Ajith Kumar filmography

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Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. Apart from a small role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar , [1] his professional career began three years later with his debut as a lead actor in Tamil cinema with Amaravathi (1993). Despite being a moderate success, the film helped him obtain more modelling assignments. He followed it up the same year with Prema Pusthakam , his only Telugu film to date. [2] [3] After Amaravathi's release, Ajith opted against acting, and instead tried pursuing a career in auto racing. While training for an amateur race, he injured his back and underwent three major surgeries, leaving him bed-ridden for a year and a half. [4] After recovering from the injury, he played supporting roles in Paasamalargal (1994) and Pavithra (1994). [4] [5] After this, he co-starred with Vijay in Rajavin Parvaiyile (1995). That same year, he had his breakthrough with the romantic thriller Aasai . His performance earned him critical acclaim and established him as an up-and-coming actor in Tamil cinema.

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He was next seen as the main lead in Agathiyan's epistolary Kadhal Kottai (1996), a critical and commercial success. [4] In 1997, he had five releases, all of which were commercial failures. [3] Ajith's dual portrayal of twin brothers—where one is deaf-mute—in S. J. Suryah's Vaalee (1999) won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. Impressed with his performance in that film, Rajiv Menon cast Ajith in the ensemble drama Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) which was also commercial and critical success. [3] [6] The following year, he collaborated with debutant director AR Murugadoss on the action film Dheena . The film was successful in establishing his reputation as an action hero and earning him the nickname "Thala" ("leader"). [7] [a] He earned critical acclaim for his dual role performance in the vigilante film Citizen (2001), [9] and the film was commercial success. [10] and a Best Actor nomination at Filmfare for the drama Poovellam Un Vasam (2001). His last release of the year was Santosh Sivan's Hindi film Aśoka , where he played a brief antagonistic role opposite Shah Rukh Khan. [11] [12] His -role performance as twin brothers in K. S. Ravikumar's film Villain (2002) won him a second Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. [13]

Between 2003 and 2005, Ajith cut back on his acting career to focus on his racing career. [14] During this time, he had his only commercial success with Attahasam (2004). [15] [16] Two years later he starred in Ravikumar's Varalaru , in which he played three different roles. It became the highest-grossing Tamil film of that year, [17] and Ajith went on to receive his third Best Tamil Actor award at Filmfare for his performance. In 2007 he was seen in two remakes— Kireedam and Billa , [b] both of which were big box office hits. [17] His next two releases, Aegan (2008) and Aasal (2010), were critical and commercial failures. [18]

Ajith played an antihero—as a money-minded, suspended police officer—in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha (2011). [18] [c] It had the biggest opening of that year for a Tamil film, [d] and became Ajith's biggest commercial success to that point. [20] His next release, Billa II (2012), Tamil cinema's first prequel, [e] opened to mixed reviews. [22] [23] He followed that with the multi-starrer Arrambam (2013) and Siva's masala film Veeram (2014), both of which were commercially successful. [24] In 2015 he collaborated with Gautham Vasudev Menon for the crime thriller Yennai Arindhaal . [25] [26] His performance as an undercover police officer earned him a Best Tamil Actor nomination at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South. [27] His second release of the year, Vedalam , had the biggest opening day in Tamil cinema and was among the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. [7]

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Ajith Kumar film credits
YearFilmRole(s)NotesRef.
1990 En Veedu En Kanavar School boyChild artist [28]
1993 Amaravathi ArjunDebut as lead actor [29] [30]
Prema Pusthakam Sreekar Telugu film [5] [31]
1994 Paasamalargal Kumar [5]
Pavithra Ashok [32]
1995 Rajavin Parvaiyile Chandru [5]
Aasai Jeevanantham [33]
1996 Vaanmathi Krishna [34]
Kalloori Vaasal Vasanth [35]
Minor Mappillai Ramu [5]
Kadhal Kottai Surya [5]
1997 Nesam Ranganathan [5]
Raasi Kumar [5]
Ullaasam Guru [5]
Pagaivan Prabhu [5]
Rettai Jadai Vayasu Vijay [5]
1998 Kaadhal Mannan Shiva [36]
Aval Varuvala Jeeva [5]
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen SanjayCameo [5]
Uyirodu Uyiraga Ajay [37]
1999 Thodarum Jayaram [38]
Unnai Thedi Raghu [39]
Vaalee Shiva/Deva [f] [40] [41]
Anantha Poongatre Jeeva [5]
Amarkalam Vasu25th film [g] [42]
Nee Varuvai Ena SubramaniExtended Cameo [5]
2000 Mugavaree Sridhar [43]
Kandukondain Kandukondain Manohar [44]
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven Surya [45]
2001 Dheena Dheenadhayalan (Thala) [h] [46]
Citizen Citizen/Subramani [f] [47]
Poovellam Un Vasam Chinna [48] [49]
Aśoka Susima Hindi film; special appearance [50] [31]
2002 Red Red [51]
Raja Raja [52]
Villain Shiva/Vishnu [f] [13] [53]
2003 Ennai Thalatta Varuvala SathishCameo [54]
Anjaneya Paramaguru [55]
2004 Jana Janarthanan [56]
Attahasam Guru/Jeeva [f] [57]
2005 Ji Vasu [58]
2006 Paramasivan Subramaniyam Siva (Paramasivan) [h] [59]
Thirupathi Thirupathi [60]
Varalaru Shivashankar/Vishnu/Jeeva [i] [61] [62]
2007 Aalwar Shiva [63]
Kireedam Sakthivel [64]
Billa David Billa/Saravanavelu [f] [65] [66]
2008 Aegan Shiva [67]
2010 Aasal Jeevanantham/Shiva [f] Also screenwriter [68] [69]
2011 Mankatha Vinayak Mahadev50th film [c] [70] [71]
2012 Billa II David Billa [72]
English Vinglish A flight passengerTamil version of the Hindi film [j]
Cameo		 [74]
2013 Arrambam Ashok Kumar [75] [76]
2014 Veeram Vinayagam [77] [78]
2015 Yennai Arindhaal Sathyadev [79] [80]
Vedalam Ganesh (Vedalam) [h] [81]
2017 Vivegam Ajay Kumar (AK) [h] [82]
2019 Viswasam Thookku Durai [83]
Nerkonda Paarvai Bharath Subramaniam [84]
2022 Valimai Arjun Kumar [85]
2023 Thunivu Dark Devil [86]
2025 Vidaamuyarchi †TBAPost Production [87]
Good Bad Ugly †TBAPost Production [88]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ajith Kumar's character in the film is called by the nickname "Thala". [8]
  2. ↑ Kireedam was a remake of the namesake 1989 Malayalam film while Billa was a remake of the 1980 Tamil film of the same name.
  3. 1 2 It was Ajith Kumar's 50th film. [18]
  4. ↑ The film grossed ₹252 million in its first week. [19]
  5. ↑ The film was a prequel to his 2007 film of the same name. [21]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ajith Kumar played two characters.
  7. ↑ This was Ajith's 25th film [42]
  8. 1 2 3 4 Ajith Kumar played a character with two or more names.
  9. ↑ Ajith Kumar played three characters.
  10. ↑ It was originally filmed in Hindi with a few scenes additionally shot for the Tamil version. Ajith Kumar played the role of Amitabh Bachchan in the Tamil dubbed version. [73]

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