6/22/2011

Hindi Film Industry's Most Reliable Actor - Ajay Devgan

By Joe Dunne


In an acting career in the movie industry that has spread over almost 20 years, Ajay Devgan has had a fairly remarkable journey. After the previous years' string of mega hits, he has been referred to as the most dependable actor. The consistency in offering successful films has made distributors get the rights of his yet to release film Singham for Rs 12 crore.

The movie went past the Salman Khan starrer 'Dabangg', which was sold for about the same rate. Ajay Devgan offered a string of successive movies the last year, including 'Athithi Tum Kab Jaoge', 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbai', 'Raajneeti' and 'Golmaal 3'. With 'Singham', Devgan and Rohit Shetty work together after 'Golmaal 3'.

Born Vishal Devgan, debuting in the film industry was not too difficult a job for him. His brother Anil is a director and father Veeru Devgan is a stunt choreographer. His debut was marked by Best Debutant Filmfare Award for the film Phool aur Kaante (1991). In the following ten years, he was a part of many hit movies like Pyar to Hona Hi Tha, Ishq, Ek Hi Rasta, and the blockbuster Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. He was bestowed with National Awards twice - the 1st one for Zakhm (1991) and the second one for Legend of Bhagat Singh (2003). His marriage with Kajol was in 1999.

Recently, He changed his last name by taking out a letter from it. This he did to increase his luck in his career. It could be a coincidence that al most all his films previous year have been successful and gave him the reputation of a reliable actor.

Ramesh Sippy, who purchased the distribution rights for 'Singham' remarked that Ajay is one of the few actors in Hindi film industry who denies to be typecast and that he continues experimenting with different genres of films. Right through his film career, Ajay Devgan has offered commercially successful movies at the box office at a consistent rate. Ramesh Sippy has also added that his experimentation in the genre of comedy in films like Athithi Tum Kab Jaoge, Golmaal and recently out Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is a proof that he can manage any type of role.

Besides investing his time in films, Ajay is also involved in many other activities. Recent reports state that he is thinking to invest in a solar power project in Gujarat. Roha Group of Mumbai is said to have associated with Ajay in the 25mw solar project, which is calculated to come around Rs 400 crore.




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