Ajith Profile

 

 

 

  

 

 Ajith  Biography

Real/Other Names::  Ajith Kumar
Date of Birth::  May 01, 1971(Age-39)
Place of Birth::  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Family and Relations

Father: Palakkad Iyer
Mother: Sindhi
Spouse: Shalini
Daughter: Anoushka

Mini Biography

Early life:
However Ajith Kumar has strong ties to the Tamil culture and society as he grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary Schoolin 1986. Before his acting career he worked as a mechanic. Severalbusiness agencies pushed him into modeling for advertisements in printmedia.

Acting career:
Romantic hero (1992–2002
Ajith started his film career at the age of 21 as an actor in the Telugu movie Prema Pustakam in 1992.His next film was the Tamil film Amaravathi, followed by his third Tamil film Pavithra.The film Aasai released in 1995 and directed by Vasanth, was Ajith's first big budgetfilm.It was very successful,and established his career as a leadingactor in Tamil cinema. But it was only until the release of the National Award winning Kadhal Kottai which was his blockbuster ever in his career,released in 1996. Ajith later played the lead in Amitabh Bachchan's debut Tamil production Ullasam.This venture paid him a salary of Rs.5 million for the first time ever.
                A string of very successful movies followed, most notably Kadhal Mannan and Vaali which cast him alongside Simran. Vaalisaw a new peak in Ajith's career. He played a dual role in the film.One as a deaf-and-dumb twin who lusts after his naive brother's wife .After Amarkalam with his then-fiancee, now wife Shalini,Ajith set up his own distribution company AK International with theoffice located within the premises of NIC Arts which was run by hisex-friend, producer and distributor S. S. Chakravarthi. This office wasshifted in 2006. In 2000, Ajith was cast alongside Mammooty, Abbas, Tabu and Aishwarya Rai in Kandukondain Kandukondain. Mugavari followed as Ajith acted alongside Jyothika Saravanan

Ups and downs (2002–2005)
In 2001, Ajith played the role of Shahrukh Khan's brother in the commercially unsuccessful historical film Asoka. He began the year with the scintillating block buster movie Dheena directed by A. R. Murugadoss. This movie showed Ajith as a rowdy and he acted alongside Suresh Gopi and Laila Mehdin. Citizen opposite Vasundhara Daswas experimentally successful and earned the actor with lot ofappreciation and awards but the movie failed to mark it's signature inthe box office, Citizen was followed by Poovellam Un Vaasam. The film Raja opposite Jyothika Saravanan and the action film Red proved to be a disaster for the actor and marked the downfall and proved to be an all time low in the actor's career.
            In 2003 and 2004, Ajith acted in Anjaneya, Jana and Attagasam opposite Meera Jasmine, Sneha, and Pooja Umashankar respectively. He later went on to act in the film Ji which opened very well but failed to sustain success in the long run.

Billa and the future (2005–present)
During 2006, Ajith acted in 3 projects. First he acted in Paramasivan directed P. Vasu and then in Thirupathi directed by Perarasu. Later that year he released his 3 year-pending project Varalaru: History of Godfather directed by K. S. Ravikumar. Varalaruturned out to be a blockbuster movie in terms of collection due to thethree roles he played as an old man who was once a classical dancer andtwo identical twins, with one being the antagonist.
            Ajith's first film in 2007 was with the newcomer director Chella in his maiden film entitled Aalwar. Aalwar did not live up to the expectations created by the success of Varalaru.After Aalwar, Ajith acted in a remake of a 1989 National Film Award winning Malayalam film, Kireedam with Trisha Krishnan. The film was produced by Adlabs and marked the production company's entry into Tamil cinema.With a few controversies regarding the film's immensely emotionalclimax, it was appreciated for Ajith's excellent performance. On the sets of this film, Ajith sustained a recurring spinal injury.
            In December 2007, Billa released worldwide which was the remake of the 1980 Rajinikanth-starrer Tamil film of the same name which in turn was a remake of Amitabh Bachchan's 1978 Hindi film Don which was remade by Shah Rukh Khan in 2006 as Don again. After Billa, Ajith acted in the film Aegan, which was directed by the choreographer turned director Raju Sundaram. Ajith is currently acting in the film Asal, which is being directed by Saran, making Asal their fourth film together.

Personal life:
Ajith began dating his Amarkalam co-star Shalini in 1999 . At that time, their involvement made him a regular subject of tabloidgossip, a role to which he was unaccustomed. They were married in 2000in Chennai. As both were of different religions, Ajith being a Hinduand Shalini being Catholic, they were married together under thecustoms of both religions. After their marriage, Shalini retired as anactress and became a full time housewife. However she did accompanyAjith to the sets of his films as moral support. On January 3, 2008,their daughter Anoushka was born.

Professional car racer
Ajith is a professional "car racer" and has driven in circuitsaround India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He has alsobeen abroad for various races including Germany and Malaysia. He drovein the Formula 3 for the team Mango Racing.

The Green Revolution
Ajith is an ambassador for the Green Revolution, an organization to clean up the Chennai environment.He uses his films for subtle marketing of his ideas and planted 101saplings in his locality in Adyar, Chennai in 2004. This was to make anawareness about the environment and to increase the oxygen levels inChennai due to the pollution caused by everyday motorists. This actionwas welcomed by the public. Since then the Green Revolution themselveshave went on to plant many saplings in other parts of Tamil Nadu.

Mohini-Mani Foundation
Ajith created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation",named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civicconsciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl.He now continues to fund the non-profit organisation to make.

Filmography
1.)     Ajith & Gautham Menon New Movie (2010) (Filming)    :: Actor
 2.)     Mallika (2009)    :: Actor
 3.)     Thirupathi (2006)    :: Actor
 4.)     Paramasivam (2006)    :: Actor
 5.)     Ji (2005)    :: Actor
 6.)     Citizen (2001)    :: Actor
 7.)     Priyuralu Pilichindi (2000)    :: Actor
 8.)     Vaali (1999)    :: Actor
 9.)     Prema lekha (1997)    :: Actor
 10.)     Iddaru (1997)    :: Actor
 11.)     Prema Pustakam (1992)    :: Actor