Ajay Devgn is an Indian actor, director and producer who works in Hindi films. He debuted as an actor in Phool Aur Kaante (1991), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Devgn then played a kickboxer in the martial arts film Jigar (1992) and a blind in Vijaypath (1994). His subsequent hits include Suhaag (1994), Dilwale (1994), Diljale (1996), Jaan (1996), Ishq (1997), Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). He garnered Filmfare Best Actor nominations for Naajayaz and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. His performance in Zakhm (1998) secured Devgn his first National Film Award for Best Actor. In 2000, Devgn started Ajay Devgn FFilms and produced and headlined the commercially unsuccessful Raju Chacha. He got a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor nomination for enacting a dacoit in the ensemble film Lajja (2001).

2002 proved to be a banner year for Devgn as he received universal acclaim for his performances in Company, The Legend of Bhagat Singh and Deewangee. He won his second National Award for portraying revolutionary Bhagat Singh in The Legend of Bhagat Singh and received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for it and Company. As the antagonist of Deewangee, he earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. His 2003 projects included Bhoot, a sleeper hit, and Gangaajal, in which he received another Filmfare Best Actor nomination for enacting a police officer. He next featured in Yuva (2004), Kaal (2005), and Omkara (2006). Rohit Shetty's Golmaal series established him in comic roles including Golmaal (2006), Golmaal Returns (2008) and Golmaal 3 (2010). Devgn was highly panned for Aag (2007), based on the 1975 cult classic Sholay. Aag is considered one of the worst films. In 2008, he directed and produced U Me Aur Hum. After featuring in Sunday (2008) and All the Best (2009), 2010 proved to be another milestone year for him as he delivered his first 100 Crore Club film with Golmaal 3 and received positive feedback for his roles in the top-grossing films Raajneeti and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai. The latter fetched him a Filmfare Best Actor nomination, as like his next Singham (2011), the first part of Shetty's Cop Universe.

From the 2010s, Devgn shined to stardom with the successful comedies Bol Bachchan (2012), Son of Sardaar (2012), Golmaal Again (2017), Total Dhamaal (2019) and De De Pyaar De (2019) and the dramas Drishyam (2015) and Raid (2018). He reprised his role of Singham in Shetty's blockbuster films Singham Returns (2014), Simmba (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021) and also directed, produced and starred in commercial failures like Shivaay (2016) and Runway 34 (2022). He produced and starred as the eponymous warrior in Tanhaji (2020), winning his third National Best Actor Award. In 2022, he secured further critical and commercial success with the films RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Drishyam 2. Tanhaji, RRR, Drishyam 2 and Golmaal Again rank among the 200 Crore Club domestic net grossers.

