Ajay Devgan is son of the famous stunt director Veeru Devgan. He made his debut in Bollywood as an action hero with “Phool Aur Kaante”. Ajay Devgan went on to win Best Debutant Award for his
performance in this film. Thereafter he appeared in a number of movies as action hero. Some of his notable action movies were “Vijaypath”, “Jigar”, “Sangram”, “Ek Hi Rashta”, “Dhanwaan”, ‘Nazayaj” etc. Ajay Devgan broke this trend after starring in the comedy film “Ishq”. His next film “Pyar To Hona Hi Tha” was biggest hit of the year. Ajay Devgan’s performance in the film “Zakhm”, directed by Mahesh Bhatt was critically acclaimed and he won the National film Award for the Best Actor. He again won National Award for his performance in the film “The Legend Of Bhagat Singh”, a film directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi.
Ajay Devgun has starred in several other critically appreciated films such as Mani Ratnam’s “Yuva”, Rituparno Ghosh’s “Raincoat” and Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Omkara”.
Recently, Ajay starred in Ram Gopal verma’s “Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag”, a remake of “Sholay”, arguably the most popular film of Hindi cinema. The film was a major failure critically as well as commercially. After enacting various roles in his acting career, Ajay Devgun has donned the hat of Director for the film “U, Me Aur Hum” which is supposed to be produced by Kumar Mangat and his wife Kajol.
Name : Ajay Devgan
Birth Name: Vishal Veeru Devgan
Date of Birth: 2nd April, 1967.
Birth Place : Delhi, India Star Sign Aries
Address: Sea Cliff, 1st Floor, Gandhigram Road, Juhu, Mumbai- 400 049
Height: 5 ‘ 8″
Eye colour : Black
Father : Veeru Devgan, director and stunt man
Mother : Veena Devgan
Spouse : Kajol (1999 – Present)
Daughter : Nysa Mukherjee- Devgan, born April
Education: Graduate, Mithibai College, Mumbai.
Debut Film: “Phool Aur Kaante”
Brother : Anil Devgan, director
Schoool Days : Silver Beach High School in Juhu
College Days : Mithibai College
Profession : Actor, Model