Ajith Kumar - Biography and Motorsport Racing Career

Ajith Kumar is a Tamil actor, born on 1st May 1971 in Hyderabad (India). He mainly works in Tamil cinema. Nicknamed Thala (the leader), he is also a racer and has participated in numerous circuits in India and abroad.

He started his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil film "En Veedu En Kanavar". His first leading role was in the film "Amaravathi" in 1993 and then his Telugu debut "Prema Pustagam".

His acclaimed first major appearance was in the romantic thriller "Aasai" (1995). His romantic films like "Vaanmathi" (1996) "Kadhal Kottai" (1996), "Kadhal Mannan" (1998) and "Aval Varuvala" (1998) have been commercial successes.

Subsequently, he received praise for his acting with "Vaali" (1999), "Amarkalam" (1999), "Mugavaree" (2000), "Citizen" (2001), "Poovellam Un Vasam" (2001), "Villain" (2002) "Varalaru" (2006), "Billa" (2007), "Mankatha" (2011) and "Yennai Arindhaal" (2015).

He established himself as an action hero from his 25th movie "Amarkalam", in which he co-starred with his future wife, Shalini.

Biography

Ajit was born in the city of Secunderabad. He is the middle child in the family, both brothers live in the United States, had twin sisters who died at birth. As a child, he could not speak Tamil, he spoke Tamil after starting his career. He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School in 1986 and was a fan of MG Ramachandran as a kid, but as a teenager he was a fan of Rajinikant and Kamal Hasan. At the age of 18, Ajit had to take a job to support his racing career. After joining the apprentice, he became a merchant with a clothing exporting company, doing advertising. He invested a lot of money in racing and borrowed tires from his friends who once helped when the chains worn out as there was no money in racing at the time. After the accident, several business agencies offered him to model in print media. He had to make a choice between movies and races, and since films were happening and generating money for him, he began to concentrate on it. In 1990 he made his debut in the film "En Veedu En Kanavar", where he played a cameo role.

In 1992 he made his debut in the low-budget Telugu film "Prema Pustakam", which became the only Telugu film to date. In the same year he made his Tamil screen debut in the film "Amaravathi", where he co-starred with actress Sanghavi, the film was a commercial success. After the release of the film and during the training time amateur racing Ajit suffered a fall, hurt his back and had three major operations, with the result that gave him bed rest for one and a half years.

In 1995, the film "Aasai" was released, which became a breakthrough in his career and the first successful film.

In 1999, the film Mugavaree was released, which received much critical praise and box office success. In 2000, he appeared in the film "Kandukondain Kandukondain", where he played a director who falls in love with one of the heroines, the film was a commercial success. In 2001, he made his Bollywood debut with the film "Aśoka", where he played one of the roles of an antagonist, but the film flopped at the box office, following this film in 2002, two films with his participation failed at the box office.

Ajit is one of the few actors in the country who competes in sports. In 2003, his professional racing career began. After a one-off race in the 2002 Formula Maruti Championship where he finished fourth, Ajit signed with manager Akbar Ebrahim confirming his participation in the first Formula BMW Asia Championship. Despite the fact that on the first lap of his first race, Ajit successfully finished the season in twelfth place, but after 6 years, Ajit signed a contract for a new racing season, participating in the 2010 season in the FIA Formula Two championship. The decision to participate in the sport was made after the film in which he participated was postponed, which allowed him to participate in this season. Prior to registration, he competed in the final round of the MRF racing series in Chennai in February 2010. but could not finish the race due to mechanical problems. Further trials in Sepang, Malaysia followed suit when he trained early in the season in April 2010 in his Formula Renault V6 car with a Eurasian rider, losing 11 kilos during training.

In 2007, the film "Billa" was released, which is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name, as well as in the original, it played a double role, as well as the original was a commercial success, but in 2012 there was a sequel, which is a prequel. However, unlike the first film, it flopped at the box office.

In 2017, the film Vivegam, in which he played a former counter-terrorist agent, was released, the film is a commercial success despite negative reviews from critics.

Motorsport career

Ajith Kumar is a professional motorcycle rider. He flew on circuits in India such as those of Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi as well as abroad in Germany and Malaysia. He is also a professional racing driver. He took part in the Formula 3 championship for the Mango Racing team for the 2004 season. He finished third twice that season. At the 8th Grand Prize 'British Formula - 3 Motor Racing', which was held on May 16, 2004 at Knockhill in Scotland, Ajith Kumar reached the podium, and the 3rd position in front of 20 other riders gathered class A and B mixed. He then stopped his career because his movie fans expected more films from him. In 2010, he participated in the FIA Formula Two Championship 2010.