ajay devgan

Ajay Devgan (Hindi: अजय देवगन), born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969,[1] is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.[1]

He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film.[3] [4] He then starred in films such as Jigar (1992), Dilwale (1994), Suhaag (1994), Naajayaz (1995), Diljale (1996) and Ishq (1997).

In 1999, Devgan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama Zakhm. Some of his later films of the decade are Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Kachche Dhaage.

In the early 2000s, he starred in Lajja (2001) and Company (2002). In 2003, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Throughout his career he has given many critically and commercially successful films including Raincoat (2004), Yuva (2004), Omkara (2006), Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), Golmaal Returns (2008), All the Best: Fun Begins (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Golmaal 3 (2010), Raajneeti (2010), and Singham (2011). Having done so, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood.Contents [hide]
1 Biography
2 Career
3 Awards and nominations
4 Filmography
4.1 Actor
4.2 Producer
4.3 Director
5 References
6 External links

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Biography

Devgan was born in Mumbai. His father Veeru Devgan, is originally Punjabi from Amritsar, Punjab.[5]Veeru Devgan, is a stunt choreographer, and his mother Veena Devgan, has produced one film. Anil Devgan, his brother, is a Hindi film director. He is a graduate of Silver Beach High School in Juhu and Mithibai College. On February 23, 1999, he married Hindi film actress Kajol. The venue for the wedding was changed from a Sikh Gurdwara at Andheri in northwest Mumbai to the Devgan residence, after a newspaper revealed the location.[6][relevant? – discuss] The couple has two children. Daughter Nysa was born in April 2003 and son Yug was born in September 2010.[7] In August 2009, Devgan changed his last name to Devgn on the request of his family.[8][9] He became the first Bollywood personality to acquire an aircraft for transport to shooting locations, promotions and personal trips.[10]
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Ajay Devgan debuted Phool Our Kaantee in 1991 which grossed 11,000,000 and earned him Filmfare Award for Best Newcomer then In 1992, Ajay starred in Jigar alongside Karisma Kapoor, which grossed Rs.7,00,00,000.[11] In 1993, he worked with director Deepak Bahry in the action film Ek Hi Raasta,[12] and with Deepak Pawar in Platform.

In 1994, Devgn worked in Harry Baweja's Dilwale, Suhaag and Vijaypath".[13]

In 1995, he appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's Naajayaz, for which he was nominated for "filmfare best actor award".[14] In 1996, he continued with "Diljale".[15]

Devgn began starring in comedy films, such as Ishq in 1997.[16]

In 1998, he starred in Major Saab and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha. He next starred in Mahesh Bhatt's Zakhm. He won several awards for his performance, including the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Star Screen Award for Best Actor[citation needed][17]

Devgn's 1999 work included Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as well as Hindustan ki kasam and Kachche dhage.[18]

In 2000, he worked in Harry Baweja's Deewane. In this film, he essayed the role of two persons, where one is thief and another is police officer. The film was a flop at the box office.[19] In the same year, he starred in his first home production Raju Chacha opposite wife Kajol. The film also bombed at the box office.[19]

In 2001, he starred in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke co-starring Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta. This film was an average grosser at the box office.[20] His next release Lajja, alongside Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor, earned him a nomination for the "Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award". The film did not perform as expected at the box office.[20] He then worked in Mahesh Manjrekar's Tera Mera Saath Rahen.

In 2002, he featured in Ram Gopal Varma's fictional expose of Mumbai underworld Company. He was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor Award and won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. The film fared well at the box office.[clarification needed][21] His next release was Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai.[21]

In the same year, he starred in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh.[22] The film didn't fare well at the box office.[clarification needed][21] However, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance. He then starred in Anees Bazmee's Deewangee. The film was partially inspired by William Diehl's English language novel Primal Fear. He won several awards for his negative role including, "Filmfare Best Villain Award", "Star Screen Award for Best Villain" and "Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role". This film was a success at the box office.[21]

In 2003, he starred in Ram Gopal Verma's Bhoot opposite Urmila Matondkar. The film was appreciated critically & performed very well at the box office.[23] He then starred in action thriller Qayamat: City Under Threat opposite debutante Neha Dhupia which was huge commercial success.[23] He then worked in Milan Luthria's romantic film Chori Chori opposite Rani Mukherji and Sonali Bendre. This film did not succeed at the box office.[23]

In that same year he featured in Prakash Jha's Gangaajal, for which he was nominated for "Filmfare Best Actor Award". He then worked in Rohit Shetty's directional debut Zameen,[24] which grossed Rs.16,00,00,000[23] and J. P. Dutta's war film LOC Kargil.

