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Ajith, who is playing a pivotal role in producer Boney Kapoor’s Nerkonda Paarvai, which is the Tamil remake of the hit 2016 Hindi film Pink is all set to kickstart his second film with Boney Kapoor which is a hardcore action film.
While Ajith’s stardom is known to the entire nation but here are few facts that his fans across doesn’t know. Apart from being a powerhouse performer, he is also a racing enthusiast. He has participated in motorcycle racing championships in India.
Talking about him, Boney says, “I got to know him closely during the shoot of our Tamil film Nerkonda Paarvai. I was pleasantly surprised to know about his passion for racing and other sports. It was only natural that our next project together is a thriller that uses his passion for speed. I would love to have him in a Hindi film with an action backdrop.”
Love for Sports:
Ajith participated in Motorcycle Racing championships in India. He loved the flow of adrenalin that racing brought, making split-second decisions with the power of the engines in his hands but racing was an expensive sport. He didn’t have sponsors. A 10th class school drops out, he started his career as a part-time mechanic and was a garment exporter before entering films.
He also started getting modeling assignments and all his earnings would go into his motorsports activities. His modeling assignments got him his first film offer. His first film as a hero was a Telugu film and then a model coordinator introduced him to Poornachandra Rao and he got his break in Tamil films with Amaravathi that went on to became his first hit. But post the release of the film, Ajith injured his back while training for motorcycle championship and had to undergo three major surgeries resulting in bed rest for the next year and a half.
Post his recuperation; he got back to his film career and in early 2000 started participating in F2, F3, and Asian car racing circuits. He is one among very few Indians to race in the International arena and only Indian actor to compete in Formula championships. He drove in the 2003 Formula Asia BMW Championships. He went on to gain a 3rd position in British Formula 3 car racing championship in 2004. He last participated in the F2 championship race in 2010. Any injury at this stage would have incurred losses to his film producers hence he decided to give up formula racing. From then on, he shifted his passion to aero-modeling. He then got himself certified to operate drones. He is currently getting himself trained in air pistol shooting and hopes to participate in Nationals.
Ajith has following wins to his credits:
- National Motorcycle Racing Championships Group C Up to 110 CC Catagory- Best finish 5th Place In the 2 hours Endurance Race held on 23rd September 1990.
- National Formula Indian Single Seater Championship 2002- Best Finish 4th Place in the last round of the championship.
- Formula BMW Asian Championship 2003- Best Finish 4th Place qualification in Korea and 6th Place in the Race.
- British Formula 3 Championship 2004 (Scholarship Class). Best Finish 3rd Place at Donington Park Circuit and another 3rd Place at Knockhill Circuit.
- Formula 2 European Championship 2010- Best Finish 13th place in both races Held at Marrakech Street Circuit in Morroco.
- His other interests include Aero Modelling, Motorcycling, Swimming, Badminton, Photography, and Sports Pistol Shooting
Ajith in real life:
He is known as someone who doesn’t like the limelight on him and avoids almost all the public gatherings, awards function. He doesn’t have a presence on any social media platform and doesn’t even promote his own films. While all these things will make you feel he is not a social person, he is actually known to be extremely humble. Stories from his sets of him meeting the entire crew and being with them as a family throughout the shoot have been doing the rounds. He is in fact often known to cook food for his unit members.
He is probably the only actor who dissolved his fans club fearing his fans were going overboard on celebrating his success and not focusing on their lives. But, this act actually got him many more fans.
