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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Born | 1 May 1971 (age 41)
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation | Film actor, promotional model, auto racing driver |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse(s) | Shalini Kumar
(2000–present) |
Children | Anoushka |
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian popular film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996), Aval Varuvala (1998), Kadhal Mannan (1998) and Unnai Thedi (1999) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999),Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Attagasam (2004), Varalaru (2006), Billa (2007), and Mankatha (2011).
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