In 2004 he was cast along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Rajkumar Santoshi's Khakee which grossed Indian Rs.36,25,00,000.[25]The film had a bumper opening and was declared success in one week. He then appeared in director Indra Kumar's Masti: Sanam Teri Kasam. The movie was an average hit.[26] Then he starred in critically acclaimed movies such as Yuva[27][28][29] (his role was appreciated), and Rituparno Ghosh's Raincoat.[30] He then had cameo appearance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car.

2005 was less successful for him as he starred in a series of flop movies like Insan, Blackmail, Main Aisa Hi Hoon, Tango Charlie and Shikhar whilst Kaal and Apaharan succeeded at the Box Office. For his performance in Apaharan the Superstar was nominated National Film Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Best Actor Award. For his villanous performance in Kaal he was nominated Filmfare Best Villain Award [31]

2006 was a remarkable year in his career as he starred in two of his famous films Golmaal and Omkara. Omkara was a critical and a commercial hit [32][33][34] in which he was cast in the title role and Golmaal was a sleeper hit and which was later followed by two super hit sequels Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3. He is also featured in a short documentary about Mumbai floods of 2005 named The Awakening.[35]

2007 was again disappointing for him as he starred only in 2 movies, one of which was Anubhav Sinha's action thriller Cash in which he was cast along with Sunil Shetty. The movie did a below average collection at the box-office[36] and the other was Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of the 1975 classic] Sholay. The film received extremely poor reception from critics,[37] and is currently placed at number 14 on the bottom 100 movies on Imdb. The film is considered as a benchmark for bad movies.[38][39][40]

In 2008 he worked with Rajkumar Santoshi and was cast with Pankaj Kapoor and Vidya Balan in Halla Bol.[41] He then starred in director Rohit Shetty's third film Sunday, before directing his first movie with wife Kajol and himself in lead roles. The film, titled U, Me aur Hum, was an average success.[41] He also had a cameo appearance in his brother Anil Devgan's film Haal–e–dil. He starred with long-time friend Sanjay Dutt and actress Manisha Koirala in Afzal Khan's Mehbooba. He then re-teamed with Rohit Shetty for the sequel of his hit film Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, Golmaal Returns which was a blockbuster hit.[41]

In 2009 he produced his third film All the Best also directed by Rohit Shetty. The film did good business and was a semi-hit.[42] Later in the year he starred in Vipul Shah's London Dreams with Salman Khan and Tamil film star Asin. The film did not succeed and was declared a flop.[42]

In the beginning of 2010 he worked with actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley in Leena Yadav's Teen Patti. He starred in the comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? alongside Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma which was a success. He followed this with Prakash Jha's Raajneeti and Milan Luthria's Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. Both movies were among the top grossers of 2010.[43] Then he worked alongside Akshaye Khanna in Priyadarshan's rough adaptation of Mississippi Burning, Aakrosh. He again teamed up with Rohit Shetty for Golmaal 3. The movie was a super hit and the forth highest grossing movie in Bollywood history as it received mixed to good reviews.[44][45][46] Then he starred in the animated film Toonpur Ka Super Hero. In 2011 he again teamed up with Emraan Hashmi in Madhur Bhandarkar's comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji which also starred Omi Vaidya and the film became a moderate success. He was a narrator in Yamla Pagla Deewana. He also did a cameo role in the 2011 Salman Khan-starrer Ready. Devgn's next film, Singham, proved to be a milestone for him. The film crossed Rs. 100 crores net in India, making it the 7th film to do so. [47] Devgn's next film was Rascals which opened to mainly negative reviews.
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Awards and nominations
See also: List of awards and nominations received by Ajay Devgan

