It is family that matters the most for the 'Khiladi' of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar, as he celebrated his 43rd birthday on Thursday.

If media reports are to be believed, then Akshay Kumar has spent this day with fourteen of his close friends like Sajid Khan, Vipul Shah and others in his Juhu residence.

It is said that Akshay strictly do not prefer to work on his birthday, instead it is his family with whom he prefers to spend the entire day.

Moreover, his wife Twinkle Khanna knows too well about Akshay's preferences and she had arranged a well planned birthday party this time for his beloved husband, reports said.

A complete 'family man', Akshay meets his mother and cuts the birth day cake with her then prefers to go for a dinner with her wife, reports added.

But a busy man, he could not completely remove himself from films and promotions even today, as he promoted his upcoming movie 'Action Replayy' on Thursday.

He also posted the first look of this movie on Twitter for his fans: "Unveiling the first look of Action Replayy."

The film is supposed to get released in November and with Aishwariya Rai Bachchan pairing up with him, the movie is eagerly awaited by the fans of both the stars.

More over, Akshay Kumar is also working in another movie titled 'Tees Maar Khan'.

In this movie he will be seen once again with Katrina Kaif.

The successful pair of Akshay and Katrina have acted in few of the super hit movies in recent times, and it will be once again quite exciting to see how they perform in this movie, when it hits the big screen.

Besides, he is all set to surprise his fans once again, as he will now be seen on the small screen in a reality show based on cooking, media reports said.

So hopefully Akshay has relaxed well by spending his time with family and friends as he will surely miss them in the coming days with so many projects in hand.