Ajith, a school dropout is presently the leading young actor in the Tamil film industry. He started his film career through the movie 'Prema Pusthagam' (telugu) in 1993 produced by Poorna Chandra Rao. The film was a success which gained him a film career in Tamil. With the release of his first film in tamil 'Amaravathi' directed by Selva he got involved in a motor bike accident. His spinal cord was affected.

Soon after the recovery his movie Pavithra comes on screen which was followed by flop films. The Tamil film industry wrote him off but then came a super hit movie 'Aasai', which proved a turning point in his film career.


His mega hit was Kaathal Kottai which was directed by Agathiyan but he was too immature to handle the success which resulted in a string of flops. Then came 'Valee' which was a mega hit, that overnight success made Ajith a superstar. Valee was followed by 'Amarkalam' where he was paired for the first time with Shalini. The movie was not only hit but he fell in love with its heroine Shalini. The two got married after a breezy romance.

He has about 40 films to his credit. With his hits films like Aasai, Kaathal Kottai, Ullasam, Rasi, Aval varuvala, Vaalie , Amarkalam, Mugavaree, Kandukonden Kandukonden, dhenna, citizen etc. raking in the big bucks, Ajith is on most wanted lists. He also acted in a hindi film Ashoka with Sharukh Khan.