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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Vijay Saxena <br />
| image = NaqliAmithabh.JPG<br />
| caption = Vijay Saxena and [[Sudha Chandran]] <br>in ''Aakhri Chetawani''<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_place = [[Dhubri]], [[Assam]], [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1968|1|1}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|6|24|1968|1|1}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| parents = <br />
| othername = Naqli Amithabh<br />
| occupation = Actor<br />
| yearsactive = 1990–1994<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vijay Saxena''' (1 January 1968 - 24 June 1994) was a former [[India]]n actor, who primarily worked in [[Bollywood|Hindi]] films from 1990 to 1994. He was famous for his resemblance with [[Bollywood]] superstar [[Amitabh Bachchan]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/was-amitabh-bachchan-having-an-affair-with-archana-puran-singh/1/306698.html | title=Bold blitz | work=[[India Today]] | date=30 April 1992 | access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref> which allowed him to act in Hindi movies as a hero. Saxena died in a car accident in 1994. His real name is Mintu Paul. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thebigindianpicture.com/2013/10/the-mirror-cracked|title=The Mirror Cracked &#124; the Big Indian Picture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1541226/bio|title=Vijay Saxena}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Saxena initially worked in the crew of various films as a [[spotboy]]. Prior to this, he did a [[B. A.]] in Hindi.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zAqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Ramgarh+Ke+Sholay%22+vijay+saxena | title=Cine Blitz, Volume 18 | publisher=Blitz Publications | year=1992 | pages=56}}</ref> He made his film debut in [[Mithun Chakraborty]] starrer ''[[Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan]]''. He also appeared in the parody film ''[[Ramgarh Ke Sholay]]'' (1991), which was inspired by ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975). The film also had other look-alike actors; Navin Rathod of [[Anil Kapoor]], Anand Kumar of [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and Kishore Bhanushali of [[Dev Anand]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK4aAQAAIAAJ | title=The Story So Far | publisher=Indian Express Group | author=Bhawana Somaaya | year=2003 | pages=183}}</ref> He was paired opposite [[Sudha Chandran]] in ''Aakhri Chetawani''. He was signed by a top director{{who|date=January 2015}} of [[Bollywood]] at the time of his death in 1994.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Film !! Director<br />
|-<br />
| 1991<br />
|''[[Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan]]''<br />
|Vimal Kumar<br />
|-<br />
| 1991<br />
|''[[Ramgarh Ke Sholay]]''<br />
|Ajit Diwani<br />
|-<br />
| 1992<br />
| ''[[Dil Ka Kya Kasoor]]''<br />
|[[Lawrence D'Souza]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1992<br />
|''Basanti Tangewali''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1992<br />
|''[[Ganga Bani Shola]]''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1993<br />
|''Baaghi Sultana''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1993<br />
|''[[Aakhri Chetawani]]''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1993<br />
|''[[Phoolan Hasina Ramkali]]''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1994<br />
|''Gangapur Ki Geeta''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=1541226|name=Vijay Saxena}}<br />
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[[Category:1968 births]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]<br />
[[Category:People from Dhubri district]]<br />
[[Category:1994 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Road incident deaths in India]]<br />
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Amitabh Bachchan imitators]]</div>->Suonii180