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Kollywood superstar Ajith Kumar popularly known as Thala Ajith will be celebrating his 49th birthday today. Thala Ajith’s birthday is no less than a festival for his fans, as his followers and admirers assures to trend their favourite star on his special day on social media.
Like many other superstars in our country, Thala Ajith too had a rough start in his acting career. During the initial years of his career, the actor had been through tough phases following movie failures and harsh criticism from the audience.
But over the years, things have completely changed and Thala Ajith is now at peak of his career, with many successful films to his credit, mass fan following across the world, and also is without a doubt one of the most sought after actors down south.
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Today on the occasion of his 49th Birthday, we at Koimoi bring you 5 lesser-known facts about Thala Ajith.
1) Passion for car racing
Not many know that Thala Ajith since his school days have been very fond of racing cars and bikes. It was in the year 2010 when the Kollywood superstar participated in Formula 2 championship. The actor also competed in various racing circuits in India held in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, and Delhi. He also took part in racing tournaments abroad including Germany and Malaysia. After a one-off race during the Formula Maruti Indian Championships in 2002, where he finished in fourth place, he was signed in for inaugural BMW Formula Championship where he completed the race at 12th position.
2) Hindi debut with Asoka
Not many have noticed that Thala Ajith had played Shah Rukh Khan’s evil stepbrother in Santosh Sivan’s period drama Asoka which released back in 2001. Asoka was Thala Ajith’s official Bollywood debut. It was only a few years back at an award function in Chennai where Shah Rukh Khan shared his experience working with Ajith, as he mentioned that despite being so popular with immense fan following and a long list of successful films, the Tamil star was very humble and cool during the shoot of Asoka and never had any starry attitude.
