20 Facts About Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps >> Read More... is a prominent name in the entertainment industry today. He has had a beautiful career, has one of the top heroines of Bollywood as his partner and leads a happy married life with her. It is rare to see him involved in a controversy and he is one of those stars who are there in the industry because they love their work, because as we all know, he is not a very social person. Today we will be talking 20 facts about the actor that not everyone knows about.

1. He Has Been Awarded The CII Excellence Award In Cinema

The actor was awarded with the CII excellence award in the capital. During his acceptance speech, he made it clear that unlike many other actors, he has no plans of joining politics and was grateful for the award he had received. Later, he tweeted that he felt honored to have received the award.

2. He Loves To Direct

The actor has been a part of many films, some as their producer, some as their actor and some as their director. During ‘ Drishyam Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ promotions, the actor stated that he will be seen only as an actor in the movie, but in ‘ Shivaay Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ he will be behind the camera too and that is where he likes to be.

3. He Is Proud Of His Journey

The actor has spent 25 years in the industry, and he believes that it has been a very smooth journey. He states that time passes faster when you love something you are doing. He has loved every part of his journey in Bollywood and to him it feels as though it was only yesterday when he started shooting for his first film.

4. He Is Promoting Bulgaria’s Tourism

For his movie Shivaay, the actor had gone in search of locations to shoot in Bulgaria. He was grateful for the support that Bulgarian government showed to him and his team so he decided to promote the tourism of Bulgaria. Moreover, when he was searching for locations there, his wife Kajol Devgan Born on 5th August 1974, Kajol was the heartthrob >> Read More... was also shooting in Bulgaria for her film ‘ Dilwale Click to look into! >> Read More... ’.

5. He Is An Adorable Brother-in-law

On the actor’s 46th birthday, his sister-in-law Tanishaa Mukerji Tanishaa Mukerji is the popular actress who hailed >> Read More... shared a picture of him, her sister and herself together. The picture seems to be over a decade old but perfectly highlights the bond between the trio.

6. Family Ties

The actor’s name was Vishal Veeru Devgan Veeru Devgan is the father of Hindi actor Ajay Dev >> Read More... when he was born. His mother is a film producer, while his father, Veeru Devgan was a stunt director. For the sake of the industry, the actor changed his name from Vishal to Ajay, and on the insistence of his family, he changed his surname from Devgan to Devgn. Ajay also has a cousin called Anil, who is a producer. The two share a great bond and are frequently mistaken to be real brothers. Ajay originally hails from Delhi, he studied at Silver Beach High School and completed his college studies from Mithibai College in Mumbai.

7. His Debut

Ajay originally made his debut in 1991 with ‘ Phool Aur Kaante Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, but he was the first choice for the film ‘ Karan Arjun Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, where he would have played Salman’s role. He was also the second choice for ‘ Darr Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, after Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... rejected the role. It ultimately went to Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... and became one of the best decisions of his career. His first film as director was the film ‘ U Me Aur Hum Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. In 1985, a film called Pyari Behna was released that had a child artist called Master Chotu. Ajay Devgan is frequently mistaken to be the actor.

8. His Romantic Spats

The actor has had his own share of romantic relationships. He was first in a relationship with Raveena Tandon Raveena Tandon is an Indian film actress who is kn >> Read More... , but broke up with her when he fell in love with Karisma Kapoor Karisma Kapoor is a well known face from the famil >> Read More... . Raveena and Ajay argued a lot of times because of this issue, but Ajay was too much in love with Karisma to listen. There were also reports of an affair with Kangana Ranaut Kangana Ranaut is known in Bollywood, for her trem >> Read More... , but they parted ways when things began to get ugly.

9. His Marriage To Kajol

The couple has stated that they fell for each other while they were shooting their second film together. They grew up with each other, and had a very unusual love story. They never really said the three magical words to each other, and they never proposed to each other, but they knew it will happen, even though the rest of the film industry has believed that the unlikely couple, where both were polar opposites, would break up soon.

