Ajith Kumar(born 1 May 1971 in Secunderabad, Andra Pradesh, India) is an Indian film actor, considered one of the leading actors of the Tamil film industry.He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of successful films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. Since the turn of the century. Ajith forayed into method acting, seen in his Vaali, Mugavari and Kandukondain Kandukondain, before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Villain, Varalaru and Billa.