Ajith Kumar

Born	Ajith Kumar Subramani 1 May 1971 (age 43) Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Thala
Occupation	Film actor, promotional model, Racing driver, Philanthropist
Years active	1992–present
Religion	Hindu
Spouse(s)	Shalini Kumar (2000–present)
Children	Anoushka

Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian film actor working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. In addition to his acting, Ajith, in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula Three season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak.

He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995),before going on to establish himself as a romantic hero with Kadhal Kottai (1996), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He was later seen in method roles as in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001)^[6] before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films, including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Attagasam (2004), Varalaru (2006), Billa (2007), Mankatha (2011), Arrambam (2013) and Veeram (2014).

Ajith remains a popular figure in the media of Tamil Nadu, making headlines for his relationships before his marriage to former actress Shalini, and his controversial statements in a few occasions.Ajith was listed No. 61 in Forbes India's Top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012^.He was one of the Most searched South Indian Actor on Google in 2013

Early career

Ajith Kumar was born to a middle-class family in Secunderabad, a city north of Hyderabad, to a Palakkad Iyer father and a Sindhi mother and was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School in 1986 before completing his higher secondary. He took up work as a two wheeler auto mechanic, and got himself a driver's license to coincide with his interests, that of car and bike racing. In childhood he was fan of M. G. Ramachnadran and Rajesh Khanna. During his teens he became fan of Kamal Hasan. At 18, Ajith had to take up a job to support his career in racing. Joining as an apprentice, he rose to be a merchandiser with a garment export company, doing small-time press ads and TV commercials occasionally. He had put a lot of money into racing and would borrow tyres from his friends who used to help when the chains wore out as there was no money in racing at that time. Following an accident, several business agencies pushed him into modelling for advertisements in print media. He had to make a choice between films and racing, and as the films were happening and generating him some money, he began concentrating on it. He debuted in En Veedu En Kanavar (1990) in a minor role as a school student.

Aged 20, Ajith was selected by Telugu FILM productions, Lakshmi Productions, to star in their film; however shooting was stalled soon after filming began, following the death of the film's director. Ajith then started his film career at the age of 21 appearing in the low budget Telugu film, Prema Pustakam in 1992, which remains his last direct Telugu film to date. His first Tamil film Amaravathi, directed by then newcomer Selva, was a moderate success and his voice was rendered by fellow actor, Vikram. After the release, Ajith whilst training for an amateur motor race, suffered a fall, injuring his back and underwent three major surgeries resulting in a bed rest for one and a half years. Following the injury in 1993, Ajith played a small role in the Arvind Swamy starrer, Paasamalargal, before appearing in a supporting lead role in the family drama, Pavithra, which featured him as an ailing patient shown maternal affection from Raadhika.

Family

Ajith Kumar was born on 1 May 1971 to a Palakkad Iyer Iyer named P. Subramaniam and his wife Mohini, of Sindhi origin from Kolkata, West Bengal.^[3][78] Ajith later created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl. Ajith Kumar was the middle son out of three brothers, the others being Anoop Kumar, a stockbroker in New York and Anil Kumar, an IIT Madras graduate working in Seattle. Moreover, Ajith had younger twin sisters, both of whom died young.Through his marriage to actress Shalini, Ajith became brother-in-law to actor, Richard Rishi, and actress Shamili, who appeared as his sister-in-law in Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain.

Relationships

In 1999, during the shoot of Saran's Amarkalam, Ajith began to date his co-star Shalini. At that time, their involvement made him a regular subject of tabloid gossip, a role to which he was accustomed following his previous relationship. Ajith proposed to Shalini in June 1999, and following consultations with her family, she agreed. They were married in April 2000 in Chennai in a grand ceremony. As both were of different religions, Ajith being a Hindu Brahmin and Shalini being Protestant Christian, they were married together under the customs of both religions. After their marriage, Shalini retired as an actress and became a full-time housewife, following the completion of two unfinished projects. On 3 January 2008, their daughter, Anoushka, was born in Chennai.

