Meena Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 31, 2017)

Fresh off the success of his last release, the Shree Narayan Singh-directed love story Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Akshay Kumar is in a buoyant mood. And the timing couldn’t have been better, as he is inching closer to the big 50 on September 9.

Mirror has learnt that the actor-filmmaker has grand plans for his milestone birthday. He had earlier mentioned that it would be an intimate affair — a lunch or dinner date — with his immediate family, including wife Twinkle Khanna and their kids, Aarav and Nitara. Now, we have learnt that he has planned a four-day trip to the Swiss Alps.

A source close to the actor told Mirror, “On the weekend of September 9, the Kumars will make a whirlwind trip to Switzerland because Nitara has expressed a desire to see the snow and Akshay is always ready to indulge his children.” But before he embarks on the birthday trip, he will have a puja at his Mumbai home and spend some time with his mother Aruna Bhatia, sister Alka, mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia and sister-in-law Rinke Khanna-Saran. The celebrations will kick off in the first week of September in the Kumar household.