It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50
Take a look at Ajay Devgn's life in pics
-
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50Actor Ajay Devgn turns a year older today. He is one of those Bollywood stars who have forayed into multiple genres of films and have successfully managed to please the audience. He's had his fans in splits over his comic roles in films like Bol Bachchan and the Golmaal series. He has proved to be a worthy villain in films like Khakee and Deewangee and has delivered acclaimed performances in films like Raincoat and Yuva. As Ajay celebrates his 48th birthday today, here's a pictorial look at his life so far. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50Ajay's father, Veeru Devgn, is a stunt choreographer and director and his mother, Veena, has produced the film Dil Kya Kare. Anil Devgn, his brother, is a director.
Ajay is a graduate from Mumbai's Bappu School and Mithibai College. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50Ajay and actress Kajol began what was considered an unlikely romance in 1994. On February 24, 1999, the couple married in a traditional Maharashtrian ceremony at Ajay's home. Kajol quit her successful career, prompting wide-spread criticism. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50Ajay saw further success in 1999 when Sanjay Leela Bhansali cast him with Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai for the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which was a critical and commercial success. Ajay's performance in the film earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare Awards. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In 2006, he played the title role in Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, titled Omkara. The film also featured Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan in pivotal roles. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50Golmaal was Ajay Devgn's second movie to release in 2006. The comedy directed by Rohit Shetty also starred Arshad Warsi, Sharman Joshi and Tusshar Kapoor. Golmaal got positive reviews and turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In 2010 came Prakash Jha's Rajneeti. A political thriller, the film saw actors like Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Manoj Bajpai, Arjun Rampal, Naseeruddin Shah and Nana Patekar in pivotal roles. Ajay's performance in the movie was well received by critics and the film was declared a blockbuster. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In the same year Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai was released and became one of the top grossers of the year 2010. Ajay was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the movie.
At the end of the year, he reunited with director Rohit Shetty for the sequel to the 2008 release, Golmaal Returns. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50But 2012 ended on a bitter note when Ajay took on Yash Raj Films alleging that they had used their clout to keep his film Son Of Sardar out of theatres in favour of their own, Jab Tak Hai Jaan starring Shah Rukh Khan. Ajay filed a complaint with the Competition Commission Of India (CCI) which refused to stay the release of Jab Tak Hai Jaan but did order an enquiry into the matter.
Directed by Ashwini Dhir, Son of Sardar, which also features Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, was a superhit at the box office. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In 2013, Sajid Khan's Himmatwala, in which Ajay Devgn starred opposite Southern siren Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead, proved to be a box office dud. His second release of the year Prakash Jha's political thriller Satyagraha, became a sleeper hit. The film also featured Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Amrita Rao in pivotal roles. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In 2016, Ajay Devgn directed, produced and starred in Shivaay which co-starred Sayyeshaa Saigal and Erika Kaar. The film lost the box office battle to Karan johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil which released simultaneously.
In the days leading up to the release of the film, Ajay indirectly accused Karan Johar of bribing Kamaal R Khan for spreading a positive word for his film and negative for Shivaay. A huge controversy erupted and eventually KJo severed all tie with Kajol and Ajay Devgn. -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In 2017, Ajay Devgn was seen in Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 4 with Tabu and Parineeti Chopra as additions in the previous cast and in Milan Luthria's Baadshaho co-starring Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta and Vidyut Jammwal.
The former performed better than the latter.
Images posted on Instagram by Ajay Devgn -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50In 2018, Ajay Devgn starred in Raj Kumar Gupta's Raid, which was critically and commercially successful.
In the same in year, he produced Helicopter Eela starring Kajol. He was also seen in a cameo in Ranveer Singh's Simmba, directing Rohit Shetty.
This image was posted on Instagram by Ajay Devgn -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@502019 started on a fabulous note for Ajay Devgn with the release of Indra Kumar's Total Dhamaal. The film also stars Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and Jaaved Jaaferi.
This image was posted on Instagram by Ajay Devgn -
It's Ajay Devgn's Birthday. Total Dhamaal@50Now, Ajay Devgn is filming Om Raut's Taanaji - The Unsung Warrior, co-starring Saif Ali Khan and Kajol.
He has also signed up for SS Rajamouli's RRR which also stars Ram Charan, JR NTR and Alia Bhatt.
This image was tweeted by Om Raut
