Ajmal Ameer

Early and personal life

Ajmal studied medicine in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. He has two brothers, Askar and Abith. He is married to Renju and they have a son and daughter.

Career

Ajmal made his acting debut with a negative role in his friend's Tamil film, February 14 (2005). His lead debut film was the Malayalam film Pranayakalam, opposite Vimala Raman in Malayalam. This was followed by the Tamil film Anjathe, directed by Myshkin, in which he played an angry young man. The film became a commercial success, with Ajmal receiving several awards for his performance. He next starred in the Malayalam film Madambi alongside Mohanlal. It remains his only hit in Malayalam aside from Loham and Two Countries. In 2009, he has gone on to do Tamils films like TN 07 AL 4777 and Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru. He also acted in an international production in Malayalam De Nova, which went unnoticed. The anti-hero character, Vasanthan Perumal, he portrayed in the 2011 Tamil movie * Ko *earned him a lot of appreciation. Based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India, Ajmal won the Chennai Times Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Male. In 2012, he made his debut in the Telugu film Rachcha. His willingness to experiment and go beyond the image of the virtuous hero have garnered him a rich spectrum of characters from Tamil and Telugu. In 2013, he played an independent cinematographer in the suspense thriller Bangles. He also did in Karuppampatti (2013) and Vetri Selvan (2014), which for lack of good publicity, bombed at the box office.

He also acted in the Telugu film Prabhanjanam (2014) in which he played the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. In 2015, He hasn't done any major roles in Malayalam and was seen in guest roles in Loham and Two Countries. In 2015, he acted in the Malayalam movie Ben. Since then he had not been active in Malayalam, until 2022 when he played a police officer in the movie Pathaam valavu. He then appeared in the Tamil movie, Iravukku Aayiram Kangal (2018). In 2019, his Tamil films are also Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 and Devi 2. In 2021, he was seen in Nayanthara's film titled Netrikann. He is also part of Malayalam movie Kshanam. In 2022, he has played in Malayalam crime thrillers movies such as Pathaam Valavu and Paappan. Ajmal delivers a flawless performance throughout in the Tamil investigative thriller Theerkadarishi (2023). He was also seen in Telegu thriller movie Mangalavaaram (2023). He was cast alongside the actor Vijay shines in their role in the Tamil action thriller The Greatest of All Time (2024).

Filmography

References

References

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12. "Ajmal Amir's 'Bangles' this weekend".
13. "'I want to be identified as a Tamil actor'- Cinema express".
14. (22 November 2019). "Ajmal Amir on playing Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in Ram Gopal Varma's 'Kamma Rajyam Lo Kadapa Reddlu' - The Hindu". The Hindu.
15. "Ajmal plays a fraudster in his upcoming Tamil movie".
16. "Ajmal Ameer to share screen space with Nayanthara".
17. "Pathaam Valavu".
18. "Paappan Movie Review".
19. "Theerkadarishi Movie Review: Theerkadharishi is an inventive investigative thriller".
20. (2023-10-07). "Second single 'Emayyindho Emito' from director Ajay Bhupathi's 'Mangalavaaram' unveiled".
21. "Thalapathy Vijay Is Greatest Of All Time Movie Review: Tribute to a king".
22. (28 April 2023). "Ajmal's Theerkadarishi clears censor board formalities".
23. (7 October 2023). "Emayindho Ento from Mangalavaaram out".
24. (11 October 2023). "Ram Gopal Varma: వ్యూహం సినిమా రిలీజ్ అయ్యేది అప్పుడే !".
25. (21 October 2023). "First look of Dileep's Thankamani out".
26. (26 June 2024). "'Allu Sirish looks like Tom Cruise': Actor Ajmal Ameer at 'Buddy' event".
27. Features, C. E.. (2024-07-15). "Bhavana-Shaji Kailas film Hunt gets a release date".
28. (24 October 2023). "Thalapathy 68:Vijay welcomes Meenakshi Chaudhary, Prabhu Deva and Other Cast Members".
29. B, Jayabhuvaneshwari. (2025-08-01). "Udhaya on co-starring with Ajmal and Yogi Babu in Accused: ‘Even Rajini sir’s films are multi-starrers…’".