Ajith Kumar is a popular Indian actor and car racer who is famous for his acting in South Indian Film industry. He already did more than 50 films as lead role specially in Tamil film industry. As a car racer he participated in the MRF Racing series held in Chennai in 2010. He is famous as Thala of Tollywood Cinema and also won Tamil Nadu State Filmfare Kalaimamani Awards.
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Age
Ajith Kumar was born on 1 May, 1971 in Hyderabad, India. He recently celebrated his 50th birthday.
Wiki/Biography and Early life
Ajith Kumar was born and bloomed in Secundrabad, Hyderabad, India. His Zodiac sign is Taurus. He was not that brilliant student apart from study he has main interest in bike and acting. Due to some personal reason he left his school Asan Memorial High School in 1986 sometime before completion of high school education. After he leaving school as he has more interest in bike he joined Enfield India as an apprentice. During one of is racing he broke his vertebra and so he took a bedrest for almost 18 months. As a racing driver he participated in many competition held on different circuits in India, including Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He also went foreign countries for races including Malaysia and Germany. He participated in BMW Formula Asia Championships in 2003 and Formula 2 Championship in 2010 with Parthiva Sureshwaren and Armaan Ebrahim. Apart from racing he also tried business of textile industry and started his own textile-processing agency but due to certain reason business was not a success full. To clear his all loans he stepped into modelling and acting.
| Full Name | Ajith Kumar |
| Nickname | Ajith |
| Date of Birth | 1 May, 1971 |
| Age | 50 years old |
| Birthplace | Hyderabad, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Profession | Actor |
| Zodiac sign / Sun sign | Taurus |
| Famous For | Vivegam |
| School | Asan Memorial High School |
| College | Not Known |
| Educational Qualifications | Not Known |
| Debut | Prema Pusthakam |
| Years Active | NA |
Career
Ajith started his acting career with his small appearance as a school child in movie titled “En Veedu En Kanavar”. He accept his first film ”Prema Pusthakam” as a lead role in 1993 along with famous actress Kanchan. This movie was directed by Gollapudi Srinivas who is died in between shooting so his father Gollapudi Maruthi Rao completed the film.his first movie went successfull on big cinemas to he started getting many offers as a lead role. In 1993 he did lead role in “Amaravathi”. in 1994 he appeared as a small role in “Paasamalargal” and “Rajaavin Paarvayile”. he got a big a success in 1995 in the movie “Asai”. He became popular superstar after appearing in “Vaanmathi” in 1996. In the following year by seen his stardom Amitabh Bachchan’s production house ABCL worked in south in “Ullassam”.
In every year he gave many back to back hit movies. In 1999 he gave 6 superhit movies. One of the most famous from this is “Vaali”. where he performs dual role and for that he receive many praises from critics. For this he get award for Filmfare Best Actor Award. He appeared in romantic love story named “Amrakalam” along with Shalini. He accepted his first hindi project named “Asoka” which was directed by Santhosh Sivan..
Again in 2003 he took a break from acting and started to work in his first love motor racing. He participated in BMW Asia Championship in 2003 (held in Thailand, Japan and Korea) where he performed very well.
After joining film industry again he was appeared in many big films such as “Chandramukhi”, “Paramasivan”, “Valaraaru” and “Billa”. In 2010 he acted in his 50th film “Mankatha”. In 2012 he did a role of don in the movie “Billa 2”. he also did a guest role in Tamil version of “English Vinglish”. from 2013 he started doing only film per year including “Aarambam” in 2013, “Veeram” in 2014, “Vedhalam” in 2015, ”Yennai Arindhaal” 2015 and “Vivegam” in 2017. All of these earns more than Rs. 100 Crores.
Family and Cast
Ajith Kumar was born into Hindu Indian family from Hyderabad, India. His father name is Parameshwar Subramaniam and his mother name is Mohini Mani. He has two brother named Anoop Kumar who is a elder working as a stockbroker in New York and Anil Kumar who is a IIT graduate working in Seatle. He had two younger twin sister but unfortunately they both are died at very young age.
| Father Name | Parameshwar Subramaniam |
| Mother Name | Mohini Mani |
| Brother Name | Anoop Kumar, Anil Kumar |
Girlriend/Wife and Relationships
During shooting of film “Amarakalam” in 1999 he met fall in love with co-actress Shalini. Shalini did more than 40 films in south Indian film industry as a child artist. The couple has two childrens together daughter Anoushka Ajith and Son Aadvik Ajith. Before Shalini Ajith’s name was came with some other actresses such as Swathi and Heera.
| Wife Name | Shalini |
| Marital Status | Married |
Physical Appearance
Ajith is 50 years old popular actor. He is still looking very fit as same as some young actors. His height is approx. 5 ft 9 in/ 179 cm. He has weight of around 80 kg/ 176 Lbs. He has chest of 43 in, waist of 34 in and biceps of 16 in. He looks handsome hunk with his brown eyes and brown coloured hair.
| Physical Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Weight (approx.) | Kilograms- 80 Kg Weight in Pounds- 176 lbs |
| Height (approx.) | Centimeters – 179 cm Inches – 5 ft 9 in Meter – 1.79 m |
| Shoe Size | Not known |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Brown |
Net worth
Ajith’s estimated networth is around $2 million. Nowdays, His main source of income is his acting in films and various ads. As per reports he takes 25-30 crore/film.
| Money Factor | |
| Net Worth | $2 million |
Social Media
| @actorajithfc | |
| @official_ajith | |
| @ajithkumar_official_ |
Contact Information
| Address | Secundrabad, Hyderabad, India. |
| Mobile Number | 99412XXXXX |
| ajith**@gmail.com | |
| Whatsapp Number | 99412XXXXX |
| Office Phone Number / Mobile Number | Not Known |
Some lesser known Interesting facts
- He is dropped out student from Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Apart from acting he is a professional racer.
- He participated in British Formula 3 Championship in in 2004 and Formula 2 Championship in Europe.
- He loves reading and has his personal library. His favorite book is Living with the Himalayan Masters which is gifted by Superstar Rajinikanth.
- He loves to collect miniature helmets. This is his unique hobby.
- He is a well trained pilot also and has pilot license. He sometime practices of it at flying club in Chennai.
- He is famous as “Thala”.
- He became brand ambassador of Nescafe in 2004.