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Ajay Devgn is an Indian Bollywood film actor, director and producer. His debut as an actor came in Phool Aur Kaante (1991), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.^[1] Devgn then played a kickboxer in the martial arts film Jigar (1992) and a blind character in the film Vijaypath (1994). Further success came with roles in the 1994 box-office hits Suhaag and Dilwale.^[2] He garnered his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in the action drama Naajayaz (1995).^[3] Devgn received critical acclaim for his roles in Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha and the political drama Zakhm (both 1998),^[4] winning National Film Award for Best Actor for the latter.^[5][6] In 1999, he starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, earning a Filmfare Best Actor nomination.^[3] In 2000, Devgn established his production house Ajay Devgn FFilms, produced and appeared as the protagonist in the commercially unsuccessful Raju Chacha.^[7] He received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as a dacoit in the drama Lajja (2001).^[8]

Devgn played a character loosely based on Dawood Ibrahim in Ram Gopal Varma's critically acclaimed gangster film Company (2002).^[9][10] He won his second National Film Award for portraying the revolutionaryBhagat Singh in Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh^[11] and received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for both these films.^[12] He next played the antagonist in psychological thriller Deewangee (2002), for which he earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award.^[13] In 2003, Devgn starred in Varma's commercially successful horror film Bhoot.^[14] He received another Filmfare Best Actor nomination for his role of an honest IPS officer in the drama Gangaajal (2003), directed by Prakash Jha.^[3] The following year, Devgn appeared as a student-turned-politician in Yuva (2004), a drama from Mani Ratnam. He portrayed a character based on Othello in the critically acclaimed film Omkara (2006), a remake of William Shakespeare's play Othello^[15][16] and also played Gopal in Rohit Shetty's multi-starrer comedy Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), a role he later reprised in its sequelsGolmaal Returns (2008) and Golmaal 3 (2010). In 2007, Devgn appeared in two commercial failures, including Varma's Aag, based on the 1975 cult classic Sholay.^[17][18]Aag is considered one of the worst films.^[19][20][21]

In 2008, Devgn acted in the drama Halla Bol, and directed and produced the romantic drama U Me Aur Hum.^[22] In 2009, he produced his third film, All the Best: Fun Begins. In the crime drama Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Devgn played a character inspired from gangster Haji Mastan.^[23] He appeared as a dalit leader in Jha's political drama Raajneeti (2010). Both of these films performed favourably at the box office and the former garnered him a Filmfare Best Actor nomination.^[3][24] He again collaborated with Shetty for the role of an upright police officer in the action drama Singham (2011).^[25] Devgn achieved further success with roles in the action comedies Bol Bachchan and Son of Sardaar, the latter of which he also produced.^[26][27] He appeared as a protective father in Nishikant Kamat's Drishyam (2015).^[28] The following year he directed, produced and starred in the action drama Shivaay with Erika Kaar. Devgn has produced two short films; The Awakening (2006)^[29] and Save The Girl Child (2012).^[30] He has also hosted the TV show Ramleela – Ajay Devgn Ke Saath (2012).

Film[edit]

