away from Bollywood, Bhatia left his house when he was 15 years old. Pursuing his passion, Kumar’s eldest son is studying fashion at a University in London. While Kumar mentioned that he did not want to let him go at such a young age, he couldn’t help but recall that he himself left his home when he was 14 - to pursue his passion.

Consecutively, the London life has certainly been different. Kumar expressed, “He does his own laundry, he is a good cook, does the utensils and doesn’t even want to buy expensive clothes. In fact, he goes to a second-hand store, Thrifty, to buy clothes because he doesn’t believe in wastage.”
Aside from being proficient at a distinct skill, Aarav has accomplished in martial arts, achieving black belts in various art forms such as Kudo and Goju Ryu Karate alonside a gold medal in National-level Jud competition. Before pursuing a course in abroad, Bhatia studied in Ecole Mondiale World School in Mumbai and graduated from United World College in Singapore, according to Economics Times.
While Aarav is Akshay and Twinkle's eldest child, the duo has a daughter named Nitara, as well.