Honours

2000 - Kalaimamani

Year	Nominated for	Award	Result
1993	Prema Pusthakam	Best New Face Award from "Bharatmuni Art Academy"	Won
1995	Aasai	Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil	Nominated
1999	Vaali	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Won
		Cinema Express Award for Best Actor - Tamil	Won
		Dinakaran Cinema Best Actor Award	Won
2000	Kandukondain Kandukondain	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil	Won
	Mugavaree	Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Won
2001	Citizen	Cinema Express Award for Best Actor - Tamil	Won
	Poovellam Un Vasam	Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor, Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil	Won
	Asoka	Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role	Nominated
2002	Villain	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Won
		Dinakaran Cinema Best Actor	Won
2006	Varalaru	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Won
		Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Won
		Vijay Award for Best Actor	Won
		Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary MGR Award	Won
		Southern Indian Cinematographers Association (SICA) Best Actor Award	Won
2007	Billa	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Nominated
		Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Nominated
		Tamil Nadu Cinema Fans Association Best Actor Award	Won
2008	Aegan	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Nominated
2010	Aasal	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Nominated
2011	Mankatha	Vijay Award for Best Villain	Won
		Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Won
		Chennai Times Award for Best Actor	Won
		Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Nominated
		SIIMA Award for Best Actor	Nominated
		SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role	Nominated
2012	Billa II	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Nominated
2013	Arrambam	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	Nominated
		Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil	Nominated

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	En Veedu En Kanavar	School student
1993	Amaravathi	Arjun	Debut actor in Tamil
1993	Prema Pustakam	Siddharth	Telugu film
1994	Paasamalargal	Kumar
1994	Pavithra	Ashok
1995	Rajavin Parvaiyile	Chandru
1995	Aasai	Jeevanantham
1996	Vaanmathi	Krishna
1996	Kalloori Vaasal	Vasanth
1996	Minor Mappillai	Ramu
1996	Kadhal Kottai	Surya
1997	Nesam	Nathan
1997	Raasi	Kumar
1997	Ullaasam	Guru
1997	Pagaivan	Prabhu
1997	Rettai Jadai Vayasu	Vijay
1998	Kadhal Mannan	Shiva
1998	Aval Varuvala	Jeeva
1998	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen	Sanjay	Guest appearance
1998	Uyirodu Uyiraga	Ajay
1999	Thodarum	Anand
1999	Unnai Thedi	Raghu
1999	Vaali	Shiva, Dheva	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
1999	Anantha Poongatre	Jeeva
1999	Nee Varuvai Ena	Subramani
1999	Amarkalam	Vasu
2000	Mugavaree	Sridhar
2000	Kandukondain Kandukondain	Manohar
2000	Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven	Surya
2001	Dheena	Dheenadhayalan
2001	Citizen	Arivanandham (Anthony/Abdullah), Subramani
2001	Poovellam Un Vasam	Chinnasamy	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2001	Asoka	Suseema	Hindi film Nominated — Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Dubbed into Tamil as Samrat Asoka
2002	Red	Red
2002	Raja	Raja
2002	Villain	Shiva, Vishnu	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2003	Ennai Thalatta Varuvala	Satish
2003	Anjaneya	Paramaguru
2004	Jana	Janardhanan
2004	Attagasam	Guru, Jeeva
2005	Ji	Vasu
2006	Paramasivan	Subramaniyam Siva (Paramasivan)
2006	Thirupathi	Thirupathi
2006	Varalaru	Shivshankar, Vishnu, Jeeva	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2007	Aalwar	Aalwar (Shiva)
2007	Kireedam	Sakthivel Rajarajan
2007	Billa	David Billa, Saravanavelu	Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Nominated — Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2008	Aegan	Shiva	Nominated — Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2010	Aasal	Shiva, Jeevanandham	Also screenwriter Nominated — Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2011	Mankatha	Vinayak Mahadevan	50th film Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Vijay Award for Best Villain Chennai Times Award for Best Actor Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Nominated — SIIMA Award for Best Actor Nominated — SIIMA Award for Best Actor in Negative Role
2012	Billa II	David Billa	Nominated — Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2012	English Vinglish	Ajith	Cameo appearance
2013	Arrambam	Ashok Kumar (AK)	Nominated — Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2014	Veeram	Vinayagam
2014	Untitled Gautham Menon-Ajith Kumar film
2014	Untitled Siruthai Siva-Ajith Kumar film