[[Berkas:Ajith Kumar at Irungattukottai Race Track.jpg|thumb|Ajith Kumar pasa 2010.]]
[[Ajith Kumar]] adalah seorang aktor India yang biasanya berkarya dalam perfilman [[bahasa Tamil|Tamil]], Selain peran kecil dalam film Tamil 1990 ''[[En Veedu En Kanavar]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/did-you-know-/Whats-Ajiths-actual-film-debut/articleshow/34884060.cms | title=What's Ajith's actual film debut? | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=9 May 2014 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161222114621/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/did-you-know-/Whats-Ajiths-actual-film-debut/articleshow/34884060.cms? | archivedate=22 December 2016}}</ref> karirkarier profesionalnya dimulai tiga tahun kemudian pada film [[bahasa Telugu|Telugu]] ''[[Prema Pusthakam]]''.<ref name="rediff1">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/15ajit.htm | title=Pyar to hona hi tha | publisher=[[Rediff.com]] | date=15 September 1999 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | author=Rajitha | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304090458/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/15ajit.htm | archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>Ia membuat debutnya sebagai aktor utama dalam [[sinema Tamil]] dengan ''[[Amaravathi (film 1993)|Amaravathi]]'' (1993). Meskipun meraih pemasukan rata-rata dari karya aktingnya, film tersebut membantunya lebih banyak mendapatkan ketenaran.<ref name=rediff1 /> Setelah debutnya, ia memainkan peran pendukung dalam film-film seperti ''[[Paasamalargal]]'' (1993) dan ''[[Pavithra]]'' (1994). Pada 1995, ia mencapai puncak karirnya pada film cerita seru percintaan ''[[Aasai]]''. Kesuksesan film tersebut membuatnya menjadi aktor terdepan dalam sinema Tamil.<ref name="rediff2">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jul/06aji.htm | title=Bad back, great future | publisher=Rediff.com | date=6 July 1999 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | last=Warrier | first=Shobha | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160303214954/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jul/06aji.htm | archivedate=3 March 2016}}</ref> Ia kemudian tampil sebagai pemeran utama dalam [[epistolari]] [[Agathiyan]] ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]'' (1996). Film-film berikutnya, ''[[Ullasam]]'' (1997) dan ''[[Kaadhal Mannan]]'' (1998), mengalami kegagalan secara komersial.<ref name=rediff1 />
Peran ganda Ajith dari saudara kembar—dimana salah satunya [[bisu]]-[[tuli]]—dalam ''[[Vaali (film)|Vaali]]'' (1999) karya [[S. J. Surya]] membuatnya memenangkan [[Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktor Terbaik – Tamil|Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktor Tamil Terbaik]] pertamanya.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/04/15/stories/09150651.htm | title=Star-spangled show on cards | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=15 April 2000 | last=Kumar | first=S. R. Ashok | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/nsVsm | archivedate=17 July 2014}}</ref> Menjadi tenar karena penampilannya dalam ''Vaali'', [[Rajiv Menon]] menempatkan Ajith dalam [[film drama]] ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]'' (2000).<ref name=rediff1 /> Pada tahun berikutnya, ia berkolaborasi dengan sutradara debutan [[AR Murugadoss]] untuk [[film aksi]] ''[[Dheena]]''. Film tersebut meraih kesuksesan, mendirikan reputasinya sebagai [[pahlawan aksi]] dan membuatnya mendapatkan julukan "Thala".<ref name="Pillai2015">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/vedalam-has-taken-the-biggestever-opening-for-a-tamil-film/article7877428.ece | title=A cracker of an opening | work=The Hindu | date=14 November 2015 | last=Pillai | first=Sreedhar | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/X2jmd | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref>{{efn|Karakter Ajith dalam film tersebut disebut dengan julukan "Thala".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/thala-58-ar-murugadoss-hinting-joining-hands-ajith-680104 | title='Thala 58': Is AR Murugadoss hinting at joining hands with Ajith? | work=[[International Business Times]] | date=25 May 2016 | last=Upadhyaya | first=Prakash | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231111405/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/thala-58-ar-murugadoss-hinting-joining-hands-ajith-680104 | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref>}} Berikutnya, ia tampil dalam ''[[Citizen (film)|Citizen]]'' (2001), dimana ia memerankan sembilan karakter berbeda.