10. His Shelved Films

In tinsel town, once an actor is signed up for a film, it is a long process before the shooting for the film actually starts. The actor, after doing the critically acclaimed ‘Zakhm’ with Pooja Bhatt This chubby star of Bollywood had a different styl >> Read More... , was meant to do another film for which 20% of the shoot was complete, before it got shelved. The actor had also starred in a film called ‘Singer’, but since its producers were found to be involved in the 1993 bomb blasts, the film was also shelved. Then, in 1999, Feroz Khan’s Qurbaan Tujh Par Meri Jung starring Ajay Devgn was also shelved. The film also had Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress >> Read More... and Fardeen Khan Fardeen Khan is a former film actor, known for doi >> Read More... .

11. He Owes His Success To His Parents

The actor never had to struggle in the industry. The most he had to do was put in some hard work. He stated that all the credit for his incredibly smooth journey goes to his parents, as his mother showed him the right path always and his father made him value hard work above else. He is fond of the movies of the 70’s era and used to be a frequent visitor on the sets of ‘ Jeetendra Jeetendra was born as Ravi Kapoor in a Business fa >> Read More... ’’s ‘Himmatwallah’.

12. He Has Not Been To Any Award Shows

Although the actor has won Filmfare awards quite a few times and has been nominated even more times, but he has never gone to an award show, just like Aamir Khan. He believes that none of them are honest award shows, as they want to sell their shows to channels and promise them there will be big stars on the show. So, whoever performs gets the award and this tipped him off.

13. He Won The National Award Twice

The actor has given many award winning performances throughout his career, but he is one of the super talented actors who has also received the national award, not once, but twice! The first movie that he received the award for was Zakhm, and the second film was ‘ The Legend Of Bhagat Singh Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. His power packed performances seem to promise a hat trick.

14. His Relations With Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The actor gave one of his best performances till date with Aishwarya Rai in ‘ Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. During the shoot the two actors barely talked, but then they did a comedy called ‘Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi’. Then they did another film called ‘ Raincoat Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, by Rituparna Ghosh. During these films, they developed a cordial relationship and when Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan, or Abhishek Srivastava, is a ve >> Read More... decided to tie the knot, he was among the first to know.

15. Bajirao Mastani Click to look into! >> Read More...

The actor was the first choice for Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani. However, from money matters, to dates issue, nothing worked out between the actor and the makers, and he was replaced by Ranveer Singh Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor wh >> Read More... , who did a wonderful job. Although it is hard to imagine anyone else other than Ranveer as the Bajirao of Mastani, it would have been interesting to see Ajay as Bajirao.

16. His Preferred Form Of Cinema

For a lot of time, the actor was known for his intense, brooding looks, and the equally intense roles he did. However, he was also known for the action films that he did. But what is not known to a lot of people is that the actor loves to do light hearted comedies. For these films, he collaborates with Rohit Shetty Rohit Shetty is a famous Director in Bollywood who >> Read More... and the two do their best to make people laugh.

17. His Connection With Rohit Shetty

We know that the two have given great films individually and together. The ‘ Golmaal Golmaal is a Telugu comedy television series. The >> Read More... ’ series is a memorable one for sure. However, what not many know is that they both have been friends since childhood. As kids they attended the same birthday parties and were sons of famous action directors.

18. His Failure With His Home Production

The actor appeared in several films and gained his name from the films he has done through his career. However, his home production, Raju Chacha was a film for kids but failed to do any magic; it was a huge flop and since then Ajay has not produced any film from his home production.

19. His Role In Drishyam

The actor was seen in the film Drishyam, which had already been a huge hit in other languages. It had been played by two great actors of their respective film space and had won both of them great acclaim. Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan is the most versatile actor that Indi >> Read More... had played his character in Tamil while ‘ Mohanlal Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film >> Read More... ’ had played his character in Malayalam. When asked, the actor said that he had not seen any of the actor’s performances as he wanted to add his own touch to the role.

20. His Bond With His Parents

Ajay loves and worships his parents and touches their feet every morning. Kajol too, loves them. When his father received the lifetime achievement award, it was Kajol who came up with her father-in-law, as Ajay does not attend any award shows.