Here's one actor who never shied away from his thinning hair. In interviews, press gatherings and movie sets, Akshaye remained himself, despite wearing wigs on screen, on producers' request.

Why he is hot: Akshaye has inherited the acting genes from his father. He has experimented successfully, treading different paths in his movie career. The introverted Sid of Farhan Akhtar's film Dil Chahta Hai, he reluctant soldier of J P Datta's war flick Border, Mahatma Gandhi's son Harilal in Anil Kapoor's Gandhi, My Father - all these characters came alive on screen and dazzled, each in their own different way.

Another achievement - Akshaye has mastered the art of keeping the media away from his personal life, for a long time.

He has been hardly linked to any co-actor or celebrity. Happily single, Akshaye is the representative of the quintessentially metrosexual generation of men.