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/12/29/stories/0429401w.htm | title=Talk of the town | work=The Hindu | date=29 December 2000 | last1=Kamath | first1=Sudhish | authorlink1=Sudhish Kamath | last2=Kannan | first2=Ramya | last3=Kumar | first3=S.Shiva | last4=Oppili | first4=P. | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/bCFYk | archivedate=17 July 2014}}</ref> Film drama ''[[Poovellam Un Vasam]]'' membuatnya meraih [[Penghargaan Istimewa Penghargaan Film Negara Bagian Tamil Nadu|Penghargaan Istimewa]] di Penghargaan Film Negara Bagian Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/spice/20041206.htm | title=Film awards after four years! | publisher=Rediff.com | date=6 December 2004 | accessdate=31 December 2016 | author=Poornima | archiveurl=https://archive.is/YUI6b | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref> Perilisan terakhirnya pada tahun tersebut adalah film [[Hindi]] karya [[Santosh Sivan]] ''[[Aśoka (film)|Aśoka]]'', dimana ia memainkan peran antagonis dan beradu peran dengan [[Shah Rukh Khan]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/its-all-about-choices/article2273508.ece | title=It’s all about choices | work=The Hindu | date=24 August 2007 | accessdate=28 January 2015 | last=Rangarajan | first=Malathi | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223115015/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/its-all-about-choices/article2273508.ece | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Im-not-in-competition-with-anybody-Ajith/articleshow/12936406.cms | title=I’m not in competition with anybody: Ajith | work=The Times of India | date=1 May 2012 | accessdate=28 January 2015 | last=Srinivasan | first=Lata | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150619004617/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Im-not-in-competition-with-anybody-Ajith/articleshow/12936406.cms? | archivedate=19 June 2015}}</ref> Penampilannya sebagai saudara kembar dalam film 2002 karya [[K. S. Ravikumar]] ''[[Villain (film 2002)|Villain]]'' membuatnya memenangkan Penghargaan Filmfare kedua (Aktor Tamil Terbaik).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Ajit-Simran-bag-Filmfare-awards/articleshow/46685961.cms?referral=PM | title=Ajit, Simran bag Filmfare awards | work=The Times of India | date=17 May 2003 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | accessdate=22 December 2016 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223121508/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Ajit-Simran-bag-Filmfare-awards/articleshow/46685961.cms?referral=PM | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref>
Antara 2003 dan 2005, Ajith hengkang dari karirkarier akting untuk berkonsentrasi pada karirkarier balapnya.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2003/11/24/stories/2003112401580100.htm | title=A for attitude | work=The Hindu | date=24 November 2003 | last1=Allirajan | first1=M. | last2=Rao | first2=Subha J. | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/sdXJ8 | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref> Pada masa itu, ia hanya sukses dengan film ''[[Attahasam]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/06/09/stories/2004060900170100.htm | title=Racing to be a Superstar | work=The Hindu | date=9 June 2004 | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/xg1wS | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2004/nov/23ss.htm | title=Ajith tastes success! | publisher=Rediff.com | date=23 November 2004 | author=Poornima | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/xwZl | archivedate=18 July 2012}}</ref> Pada 2006, ia kembali akting dengan film ''[[Varalaru]]'', kolaborasi keduanya dengan Ravikumar. Ia memainkan tiga peran berbeda, salah satunya menjadi penari klasik. Film tersebut menjadi film Tamil dengan keuntungan tertinggi pada tahun tersebut,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/ajiths-top-10-hits-south/20150205.htm | title=Ajith's Top 10 Hits | publisher=5 February 2015 | last=Saraswathi | first=S. | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/tnk5m | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref> dan Ajith meraih Penghargaan Filmfare ketiganya (Aktor Tamil Terbaik) untuk penampilannya.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/54th-filmfare-awards-tamil-news-tamil-kkfuJ0ijgadsi.html | title=54th Filmfare Awards-Tamil | publisher=[[Sify]] | date=31 July 2007 | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/VhEH4 | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref> Pada 2007, ia tampil dalam dua film—''[[Kireedam (film 2007)|Kireedam]]'' dan ''[[Billa (film 2007)|Billa]]''. ''Kireedam'' merupakan remake film [[Malayalam]] 1989 [[Kireedam (film 1989)|dengan nama yang sama]] sementara ''Billa'' merupakan pembuatan ulang dari film Tamil 1980 [[Billa (film 1980)|dengan nama yang sama]]. Dua perilisan berikutnya, ''[[Aegan]]'' (2008) dan ''[[Aasal]]'' (2010), meraih kegagalan kritis dan komersial.<ref name="NikhilHindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/whats-on-the-cards/article2232919.ece | title=What's on the cards? | work=The Hindu | last=Raghavan | first=Nikhil | date=16 July 2011 | accessdate=31 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/Sgn0w | archivedate=31 December 2016}}</ref>