Among other awards and nominations, Devgan has won two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards.
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Filmography
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ActorYear Film Role Notes
1991 Phool Aur Kaante Ajay Filmfare Best Debut Award
1992 Jigar Raj "Raju" Verma
1993 Dil Hai Betaab Ajay
1993 Divya Shakti Prashant Varma
1993 Platform Rajoo
1993 Sangram Raja S. Singh Kanwar
1993 Shaktiman Amar
1993 Ek Hi Raasta Karan Singh
1993 Bedardi Vijay Saxena
1993 Dhanwaan Kashinath
1994 Dilwale Arun Saxena
1994 Kanoon Vishal
1994 Vijaypath Karan
1994 Suhaag Ajay R. Sharma/Malhotra
1995 Naajayaz Jay Bakshi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1995 Hulchul Deva
1995 Gundaraj Ajay Chauvan
1995 Haqeeqat Shiva/Ajay
1996 Jung Ajay Bahadur Saxena
1996 Jaan Karan
1996 Diljale Shyam
1997 Itihaas Karan
1997 Ishq Ajay Rai
1998 Major Saab Virendra Pratap Singh
1998 Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Shekhar
1998 Sar Utha Ke Jiyo Special appearance
1998 Zakhm Ajay R. Desai National Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999 Dil Kya Kare Anand Kishore
1999 Kachche Dhaage Aftab
1999 Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet Raju
1999 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Vanraj Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999 Hindustan Ki Kasam Ajay/Tauheed
1999 Gair Vijay Kumar/Dev
1999 Thakshak Ishaan Singh
2000 Deewane Vishal/Arun
2000 Raju Chacha Shekhar/Raju Chacha
2001 Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Vicky/Rohit Verma
2001 Lajja Bulwa Nominated—Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2001 Tera Mera Saath Rahen Raj Dixit
2002 Company Malik Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2002 Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin Raja
2002 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Sardar Bhagat Singh Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
National Film Award for Best Actor
2002 Deewangee Tarang Bharadwaj Filmfare Best Villain Award
2003 Bhoot Vishal
2003 Qayamat: City Under Threat Rachit
2003 Chori Chori Ranbir Malhotra
2003 Gangaajal S.P. Amit Kumar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2003 Parwana Parwana
2003 Zameen Col. Ranveer Ranawat
2003 LOC Kargil Capt. Manoj Pandey
2004 Khakee Yashwant Angre Nominated—Filmfare Best Villain Award
2004 Masti Inspector Sikander
2004 Yuva Michael Mukherjee
2004 Taarzan: The Wonder Car Deven Chaudhary Special appearance
2004 Raincoat Manoj
2005 Insan Ajit Rathod
2005 Blackmail Shekhar Mohan
2005 Zameer: The Fire Within Suraj Chauhan
2005 Tango Charlie Havaldar Mohammed Ali
2005 Kaal Kali Pratap Singh Nominated—Filmfare Best Villain Award
2005 Main Aisa Hi Hoon Neel
2005 Apaharan Ajay Shastri Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2005 Shikhar Gaurav Gupta
2006 Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke SP Kunal Singh Bhojpuri Film
2006 Golmaal: Fun Unlimited Gopal
2006 Omkara Omkara "Omi" Shukla
2006 The Awakening Short Film
2007 Cash Karan/Doc
2007 Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Hirendra Chavan (Heero)
2008 Halla Bol Ashfaq Khan/Sameer Khan
2008 Sunday ACP Rajveer Randhawa
2008 U Me Aur Hum Ajay
2008 Mehbooba Karan
2008 Golmaal Returns Gopal
2009 All the Best: Fun Begins Prem Chopra
2009 London Dreams Arjun
2010 Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? Puneet
2010 Teen Patti Sunny Special appearance
2010 Raajneeti Sooraj
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Sultan Mirza Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2010 Aakrosh Pratap Kumar
2010 Golmaal 3 Gopal
2010 Toonpur Ka Super Hero Aditya
2011 Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji Naren
2011 Yamla Pagla Deewana Narrator
2011 Ready Raju Cameo appearance
2011 Singham Bajirao Singham
2011 Rascals Bhagat
2012 Tezz Ajay Releasing on March 23, 2012
2012 Bol Bachchan Filming (Releasing on July 06, 2012)
2012 S.O.S.-Son Of Sardar Filming (Releasing on November 30, 2012)

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ProducerYear Film Other notes
2000 Raju Chacha
2008 U Me Aur Hum
2009 All the Best: Fun Begins
2012 Bol Bachchan
2012 S.O.S.-Son Of Sardar

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DirectorYear Film Other notes
2008 U Me Aur Hum

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