Vishal Veeru Devgan, known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director, and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema. A leading actor of Hindi cinema, Devgn has appeared in over 100 films and has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. In 2016, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour.
Phool Aur Kaante is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action-romance film directed by Kuku Kohli. It stars Ajay Devgan, Madhoo, Aruna Irani, Jagdeep and Amrish Puri among others. The film marked the debut of Devgan, son of late stunt and action choreographer Veeru Devgan, and Madhoo, niece of actress Hema Malini. The film was a superhit and won Devgan the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for 1991. This film was remade in Telugu as Varasudu and in Odia as Dhire Dhire Prema Hela. The film is loosely based on the Malayalam film Parampara directed by Sibi Malayil where Mammootty plays dual roles as Johnny, the protagonist and Lawrence, his father.
Veeru Devgan was a notable Indian action choreographer, who worked in Bollywood films. He worked on more than 200 Indian films including Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, Kranti, Mr. Natwarlal, Prem Rog, Phool Aur Kaante, Jigar and Ram Teri Ganga Maili. He is the father of popular actor Ajay Devgn.
Aditya Pancholi is an Indian actor, producer and playback singer working in Hindi cinema.
Taarzan: The Wonder Car, or simply called Taarzan, is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language supernatural action thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Vatsal Sheth and Ayesha Takia, while Farida Jalal, Pankaj Dheer, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Mukesh Tiwari play supporting roles. Upon release, the film was a box office disaster but gained popularity among children and television audiences. It is loosely based on the American film Christine (1983). This also marked the debut of Ayesha Takia, for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award.
Police Force is a Hindi crime action film released on 28 May 2004, directed by Dilip Shukla, starring Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Amrish Puri
Hulchul is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and written by Anees Bazmee. It stars Vinod Khanna, Ajay Devgn, Kajol, Ronit Roy, Amrish Puri and Kader Khan in the lead roles.
Gundaraj is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. It stars Ajay Devgn, Kajol and Amrish Puri. The film premiered on 8 September 1995 in Mumbai. The movie became a commercial failure at the box office.
Sangram is 1993 Hindi romantic action film directed by Lawrence D'Souza, starring Ajay Devgn, Karisma Kapoor, Ayesha Jhulka and Amrish Puri. Other cast members include Danny Denzongpa, Reema Lagoo, Asrani, Laxmikant Berde, Anjana Mumtaz, Avtar Gill and Dinesh Hingoo. It was an average at the box office.
Ek Hi Raasta is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action drama film about a terrorist with aspirations to rule India. Directed by Deepak Bahry, the film is a remake of the Ek Hi Raasta (1977) which starred Rekha. Films under the title were also released first in 1939 and then in 1956. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Raveena Tandon, Raza Murad and Saeed Jaffrey.
Dilwale is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film starring Ajay Devgn, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Paresh Rawal. Originally Divya Bharti signed for the lead, but due to her sudden demise, she was replaced by Tandon. It was released on 4 February 1994 and had a runtime of 180 minutes. Dilwale was declared a superhit at the box office and went on to become one of the highest grossing films of 1994. Suniel Shetty got nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.
Diljale is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Harry Baweja, with screenplay by Karan Razdan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Madhoo and Sonali Bendre along with Parmeet Sethi, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Amrish Puri in supporting roles. The film received positive reviews, and earned a lifetime gross of ₹ 17.75 crore. IBNLive included Diljale among its list of "Ajay Devgn's memorable films".
Awaaz is a 1984 Hindi action crime film directed by Shakti Samanta with Rajesh Khanna in the lead role and supported by Jaya Prada, Rakesh Roshan, Suresh Oberoi, Supriya Pathak, Iftekar, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Amrish Puri. The music is by R.D.Burman. The songs are sung by Kishore Kumar for Rajesh, and by Asha Bhonsle for the females. This film marked the first return of the Shakti-Rajesh team after Anurodh in 1977
Gair is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action film starring Ajay Devgn, Raveena Tandon, Reena Roy, Amrish Puri and Paresh Rawal, directed by Ashok Gaikwad.
Jaan is a 1996 Hindi-language action drama film directed by Raj Kanwar and produced by Ashok Ghai. The film stars Ajay Devgn, with Twinkle Khanna, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Suresh Oberoi. It was theatrically released in United States on 31 March 1996 and India as well as other countries on 17 May 1996. The film's soundtrack was composed by Anand–Milind. Upon release, it was commercially successful, grossing ₹17.20 crore (US$2.2 million) worldwide. The film was declared a "super hit" at the box office.
The 37th Filmfare Awards were held in 1992.
Laadla is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Raj Kanwar, based on a screenplay written by Anees Bazmee. The film stars Sridevi and Anil Kapoor while Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Shakti Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Aruna Irani, Mohnish Bahl and Paresh Rawal play supporting roles.
Itihaas (transl. History) is a 1997 Indian Hindi language romantic action thriller film produced and directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Ajay Devgn and Twinkle Khanna as the lead protagonists, and Raj Babbar as the antagonist. Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Mohnish Bahl played supporting roles in the film. The film opened to negative reviews and failed to do well at the box office.
Action Jackson is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Gordhan P. Tanwani and Sunil Lulla. The film features Ajay Devgn in a dual role, alongside Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam, Manasvi Mamgai, Kunaal Roy Kapur and Anandaraj.
Guddu Dhanoa is an Indian writer, producer and director. He is mainly known for making Hindi films. He directed several action films, most notably Ziddi, starring Sunny Deol, and Bichhoo, starring Bobby Deol.