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Title	Year	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
Phool Aur Kaante	1991	Ajay	Kuku Kohli	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut	[31]
Jigar	1992	Raj 'Raju' Verma	Farogh Siddique	[32]
Divya Shakti	1993	Prashant Varma	Sameer Malkan	[32]
Platform	1993	Raju	Deepak Pawar	[32]
Sangraam	1993	Raja S. Singh Kanwar	Lawrence D'Souza	[32]
Shaktiman	1993	Amar	K. C. Bokadia	[32]
Dil Hai Betaab	1993	Ajay	K. C. Bokadia	[32]
Ek Hi Raasta	1993	Karan Singh	Deepak Bahry	[32]
Bedardi	1993	Vijay Saxena	Krishnakant Pandya	[32]
Dhanwaan	1993	Kashinath	K. Vishwanath	[32]
Dilwale	1994	Arun Saxena	Harry Baweja	[33]
Kanoon	1994	Vishal	Sushma Shiromani	[32]
Vijaypath	1994	Karan	Farogh Siddique	[34]
Suhaag	1994	Ajay R. Sharma/Ajay R. Malhotra[a]	Kuku Kohli	[32]
Madam X	1994	—	Deepak Shivdasani	Assistant director	[35]
Naajayaz	1995	Jay Bakshi	Mahesh Bhatt	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[32]
Hulchul	1995	Deva	Anees Bazmee	[36]
Gundaraj	1995	Ajay Chauvan	Guddu Dhanoa	[32]
Haqeeqat	1995	Shiva/Ajay[a]	Kuku Kohli	[32]
Jung	1996	Ajay Bahadur Saxena	Tatineni Rama Rao	[32]
Diljale	1996	Shyam	Harry Baweja	[32]
Jaan	1996	Karan	Raj Kanwar	[32]
Ishq	1997	Ajay Rai	Indra Kumar	[32]
Itihaas	1997	Karan	Raj Kanwar	[32]
Major Saab	1998	Virendra Pratap Singh	Tinnu Anand	[37]
Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha	1998	Shekhar	Anees Bazmee	[38]
Sar Utha Ke Jiyo	1998	Himself	Sikander Bharti	Cameo appearance	[32]
Zakhm	1998	Ajay R. Desai	Mahesh Bhatt	National Film Award for Best Actor Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[32]
Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet	1999	Raju	P. Vasu	[32]
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	1999	Vanraj	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[39]
Hindustan Ki Kasam	1999	Ajay/Tauheed[b]	Veeru Devgan	[40]
Gair	1999	Vijay Kumar/Dev[a]	Ashok Gaikwad	[32]
Thakshak	1999	Ishaan Singh	Govind Nihalani	[32]
Kachche Dhaage	1999	Aftab	Milan Luthria	[41]
Dil Kya Kare	1999	Anand	Prakash Jha	[42]
Deewane	2000	Vishal/Arun[b]	Harry Baweja	[32]
Raju Chacha	2000	Shekhar/Raju Chacha[a]	Anil Devgan	Also producer	[32]
Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	2001	Vicky/Rohit Verma[b]	Deepak Shivdasani	[32]
Lajja	2001	Bulwa	Rajkumar Santoshi	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor	[43]
Tera Mera Saath Rahen	2001	Raj Dixit	Mahesh V. Manjrekar	[44]
Company	2002	Malik	Ram Gopal Varma	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[45]
Hum Kisise Kum Nahin	2002	Raja	David Dhawan	[46]
The Legend of Bhagat Singh	2002	Bhagat Singh	Rajkumar Santoshi	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor National Film Award for Best Actor	[47]
Deewangee	2002	Tarang Bharadwaj	Anees Bazmee	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role	[48]
Bhoot	2003	Vishal	Ram Gopal Varma	[49]
Qayamat: City Under Threat	2003	Rachit	Harry Baweja	[50]
Chori Chori	2003	Ranbir Malhotra	Milan Luthria	[51]
Gangaajal	2003	Amit Kumar	Prakash Jha	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[52]
Parwana	2003	Parwana	Deepak Bahry	[53]
Zameen	2003	Ranvir Singh Ranawat	Rohit Shetty	[54]
LOC Kargil	2003	Manoj Kumar Pandey	J.P. Dutta	[55]
Khakee	2004	Yashwant Angre	Rajkumar Santoshi	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Villan	[56]
Masti	2004	Sikander	Indra Kumar	[57]
Yuva	2004	Michael Mukherjee	Mani Ratnam	[58]
Raincoat	2004	Manoj	Rituparno Ghosh	[59]
Taarzan: The Wonder Car	2004	Deven Chaudhary	Abbas–Mustan	Extended cameo appearance	[60]
Insan	2005	Ajit Rathore	K. Subash	[61]
Blackmail	2005	Shekhar R Mohan	Anil Devgan	[62]
Zameer: The Fire Within	2005	Suraj Chauhan	Kamal	[63]
Tango Charlie	2005	Mohammed Ali	Mani Shankar	[64]
Kaal	2005	Kaali Pratap Singh	Soham Shah	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Villan	[65]
Main Aisa Hi Hoon	2005	Indraneel Thakur	Harry Baweja	[66]
Apaharan	2005	Ajay Shastri	Prakash Jha	[67]
Shikhar	2005	Gaurav Gupta	John Matthew Matthan	[68]
Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke	2006	Kunal Singh	Aslam Sheikh	Bhojpuri language film	[69]
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited	2006	Gopal	Rohit Shetty	[70]
The Awakening	2006	Himself	Faruk Kabir	Also producer and editor; short film	[32][71]
Omkara	2006	Omkara Shukla	Vishal Bhardwaj	[72]
Cash	2007	Karan/Doc[a]	Anubhav Sinha	[32]
Aag	2007	Heerendra 'Heero' Dhaan	Ram Gopal Varma	[73]
Halla Bol	2008	Ashfaque Khan/Sameer Khan[a]	Rajkumar Santoshi	[74]
Sunday	2008	Rajvir Randhawa	Rohit Shetty	[75]
U Me Aur Hum	2008	Ajay	Ajay Devgn	Also director, writer and producer	[76][77]
Haal-e-Dil	2008	Himself	Anil Devgan	Special appearance	[78]
Mehbooba	2008	Karan	Afzal Khan	[79]
Golmaal Returns	2008	Gopal	Rohit Shetty	[80]
All the Best: Fun Begins	2009	Prem Chopra	Rohit Shetty	Also producer	[81]
London Dreams	2009	Arjun	Vipul Amrutlal Shah	[82]
Teen Patti	2010	Sunny	Leena Yadav	Cameo appearance	[83]
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?	2010	Puneet	Ashwni Dhir	[84]
Raajneeti	2010	Sooraj Kumar	Prakash Jha	[85]
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	2010	Sultan Mirza	Milan Luthria	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[86]
Aakrosh	2010	Pratap Kumar	Priyadarshan	[87]
Golmaal 3	2010	Gopal	Rohit Shetty	[88]
Toonpur Ka Super Hero	2010	Aditya	Kireet Khurana	[89]
Yamla Pagla Deewana	2011	Narrator	Samir Karnik	[90]
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji	2011	Naren Ahuja	Madhur Bhandarkar	[91]
Ready	2011	Raju	Anees Bazmee	Cameo appearance	[92]
Singham	2011	Bajirao Singham	Rohit Shetty	Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[93]
Rascals	2011	Bhagat	David Dhawan	[94]
Tezz	2012	Aakash Rana	Priyadarshan	[95]
Bol Bachchan	2012	Prithviraj Raghuvanshi	Rohit Shetty	Also producer	[96]
Son of Sardaar	2012	Jassi	Ashwni Dhir	Also producer	[97]
Makkhi	2012	Father (voice)	S. S. Rajamouli	For the Hindi dubbed version	[98]
Save The Girl Child	2012	—	Raajeev Walia	Producer	[30][99]
Himmatwala	2013	Ravi	Sajid Khan	[100]
Satyagraha	2013	Manav Raghvendra	Prakash Jha	[101]
Mahabharat	2013	Arjun (voice)	Amaan Khan	Animated film	[102]
Singham Returns	2014	Bajirao Singham	Rohit Shetty	Also producer	[103]
Action Jackson	2014	Vishy/Jai (AJ)[b]	Prabhu Deva	[104]
Vitti Dandu	2014	—	Ganesh Kadam	Producer; Marathi language film	[105]
Hey Bro	2015	Himself	Ajay Chandhok	Special appearance in song 'Birju'	[106]
Drishyam	2015	Vijay Salgaonkar	Nishikant Kamat	[107]
Fitoor	2016	Moazam	Abhishek Kapoor	Cameo appearance	[108][109]
Shivaay	2016	Shivaay	Ajay Devgn	Also director, writer and producer.	[110]
Guest iin London	2017	Ajay	Ashwni Dhir	Cameo appearance	[111]
Baadshaho	2017	Bhavani Singh	Milan Luthria	[112]
Poster Boys	2017	Himself	Shreyas Talpade	Voice-over; cameo appearance	[113]
Golmaal Again	2017	Gopal	Rohit Shetty	[114]
Aapla Manus	2018	Himself	Satish Rajwade	Marathi film; producer; cameo appearance	[115]
Raid	2018	Amay Patnaik	Raj Kumar Gupta	[116]
Helicopter Eela	2018	—	Pradeep Sarkar	Producer	[117]
Simmba	2018	DCP Bajirao Singham	Rohit Shetty	Cameo appearance	[118][119]
Total Dhamaal	2019	Guddu	Indra Kumar	Also producer	[120][121][122]
De De Pyaar De	2019	Ashish	Akiv Ali
Turram Khan	2019	—	Hansal Mehta	Producer	[123]
Taanaji - The Unsung Warrior	2020	Tanaji Malusare	Om Raut	Also producer; scheduled for 10 February 2020	[124][125]
RRR	2020	TBA	S.S. Rajamouli	Cameo Appearance; scheduled for 30 July 2020.	[126]

