Ajith Kumar is an eminent Tamil actor best remembered for films like ‘Vaali’, ‘Villain’, ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’, ‘Kadhal Kottai’, ‘Varalaru’ and ‘Billa’, among others. He is also a professional Formula Two race driver. Ajith Kumar was born as Ajithkumar Subramaniam on May 1, 1971 in Secunderabad and initially worked as a two wheeler auto mechanic to pursue his racing dreams. Ajith Kumar has constantly been in news owing to his romantic link ups with most of her female co-stars and a professional rivalry with fellow actor Vijay.
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Ajith Kumar married Shalini, a Tamil actress and put a full stop to his rumored romances with other heroines. Ajith and Shalini met on the sets of Saran's ‘Amarkalam’ and got married in the year 2000. Shalini and Ajith are blessed with a baby girl named Anoushka.
Ajith Kumar earned immense appreciation for his performance in S. J. Suryah’s Tamil thriller film ‘Vaali’ released in the year 1999. The film also starred Simran, Vivek, Livingston, Jyothika and Balaji in pivotal roles. ‘Vaali’ was a massive blockbuster hit and Ajith Kumar won the Filmfare Best Actor Award. Later he starred alongside Jyothika, Nagesh, Sivakumar, Sayaji Shinde and Vivek in S Ezhil’s ‘Poovellam Un Vasam’. A family oriented multi starrer, ‘Poovellam Un Vasam’ also featured former Miss World Yukta Mukhi in an item dance number. The film did extremely well at the box office and Ajith Kimar received the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor for ‘Poovellam Un Vaasam’.
 Ajith Kumar played the male lead in Rajiv Menon’s romantic-musical film ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’ based on Jane Austen's popular novel Sense and Sensibility. The film is one of the biggest Tamil multi starrers and features notable actors like Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Abbas, Tabu, Srividya and Raghuvaran. ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’ was a mega success and was later dubbed into Telugu as ‘Priyuraalu Pilichindi’.
Ajith Kumar appeared in the negative lead in Santhosh Sivan’s historical drama ‘Asoka’ depicting the life of Ashoka the Great, an emperor of the Maurya dynasty. Shahrukh Khan- Kareena Kapoor starrer Asoka was a critical and commercial success and was released in Tamil as ‘Samrat Ashoka’. Ajith Kumar appeared in the character of Susima, half brother of Asoka played by Shahrukh Khan. Ajith received a nomination for the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role while the film won several IIFA and Filmfare Awards.
Ajith Kumar bagged the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his outstanding performance in K S Ravikumar’s ‘Villain’ also starring Meena, Kiran Rathod, Karunaas and Ramesh Khanna. The film was later released in Telugu with the same title. Ajith’s breakthrough performance was seen in ‘Varalaru: History of Godfather’ wherein he appeared in three distinct roles. Directed by K S Ravikumar, ‘Varalaru: History of Godfather’ also starred Asin Thottumkal and Kanika Subramaniam as the female leads. Ajith Kumar won the Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for ‘Varalaru: History of Godfather’.
Ajith Kumar was recently seen in Saran’s ‘Aasal’ also starring Prabhu, Sameera Reddy and Bhavana. Ajith Kumar narrated ‘Aasal’ and also worked on its screenplay along with Yugi Sethu and Saran. Ajith is presently shooting for ‘Kaaval’ written and directed by Gautham Menon. ‘Kaaval’ is Ajith’s 50th film and is scheduled to release early next year. ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’ fame Samantha Ruth Prabhu will play the female lead opposite Ajith Kumar in ‘Kaaval’.
Ajith Kumar is also known for his brilliance at the racing tracks, he participated in the inaugural Formula BMW Asia Championship and finished seventh in the season. He is presently participating in the 2010 season of the ‘FIA Formula Two Championship’ along with fellow Indian participants Armaan Ebrahim and Parthiva Sureshwaren.
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