Ajith Kumar filmography

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Ajith Kumar in 2010

Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor based out of the Chennai film industry. He was first seen playing a minor role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar.[1] However, his professional career began in 1993 through the Telugu film Prema Pusthakam.[2] Following that, in the same year he made his Tamil cinema debut through Amaravathi in which he played the lead role. The film emerged as an average grosser, but helped him getting more assignments in modelling.[2] He followed that with films like Paasamalargal (1993) and Pavithra (1994). In 1995, he landed his first breakthrough role in the romantic thriller Aasai. The success of the film helped him establish himself as an upcoming actor in Tamil cinema.[3] He was next seen in Vaanmathi and epistolary Kadhal Kottai (1996). The film was a blockbuster and won three National Film Awards including the award for the Best Tamil Film in 1996. His subsequent films Ullasam (1997) and Kaadhal Mannan (1998) were moderate successes.[2]

Ajith's dual portrayal as twin brothers –where one character is a deaf and dumb–in the S. J. Suryah-directed Vaali (1999) fetched him his first Filmfare Award. Furthermore, his performance was well received by the critics. The film's success prompted Rajiv Menon to cast Ajith in his Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000). Featuring an ensemble cast, the film saw him paired opposite Tabu. The following year saw him collaborating with debutante A. R. Murugadoss for Dheena. The film earned him a reputation as an "action hero". He was next seen in the highly anticipated Citizen (2001) where he portrayed 10 different characters. The film ended up as a commercial success but received poor response from the critics. The family drama Poovellam Un Vasam fetched him a Special Prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. His last release of the year was Santosh Sivan's Asoka where he was seen playing a negative role in a brief appearance co-starring Shah Rukh Khan.[4][5] His performance as twin-brothers in the 2002 film Villain earned him a second Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

During the period 2003 to 2005, Ajith had acted in a few films as he concentrated more on his racing career. He had his only success with Attagasam (2004) around this time. In 2006, he returned after a sabbatical through Varalaru. He played three different roles, one of which includes a classical dancer. His performance was critically praised and he went onto receive his third Filmfare Award. The film was his biggest blockbuster then. The following year, he was seen in two remakes—Kireedam and Billa. The former was a remake of the namesake 1989 Malayalam film while the latter was remade from the 1980 Rajinikanth starrer Billa. His next two releases, Aegan (2008) and Aasal (2010), took a big opening but turned out to be box-office failures.

After a brief hiatus, Ajith signed up Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha (2011), which happened to be his 50th film. He played a full-length negative character as a suspended police officer who lusts for money. His performance received critical praise as it broke the stereotype hero image in Tamil cinema.[6] Mankatha had the biggest opening of the year in Tamil cinema, and eventually turned out to be Ajith's biggest blockbuster.[7] His next release Billa II (2012), Tamil cinema's first prequel,[lower-alpha 1] opened to negative reviews.[9][10][11] In 2013, he was seen in the multi-starrer action-thriller Arrambam. The film received positive response from the critics as well as the audience. His 2014 release Veeram also received Positive response,[12] and in 2015, he appeared in Yennai Arindhaal, which received highly positive reviews.[13][14]

Films

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role(s) Director(s) Notes Ref.
En Veedu En Kanavar 1990 School student Senbaga Raman Uncredited role [15]
Amaravathi 1993 Arjun Selva [16]
Prema Pusthakam 1993 Siddharth Gollapudi Maruthi Rao [17]
Paasamalargal 1994 Kumar Suresh Menon [18]
Pavithra 1994 Ashok K. Subash [19]
Rajavin Parvaiyile 1995 Chandru Janaki Soundar [20]
Aasai 1995 Jeevanantham Vasanth [21]
Vaanmathi 1996 Krishna Agathiyan [22]
Kalloori Vaasal 1996 Vasanth Pavithran [23]
Minor Mappillai 1996 Ramu V. C. Guhunathan [24]
Kadhal Kottai 1996 Surya Agathiyan [25]
Nesam 1997 Nathan K. Subash [26]
Raasi 1997 Kumar Murali Abbas [27]
Ullaasam 1997 Guru J. D.- Jerry [28]
Pagaivan 1997 Prabhu Ramesh Krishnan [29]
Rettai Jadai Vayasu 1997 Vijay C. Sivakumar [30]
Kadhal Mannan 1998 Shiva Saran [31]
Aval Varuvala 1998 Jeeva Raj Kapoor [32]
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen 1998 Sanjay Vikraman Guest appearance [33][34]
Uyirodu Uyiraga 1998 Ajay Sushma Ahuja [35]
Thodarum 1999 Anand Ramesh Khanna [36]
Unnai Thedi 1999 Raghu Sundar C [37]
Vaali 1999 Shiva / Deva[lower-alpha 2] S. J. Surya Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [39][40]
Anantha Poongatre 1999 Jeeva Raj Kapoor [41]
Nee Varuvai Ena 1999 Subramani Rajakumaran Guest appearance [42][43]
Amarkalam 1999 Vasu Saran [44]
Mugavaree 2000 Sridhar V. Z. Durai [45]
Kandukondain Kandukondain 2000 Manohar Rajiv Menon [46]
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven 2000 Surya Kavi Kalidas [47]
Dheena 2001 Dheenadhayalan AR Murugadoss [48]
Citizen 2001 Citizen (Arivanandham/Antony/Abdullah) / Subramani[lower-alpha 2] Saravana Subbiah [49]
Poovellam Un Vasam 2001 Chinna Ezhil Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [50][51]
Asoka 2001 Susima Santosh Sivan Hindi film [52]
Red 2002 Red Ram Sathya [53]
Raja 2002 Raja Ezhil [54]
Villain 2002 Shiva / Vishnu[lower-alpha 2] K. S. Ravikumar Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [55][56]
Ennai Thalatta Varuvala 2003 Sathish K. S. Ravindran [57]
Anjaneya 2003 Paramaguru N. Maharajan [58]
Jana 2004 Janardhanan Shaji Kailas [59]
Attagasam 2004 Guru/Jeeva Saran [60]
Ji 2005 Vasu N. Linguswamy [61]
Paramasivan 2006 Subramaniyam Siva (Paramasivan) P. Vasu [62]
Thirupathi 2006 Thirupathi Perarasu [63]
Varalaru 2006 Shivshankar/Vishnu/Jeeva[lower-alpha 3] K. S. Ravikumar Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [65][66]
Aalwar 2007 Shiva Chella [67]
Kireedam 2007 Sakthivel Rajarajan A. L. Vijay [68]
Billa 2007 David Billa / Saravanavelu[lower-alpha 2] Vishnuvardhan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [69][70]
Aegan 2008 Shiva Raju Sundaram [71]
Asal 2010 Shiva / Jeevanandham[lower-alpha 2] Saran Also screenwriter [72][73]
Mankatha 2011 Vinayak Mahadevan Venkat Prabhu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [74][75]
Billa II 2012 David Billa Chakri Toleti [76]
English Vinglish 2012 Plane passenger R. Balki Cameo appearance; Tamil version only [77]
Arrambam 2013 Ashok Kumar (AK) Vishnuvardhan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [78][79]
Veeram 2014 Vinayagam Siva Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor [80][81]
Yennai Arindhaal 2015 Sathyadev Gautham Menon [82]
Vedalam 2015 Vedalam (Ganesh) Siva [83]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The film was a prequel to his 2007 film of the same name.[8]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ajith performed dual roles in the film.[38]
  3. ↑ Ajith performed triple roles in the film.[64]

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