D O B April 2,1969
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth New Delhi
Known For Actor, Singer, Director, Producer, Story
Married Yes

Biography Ajay Devgn born Vishal Veeru Devgan on April is an Indian film actor director and producer He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award He then starred in films such as Jigar Dilwale Suhaag Naajayaz Diljale and Ishq In 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 Pyar To Hona Hi Tha Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Kachche Dhaage In the early s he starred in Lajja and Company In 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 Yuva Omkara Golmaal Golmaal Returns All The Best Fun Begins Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Golmaal Raajneeti and Singham Having done so he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood Devgan's father Veeru Devgan is a stunt choreographer and More his mother Veena Devgan has produced one film Anil Devgan his brother is a Hindi film director He is a graduate of Bappu School in Juhu and Mithibai College On February he married Hindi film actress Kajol The venue for the wedding was changed from a Gurdwara at Andheri in northwest Mumbai to the Devgan residence after a newspaper revealed the location relevant discuss The couple has two children Daughter Nysa was born in April and son Yug was born in September br br In August Devgan changed his last name to Devgn on the request of his family He became the first Bollywood personality to acquire an aircraft for transport to shooting locations promotions and personal trips His father is originally Punjabi Sikh from Amritsar Punjab In Ajay starred in Jigar alongside Karishma Kapoor which grossed Rs In he worked with director Deepak Bahry in the action film Ek Hi Raasta and with Deepak Pawar in Platform In Devgn worked in Harry Baweja's Dilwale Suhaag and Vijaypath In he appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's Naajayaz for which he was nominated for filmfare best actor award In he continued with Diljale Devgn began starring in comedy films such as Ishq in In 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 Devgn's work included Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as well as Hindustan ki kasam and Kachche dhage In 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 In the same year he starred in his first home production Raju Chacha opposite wife Kajol The film also bombed at the box office In he starred in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke co-starring Madhuri Dixit and Priety Zinta This film was an average grosser at the box office 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 He then worked in Mahesh Manjrekar's Tera Mera Saath Rahen In he featured in Ram Gopal Verma'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 His next release was Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin alongside Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai In the same year he starred in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh The film didn't fare well at the box office clarification needed 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 Best Villain and Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Negative Role This film was a mild success at the box office In he starred in Ram Gopal Verma's Bhoot opposite Urmila Matondkar The film was appreciated critically performed very well at the box office He then starred in action thriller Qayamat City Under Threat opposite debutant Neha Dhupia which was huge commercial success 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 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 which grossed Rs and J P Dutta's war film LOC Kargil In he was cast along with Amitabh Bachchan Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Rajkumar Santoshi's Khakee which grossed Indian Rs He then appeared in Director Indra Kumar's Masti The movie was an average hit Then he starred in critically acclaimed movies such as Yuva his role was appreciated and Rituparno Ghosh's Raincoat film He then had cameo appearance in Taarzan The Wonder Car 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 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 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 He is also featured in a short documentary about Mumbai floods of named The Awakening was again disappointing for him as he starred only in 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 and the other was Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of the classic Sholay The film received extremely poor reception from critics and is currently placed at number on the bottom movies on Imdb The film is considered as a benchmark for bad movies In he worked with Rajkumar Santoshi and was cast with Pankaj Kapoor and Vidya Balan in Halla Bol 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 br 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 squeal of his hit film Golmaal Golmaal Returns which was a blockbuster hit In he produced his third film All the Best also directed by Rohit Shetty The film did good business and was a semi-hit Later in the year he starred in Vipul shah's London Dreams with Salman Khan and south star Asin The film did not succeed and was declared a flop In the beginning of he worked with legendary 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 Then he worked alongside Akshaye Khanna in Priyadarshan's rough adaptation of Mississippi Burning Aakrosh He again teamed up with Rohit Shetty for Golmaal The movie was a super hit and the forth highest grossing movie in Bollywood history as it received mixed to good reviews Then he starred in the animated film Toonpur Ka Super Hero D In 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 Salman Khan-starrer Ready Singham was released on july it became second biggest opener after ready and all time biggest solo opener for Devgn It has grossed more than crores in five days in India According to wikipedia its net gross in days has reached crores