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.
