His second release of the year, Vedalam, had the biggest opening day in Tamil cinema and was among the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. His performance as an undercover police officer earned him a Best Tamil Actor nomination at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South. In 2015 he collaborated with Gautham Menon for the crime drama Yennai Arindhaal. He followed that with the multi-starrer Arrambam (2013) and Siva's masala film Veeram (2014), both of which were commercially successful. His next release, Billa II (2012), Tamil cinema's first prequel, opened to mixed reviews. It had the biggest opening of that year for a Tamil film, and became Ajith's biggest commercial success to that point. Ījith played an antihero-as a money-minded, suspended police officer-in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha (2011). His next two releases, Aegan (2008) and Aasal (2010), were critical and commercial failures. In 2007 he was seen in two remakes- Kireedam and Billa, both of which earned him critical acclaim. It became the highest-grossing Tamil film of that year, and Ajith went on to receive his third Best Tamil Actor award at Filmfare for his performance. Two years later he starred in Ravikumar's Varalaru, in which he played three different roles. During this time, he had his only commercial success with Attahasam (2004). īetween 20 Ajith cut back on his acting career to focus on racing. Ravikumar's 2002 film Villain won him a second Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.
His last release of the year was Santosh Sivan's Hindi film Aśoka, where he played a brief antagonistic role opposite Shah Rukh Khan. and a Best Actor nomination at Filmfare for the drama Poovellam Un Vasam (2001). He earned critical acclaim for his dual role performance in the vigilante film Citizen (2001), and the film was commercial success. The film was successful in establishing his reputation as an action hero and earning him the nickname "Thala" ("head"). The following year, he collaborated with debutant director AR Murugadoss on the action film Dheena. Impressed with his performance in that film, Rajiv Menon cast Ajith in the ensemble drama Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) which was also commercial and critical success. Suryah's Vaalee (1999) won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. Ījith's dual portrayal of twin brothers-where one is deaf-mute-in S. In 1997 he had five releases, all of which were commercial failures. He was next seen as the main lead in Agathiyan's epistolary Kadhal Kottai (1996), a critical and commercial success. His performance earned him critical acclaim and established him as an up-and-coming actor in Tamil cinema. The following year, he had his breakthrough with the romantic thriller Aasai. After recovering from the injury, he played supporting roles in Paasamalargal (1994) and Pavithra (1994). While training for an amateur race, he injured his back and underwent three major surgeries, leaving him bed-ridden for a year-and-a-half. After Amaravathi 's release, Ajith opted against acting, and instead tried pursuing a career in auto racing. He followed it up the same year with Prema Pusthakam, his only Telugu film till date. Despite being a moderate success, the film helped him obtain more modelling assignments.
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Apart from a small role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar, his professional career began three years later with his debut as a lead actor in Tamil cinema with Amaravathi (1993). Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema.