Ajith Kumar Filmography
Ajith Kumar is
an Indian actor who works mainly in Tamil films. Apart from a small role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar, his professional
career began three years later with the Telugu film Prema Pusthakam. He made his debut as a lead actor in Tamil
cinema with Amaravathi (1993). Despite being a moderate success, the film helped him obtain
more modelling assignments. After Amaravathi release, Ajith opted against acting, and instead
tried pursuing a career in auto racing. While training for an amateur race, he injured his back and underwent
three major surgeries, leaving him bed-ridden for a year-and-a-half. After
recovering from the injury, he played supporting roles in Paasamalargal (1994) and Pavithra (1994). The following year, he
had his breakthrough with the romantic thriller Aasai. His performance earned him critical acclaim and established him as an
up-and-coming actor in Tamil cinema. He was next seen as the main lead in Agathiyan's epistolary Kadhal Kottai (1996),
a critical and commercial success. In 1997 he had five releases, all of
which were commercial failures.
Ajith's dual portrayal of twin
brothers—where one is deaf-mute—in S. J. Surya's Vaali (1999) won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. Impressed with
his performance in that film, Rajiv Menon cast Ajith in the ensemble drama Kandukondain
Kandukondain (2000). The following year, he
collaborated with debutant director AR Murugadoss on the action film Dheena. The film was successful in establishing his reputation as an action hero and earning him the nickname
"Thala" ("head"). He earned critical acclaim for his
dual role performance in the vigilante film Citizen (2001), and
a Best Actor nomination at Filmfare for the drama Poovellam
Un Vasam (2001). His last release of the year
was Santosh Sivan's Hindi film Aśoka, where he played a brief antagonistic role opposite Shah Rukh Khan. His performance as twin
brothers in K. S. Ravikumar's
2002 film Villain won
him a second Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.
Between 2003 and 2005 Ajith cut back on his
acting career to focus on racing. During this time, he had his only
commercial success with Attahasam (2004). Two years later he starred in Ravikumar's Varalaru, in which he played three different roles.
It became the highest-grossing Tamil film of that year, and Ajith went on
to receive his third Best Tamil Actor award at Filmfare for his performance. In
2007 he was seen in two remakes—Kireedam and Billa, both
of which earned him critical acclaim. His next two releases, Aegan(2008) and Aasal (2010), were critical and commercial failures. Ajith played an antihero—as a money-minded, suspended police
officer—in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha (2011). It had the biggest
opening of that year for a Tamil film, and became Ajith's biggest
commercial success to that point. His next release, Billa II (2012), Tamil cinema's first prequel, opened to mixed reviews. He
followed that with the multi-starrer Arrambam (2013) and Siva's masala film Veeram (2014), both of which were commercially successful. In 2015 he
collaborated with Gautham Menon for
the crime drama Yennai Arindhaal. His performance as an undercover police officer earned him a Best
Tamil Actor nomination at the 63rd Filmfare Awards
South. His second release of the year, Vedalam, had the biggest opening day in Tamil
cinema and was among the highest grossing Tamil films of the year.
Ajith Films
Film
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Year
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Role(s)
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Director(s)
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Notes
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En Veedu En Kanavar
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1990
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Unknown
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Senbaga Raman
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Uncredited
role as a school student
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Prema Pusthakam
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1993
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Siddharth
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Telugu film
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Amaravathi
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1993
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Arjun
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Paasamalargal
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1994
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Kumar
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Pavithra
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1994
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Ashok
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Rajavin Parvaiyile
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1995
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Chandru
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Janaki Soundar
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Aasai
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1995
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Jeevanantham
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Vaanmathi
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1996
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Kalloori Vaasal
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1996
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Vasanth
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Minor Mappillai
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1996
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Ramu
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Kadhal Kottai
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1996
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Surya
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Nesam
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1997
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Ranganathan
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Raasi
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1997
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Kumar
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Murali Abbas
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Ullaasam
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1997
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Guru
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Pagaivan
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1997
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Prabhu
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Rettai Jadai Vayasu
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1997
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Vijay
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C. Sivakumar
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Kadhal Mannan
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1998
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Shiva
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Aval Varuvala
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1998
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Jeeva
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Unnidathil Ennai
Koduthen
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1998
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Sanjay
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Cameo
appearance
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Uyirodu Uyiraga
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1998
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Ajay
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Sushma Ahuja
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Thodarum
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1999
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Jayaram
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Unnai Thedi
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1999
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Raghu
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Vaali
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1999
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Deva,
Shiva[f]
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Anantha Poongatre
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1999
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Jeeva
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Amarkalam
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1999
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Vasu
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Nee Varuvai Ena
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1999
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Subramani
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Cameo
appearance
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Mugavaree
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2000
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Sridhar
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Kandukondain
Kandukondain
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2000
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Manohar
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Unnai Kodu Ennai
Tharuven
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2000
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Surya
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Kavi Kalidas
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Dheena
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2001
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Dheenadhayalan
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Citizen
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2001
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Citizen,
Subramani[f]
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Poovellam Un Vasam
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2001
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Chinna
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Nominated—Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Aśoka
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2001
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Hindi film
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Red
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2002
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Red
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Raja
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2002
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Raja
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Villain
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2002
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Shiva,
Vishnu[f]
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Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Ennai Thalatta
Varuvala
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2003
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Sathish
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K. S. Ravindran
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Anjaneya
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2003
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Paramaguru
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Jana
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2004
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Janardhanan
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Attahasam
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2004
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Guru,
Jeeva[f]
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Ji
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2005
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Vasu
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Paramasivan
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2006
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Subramaniyam
Siva (Paramasivan)[g]
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Thirupathi
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2006
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Thirupathi
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Varalaru
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2006
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Jeeva,
Shivshankar, Vishnu[h]
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Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Aalwar
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2007
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Shiva
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Chella
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Kireedam
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2007
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Sakthivel
Rajarajan
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Billa
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2007
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David
Billa, Saravanavelu[f]
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Nominated—Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Aegan
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2008
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Shiva
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Aasal
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2010
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Jeevanandham,
Shiva[f]
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Also
screenwriter
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Mankatha
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2011
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Vinayak
Mahadev
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Nominated—Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Billa II
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2012
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David
Billa
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English Vinglish
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2012
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Flight
passenger
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Arrambam
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2013
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Ashok
Kumar
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Nominated—Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Veeram
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2014
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Vinayagam
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Nominated—Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Yennai Arindhaal
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2015
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Sathyadev
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Nominated—Filmfare
Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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Vedalam
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2015
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Ganesh
(Vedalam)[g]
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Vivegam
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2017
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AK (Ajay Kumar)[g]
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