Ajith memerankan seorang perwira polisi jahat yang memikirkn uang dalam ''[[Mankatha]]'' (2011) karya [[Venkat Prabhu]].<ref name="NikhilHindu"/>{{efn|It was Ajith's 50th film.<ref name="NikhilHindu"/>}} Penampilannya dalam film tersebut membuatnya meraih sambutan meraih karena mematahkan citra [[stereotipe]] dari pemeran utama dalam sinema Tamil.<ref name="hindu1">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-gutsy-game/article2420824.ece | title=A gutsy game! | work=The Hindu | date=3 September 2011 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | last=Rangarajan | first=Malathi | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223115256/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-gutsy-game/article2420824.ece | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref> ''Mankatha'' meraih pembukaan terbesar dari tahunnya untuk film Tamil dan memberi kesuksesan komersial besar dalam karirkarier Ajith pada masa itu.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mankatha-takes-best-opening-of-2011-news-tamil-ljbmvmccafa.html | title=Mankatha takes best opening of 2011 | publisher=Sify | date=2 September 2011 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20151009130200/http://www.sify.com/movies/mankatha-takes-best-opening-of-2011-news-tamil-ljbmvmccafa.html | archivedate=9 October 2015}}</ref> Perilisan berikutnya, ''[[Billa II]]'' (2012), [[prekuel]] pertama sinema Tamil,{{efn|Film tersebut merupakan prekuel dari [[Billa (2007 film)|film 2007 dengan nama yang sama]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/the-don-of-summer/article3365450.ece | title=The don of summer | work=The Hindu | date=29 April 2012 | accessdate=28 January 2015 | last=Raghavan | first=Nikhil | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223120016/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/the-don-of-summer/article3365450.ece | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref>}} meraih ulasan negatif.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/find-out-whos-who-of-tamil-film-billa-2-487837.html | title=Find out who's who of Tamil film 'Billa 2' | publisher=[[CNN-News18]] | date=15 July 2012 | accessdate=26 December 2016 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161226074526/http://www.news18.com/news/india/find-out-whos-who-of-tamil-film-billa-2-487837.html | archivedate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2012/jun/18/billa-2-the-art-of-telling-a-story-backwards-378318.html | title='Billa 2': The art of telling a story backwards | work=[[The New Indian Express]] | date=18 June 2012 | last=Narayanan | first=Sharadha | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223121005/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2012/jun/18/billa-2-the-art-of-telling-a-story-backwards-378318.html | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Ia menyusulnya dengan ''[[Arrambam]]'' (2013) dan [[film masala]] karya [[Siva (sutradara)|Siva]] ''[[Veeram (film 2014)|Veeram]]'' (2014), yang keduanya meraih kesuksesan komersial.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/039veeram039-review-roundup-complete-masala-entertainer-for-ajith039s-fans-533864 | title='Veeram' Review Roundup: Complete Masala Entertainer for Ajith's Fans | work=International Business Times | date=11 January 2014 | accessdate=22 December 2016 | last=Seshagiri | first=Sangeetha | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160430043518/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/039veeram039-review-roundup-complete-masala-entertainer-for-ajith039s-fans-533864 | archivedate=30 April 2016}}</ref> Pada 2015, ia berkolaborasi dengan [[Gautham Menon]] dalam film drama kejahatan ''[[Yennai Arindhaal]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/I-am-dying-to-work-with-Ajith-again/articleshow/46277259.cms | title='I am dying to work with Ajith again' | work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] | date=17 February 2015 | accessdate=22 December 2016 | author=Haricharan | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223115835/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/I-am-dying-to-work-with-Ajith-again/articleshow/46277259.cms | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/yennai-arindhaal-box-office-collection-ajith-starrer-crosses-500k-mark-us-623581 | title=Yennai Arindhaal got positive reviews from critics and audience alike | work=International Business Times | date=16 February 2015 | author=Nicy V.P | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20161223120252/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/yennai-arindhaal-box-office-collection-ajith-starrer-crosses-500k-mark-us-623581 | archivedate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Penampilannya sebagai seorang perwira polisi membuatnya meraih nominasi Aktor Tamil Terbaik di [[Penghargaan Filmfare Selatan ke-63]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/acham-enbathu-madamaiyada-a-medley-of-filmmaker-gautham-menons-favourite-motifs/961004 | title=Acham Enbathu Madamaiyada, A Medley Of Filmmaker Gautham Menon's Favourite Motifs | work=[[Outlook (majalah)|Outlook India]] | date=22 November 2016 | accessdate=2 January 2017 | last=Sundaram | first=Nandhu | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102122240/http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/acham-enbathu-madamaiyada-a-medley-of-filmmaker-gautham-menons-favourite-motifs/961004 | archivedate=2 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13750.html | title=Nominations for the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South) | work=[[Filmfare]] | date=7 June 2016 | accessdate=2 January 2017 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160929183218/http://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13750.html | archivedate=29 September 2016}}</ref> Ia berkolaborasi dengan Siva untuk kedua lainnya dalam ''[[Vedalam]]'' (2015), yang meraih pembukaan terbesar dalam sinema Tamil dan menjadi salah satu film Tamil dengan keuntungan tertinggi pada tahun tersebut.<ref name="Pillai2015"/>
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