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
2002–2004	Devi	Producer	[127]
2008	Rock-N-Roll Family	Judge	[128]
2012	Ramleela – Ajay Devgn Ke Saath	Presenter	[129]
2018	Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh	Producer	[130]

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefDevgn played a character with two different names.
2. ^ ^abcdDevgn played two different characters.

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External links[edit]

• Ajay Devgn on IMDb

List of the best Ajay Devgan movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Ajay Devgan's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Ajay Devgan movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Ajay Devgan movies will be at the top of the list. Ajay Devgan has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Ajay Devgan movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Ajay Devgan films to end the squabble once and for all.

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1Once Upon a Time in MumbaaiAjay Devgan, Kangana Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi2Golmaal: Fun UnlimitedAjay Devgan, Paresh Rawal, Rimi Sen3IshqKajol, Ajay Devgan, Aamir Khan4CompanyMohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi5The Legend of Bhagat SinghAjay Devgan, Amrita Rao, Farida Jalal6SinghamSachin Khedekar, Ajay Devgan, Kajal Aggarwal7GangaajalAjay Devgan, Gracy Singh, Mohan Agashe8ApaharanBipasha Basu, Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar9Bol BachchanAmitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan10All the Best: Fun BeginsBipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan11Golmaal ReturnsKareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Amrita Arora12Son of SardaarSalman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan13Qayamat: City Under ThreatAjay Devgan, Riya Sen, Sunil Shetty14KhakeeAishwarya Rai Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan15Pyar To Hona Hi ThaKajol, Ajay Devgan, Om Puri16Phool Aur KaanteAjay Devgan, Amrish Puri, Aruna Irani17MastiGenelia D'Souza, Ajay Devgan, Lara Dutta18VijaypathAjay Devgan, Gulshan Grover, Tabu19Golmaal 3Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Mithun Chakraborty20OmkaraBipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgan21DeewangeeAjay Devgan, Urmila Matondkar, Farida Jalal22RaajneetiKatrina Kaif, Ajay Devgan, Ranbir Kapoor23DiljaleAjay Devgan, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri24Hum Dil De Chuke SanamAishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan25BhootRekha, Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar