Source: Zee News Room

Born in Delhi on the 2nd of April 1967, son of the then top action director Veeru Devgan, Ajay spelt charm all over Bollywood. His entrance to Bollywood, riding on two bikes and stretching his legs wide is still remembered like an edge of the knife experience. He repeated the same act in 2006 release Golmaal, with much elan.

Well, coming back to Ajay’s career, he truly can be classified as an ACTOR. He is not a favorite amongst the big booming Yash Raj camps or the Karan Johar camps. Its not that he wasn’t offered, but he chose to go with his style and chose to do more realistic movies. This feature of him makes him a ‘tried and tested’ brand, who delivers, when desired. He is always known by the virtue of his work, not by the amount of Award functions or stage shows he has done.

A man with not-so-heroic type of looks and not a great built body like the so called superstar of today - Hrithik Roshan ( I classify him as an actor of Children’s movies ), what he has in him is more of appeal to intellectual cine-goers. Now talking about his work, from an action Star in Phool Aur Kaante, Jigar, DivyaShakti, Platform to the soft lover in Pyaar To Hone Hi Tha, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Dil Kya Kare and then to the man playing a dark character in Kaal, Khakee, Deewangi to the less speaking underworld don in Company, this man has done it all. The only area he was lagging behind was in comedy but recently after giving an applaudable performance in GOLMAAL (2006), he invaded the territory of tickling our funny bones as well.

His performances are to the ‘T’ always and never overdone as the self proclaimed King Khan of Bollywood. Najayaz, Zakhm (National Award winning performance), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Pyar to Hona Hi Tha, The Legend of Bhagat Singh (won National Award for this one), Deewangi, Company, Bhoot, Kaal and recently Omkara, his performance speaks for his caliber itself.

With 2 national awards in his bag he proved a point that its only performance that gets you accolades, not good looks. It even took the legendary Big B 35 years to win his 2nd national award. With his performance in Omkara, he is very close to winning a 3rd for himself. His contemporaries haven’t won even a single one. It should be noted that National Awards are purely based on performance not popularity, so it’s kind of difficult for the ‘Ace’ and ‘Badshah’ and the ‘Phenom’ to win it.

This man has achieved so much without restraining himself to a few big banners ( YRF and Dharma ) for their cheesy dramas which almost look like extended versions of the Saas-bahu serial trap.

This Non-Khan wonder is surely one of the most bankable stars.