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‘Ultimate-Racer-Star’-
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Dropping
out of school to become a four-wheeler
mechanic and a garment exporter, taking
first steps into the modeling world, handling
acting schedules and race track timings
at the same time, living on the edge-
he has lived life as he wanted. For him,
destiny was a choice not a chance. Looking
back at a film career that started in
1992 with Prema Pustagam (Telugu), he
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managed to create a space for himself, a huge fan following
and a title that sits gracefully on his radiant persona. That’s
why today is worth celebrating for everyone who enjoys watching
Tamil cinema. Happy Birthday Ajith Kumar- Tamil cinema’s
‘Ultimate Star’. |
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Life
as Ajith is never easy! For some inexplicable reason,
failure and success seem to alternate with regularity
for this star, especially in the past few years. And
Ajith never wants it easy, after all, at heart he is
a racer who is willing to take all the hits in the fast
lane. He never has denied failures, nor has he flaunted
his success, he has carried them with the same dignity
and remained surprisingly low key and media shy for
a Kollywood star. At times these might have worked against
him but he chose not to change. That is the reason his
fans, huge in numbers have also not changed, sticking
with him through the good and the bad, the thick and
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As
an actor, Ajith has done a spectrum of roles. Right
from the college boy, the chocolate lover, angry young
man, struggling middle class youngster, family man,
psycho, cop, gangster and many more of the limited
range of characters that a regular Kollywood hero
is offered. To pick a few is difficult but Kadhal
Kottai, Vaali and Mugavari are the films that first
come to mind when one thinks of the movies that set
him on the path to being the Ultimate Star. In spite
of having proved himself in roles of varying demands
there remain people who doubt whether Ajith really
belongs in the big league. Quite a few failures in
the past years have contributed to it but criticism
directed towards Ajith has always had a dismissive
edge to it. It might be out of sheer frustration from
the fact of such a talented young actor walking into
the wrong script over and over again, but it has often
shifted focus away from the real picture of what Ajith
can do when armed with the right script. Based on
all that he has done in is nearly 20 year long career,
Ajith’s acting skills must never be questioned.
May be he is not an acting genius in the way critics
use the term, but Ajith is indeed a presence on screen
and it is time that this be acknowledged instead of
looking at him only through his last movie.
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May 1 2007 to May 1 2008. The last one year in Ajith’s
life has been great. Though it might have started with the
lingering taste of Aalwar’s disappointment, all that
changed with Kreedom. We all saw it and said together that
this was undoubtedly Ajith’s best ever performance
on screen. A role immortalized by one of India’s finest
actors recreated by one of Tamil cinema’s most vibrant
stars. Kreedom was undoubtedly a crowning glory for Ajith.
But that was just the beginning. Emulating the Superstar
is no mean game and might give jitters to even the best
in the business. To be Billa is not everyone’s cup
of coffee but Ajith proved that he can hold it. Backed by
a solid team, he produced what we think is one of the finest
tight rope walks in recent times. Billa broke records and
more importantly a few detractors’ predictions. Ajith
had arrived! Of course, he had arrived a long time back,
in fact many times, but this time we think he has arrived
on a different plane. But the best thing in the past year
definitely must be fatherhood. Blessed with a daughter,
Ajith must have bee the happiest man on the planet. Now
he has Aegan and a project with Gautham to follow. Not to
mention the MGR award that he received from the state government-
life has been good.
The one thing that many people don’t like or want
Ajith to change is his choice of scripts and movies. We
don’t like to see a star of his stature in the hands
of an immature director and then shouldering the blame for
something that would have gone wrong anyway. But we must
also know that at heart Ajith is still a racer, living life
on the edge. There is only one way that a racer knows, take
the road, the corners or the choices that appears before
you; in the fast lane you don’t pause to think twice.
Yes, there have been bad roads and blind turns and they
have led to problems. But for every problem there is a pit-stop,
a change of tyres, refueling, and the racer always knows
where the car has to reach- the chequered flag. No doubt,
Ajith the racer and Ajith the Ultimate Star always know
the way to the chequered flag and a winning finish. Happy
Birthday.
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