Ajay Devgan, son of legendary veteran action choreographer Veeru Devgan,
was born in Bombay. He was exposed to films at a very early age. After
graduation from Mithibhai College he took up direction of video films on his
own story lines. His debut film was 'Phool Aur Kante' (1992) in which the
blazing intensity of his performance and the dare delivery of stunts were to
become a hallmark for the Hindi film audience in the 90s.
Being the son of a fight master and fond of performing stunts, his
earlier films were more of a violent nature. The trend in his career changed
with two romantic comedies 'Ishq' (1997) and 'Pyar To Hona Hi Thaa' (1998).
His brilliant performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'
(1999) definitely was one of the main factors that contributed to the
success of the film. After a couple of films like 'Company' (2002) and 'The
Legend of Bhagat Singh' (2002), he proved himself as the right choice for
both positive and negative roles.
His early
list of sterling performances include films like 'Zakhm' (1998), 'Lajja'
(2001), 'Deewangee' (2002) and 'Bhoot' (2003). In 2004 he did five films
such as Raincoat, Yuva, Masti, LOC Kargil and Khakee. His acting in Raincoat
as the middle class desperate man was commendable. His next noted film was
'Apaharan' (2005) in which his transformation from a simpleton to a criminal
was amongst the high points of his performance. In Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Omkara'
(2006) Ajay makes a stirring and powerful interpretation of a man troubled
by doubt about his lover's faithfulness.
In real life, he is known to be a quiet person who does not like to party
much. Ajay, a car enthusiast, is also a good businessman as reflected by his
successful venture into film production and distribution business. The man
has a very humane side to him as well being the Brand Ambassador of 'Round
Table India', an organisation in pursuit of educating 1 million children.
Ajay Devgan got married to actress Kajol on February 24, 1999 and a daughter
Nysa was born to them in April 2003.
Ajay has managed to do different characters with a flair characteristic
to the man. One can undoubtedly say that he is an actor who supersedes
himself with each film.
Biography
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