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of film credits

Year	Film	Actor	Producer	Director	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	Phool Aur Kaante	Yes	No	No	Ajay Salgaonkar
1992	Jigar	Yes	No	No	Raj "Raju" Verma
1993	Divya Shakti	Yes	No	No	Prashant Varma
	Platform	Yes	No	No	Raju
	Sangraam	Yes	No	No	Raja S. Singh Kanwar
	Shaktiman	Yes	No	No	Amar Chauhan
	Dil Hai Betaab	Yes	No	No	Ajay
	Ek Hi Raasta	Yes	No	No	Karan Singh
	Bedardi	Yes	No	No	Vijay Saxena
	Dhanwaan	Yes	No	No	Kashinath
1994	Dilwale	Yes	No	No	Arun Saxena
	Kanoon	Yes	No	No	Vishal Singh
	Vijaypath	Yes	No	No	Karan
	Suhaag	Yes	No	No	Ajay Sharma / Ajay Malhotra
	Madam X	No	No	No	—	Assistant director
1995	Naajayaz	Yes	No	No	Jay Bakshi
	Hulchul	Yes	No	No	Deva
	Gundaraj	Yes	No	No	Ajay Chauhan
	Haqeeqat	Yes	No	No	Shiva/Ajay
1996	Jung	Yes	No	No	Ajay Bahadur Saxena
	Diljale	Yes	No	No	Shyam
	Jaan	Yes	No	No	Karan Sharma
1997	Ishq	Yes	No	No	Ajay Rai
	Itihaas	Yes	No	No	Karan Bakshi
1998	Major Saab	Yes	No	No	Virendra Pratap Singh
	Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha	Yes	No	No	Shekhar Suryavanshi
	Sar Utha Ke Jiyo	Yes	No	No	Himself	Guest appearance
	Zakhm	Yes	No	No	Ajay R. Desai
1999	Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet	Yes	No	No	Raju
	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Yes	No	No	Vanraj
	Hindustan Ki Kasam	Yes	Yes	No	Ajay/Tauheed
	Gair	Yes	No	No	Vijay Kumar/Dev
	Thakshak	Yes	No	No	Ishaan Singh
	Kachche Dhaage	Yes	No	No	Aftab
	Dil Kya Kare	Yes	Yes	No	Anand Kishore
2000	Deewane	Yes	No	No	Vishal/Arun
	Raju Chacha	Yes	Yes	No	Shekhar/Raju Chacha
2001	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	Yes	No	No	Rohit Verma / Vikram "Vicky" Malhotra
	Lajja	Yes	No	No	Bhulwa
	Tera Mera Saath Rahen	Yes	No	No	Raj Dixit
2002	Company	Yes	No	No	Malik
	Hum Kisise Kum Nahin	Yes	No	No	Raja Sharma
	The Legend of Bhagat Singh	Yes	No	No	Bhagat Singh
	Deewangee	Yes	No	No	Tarang Bharadwaj / Ranjeet
2003	Bhoot	Yes	No	No	Vishal Bhatia
	Qayamat: City Under Threat	Yes	No	No	Rachit
	Chori Chori	Yes	No	No	Ranbir Malhotra
	Gangaajal	Yes	No	No	SP Amit Kumar
	Parwana	Yes	No	No	Parwana
	Zameen	Yes	No	No	Lieutenant Colonel Ranvir Singh Ranawat
	LOC Kargil	Yes	No	No	Manoj Kumar Pandey
2004	Khakee	Yes	No	No	Yashwant Aangre
	Masti	Yes	No	No	Inspector Sikander Tyagi
	Yuva	Yes	No	No	Michael "Mike" Mukherjee
	Raincoat	Yes	No	No	Manoj "Mannu" Tripathi
	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Yes	No	No	Deven Chaudhary	Cameo
2005	Insan	Yes	No	No	Ajit Rathore
	Blackmail	Yes	No	No	Shekhar R Mohan
	Zameer: The Fire Within	Yes	No	No	Suraj Chauhan
	Tango Charlie	Yes	No	No	BSF Soldier Hawaldar Mohammad Ali "Mike Alpha"
	Kaal	Yes	No	No	Kaali Pratap Singh
	Main Aisa Hi Hoon	Yes	No	No	Indraneel Thakur
	Apaharan	Yes	No	No	Ajay Shastri
	Shikhar	Yes	No	No	Gaurav Gupta
2006	Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke	Yes	No	No	Kunal Singh	Special appearance
	Golmaal: Fun Unlimited	Yes	No	No	Gopal Kumar Santoshi
	The Awakening	Yes	Yes	No	Himself	Also editor; Short film
	Omkara	Yes	No	No	Omkara Shukla
2007	Cash	Yes	No	No	Karan / Doc
	Aag	Yes	No	No	Heerendra "Heero" Dhaan
2008	Halla Bol	Yes	No	No	Ashfaque Khan/Sameer Khan
	Sunday	Yes	No	No	ACP Rajveer Randhava
	U Me Aur Hum	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ajay Mehra
	Haal-e-Dil	Yes	No	No	Himself	Guest appearance
	Mehbooba	Yes	No	No	Karan Dhariwal
	Golmaal Returns	Yes	No	No	Gopal Kumar Santoshi
2009	All the Best: Fun Begins	Yes	Yes	No	Prem Chopra
	London Dreams	Yes	No	No	Arjun Joshi
2010	Teen Patti	Yes	No	No	Sunny	Cameo
	Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?	Yes	No	No	Puneet "Pappu" Bajpai
	Raajneeti	Yes	No	No	Sooraj Kumar
	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Yes	No	No	Sultan Mirza
	Aakrosh	Yes	No	No	Pratap Kumar
	Golmaal 3	Yes	No	No	Gopal Kumar Santoshi
	Toonpur Ka Super Hero	Yes	No	No	Aditya
2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Yes	No	No	Narrator
	Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji	Yes	No	No	Naren Ahuja
	Ready	Yes	No	No	Raju	Cameo
	Singham	Yes	No	No	Inspector Bajirao Singham
	Rascals	Yes	No	No	Bhagat "Bhagu" Bhosle
2012	Tezz	Yes	No	No	Aakash Rana
	Bol Bachchan	Yes	Yes	No	Prithviraj Raghuvanshi
	Son of Sardaar	Yes	Yes	No	Jaswinder Singh Randhawa (Jassi)
2013	Himmatwala	Yes	No	No	Ravi Verma
	Satyagraha	Yes	No	No	Manav Raghvendra
	Mahabharat	Yes	No	No	Arjun	Voiceover
2014	Singham Returns	Yes	Yes	No	DCP Bajirao Singham
	Action Jackson	Yes	No	No	Vishy/Jai (AJ)
	Vitti Dandu	No	Yes	No	—
2015	Hey Bro	Yes	No	No	Himself	Guest appearance
	Drishyam	Yes	No	No	Vijay Salgaonkar
2016	Fitoor	Yes	No	No	Moazam	Cameo
	Shivaay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shivaay
2017	Guest in London	Yes	No	No	Ajay Gandotra	Cameo
	Baadshaho	Yes	No	No	Bhavani Singh
	Poster Boys	Yes	No	No	Himself	Guest appearance
	Golmaal Again	Yes	No	No	Gopal Kumar Santoshi
2018	Aapla Manus	Yes	Yes	No	Himself	Guest appearance
	Raid	Yes	No	No	Amay Patnaik
	Helicopter Eela	No	Yes	No	—
	Simmba	Yes	No	No	DCP Bajirao Singham	Cameo
2019	Total Dhamaal	Yes	Yes	No	Guddu Rastogi
	De De Pyaar De	Yes	No	No	Ashish Mehra
2020	Tanhaji	Yes	Yes	No	Tanaji Malusare	100th film
	Chhalaang	No	Yes	No	—
2021	Tribhanga	No	Yes	No	—
	The Big Bull	No	Yes	No	—
	Bhuj: The Pride of India	Yes	Yes	No	Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik
	Sooryavanshi	Yes	No	No	DCP Bajirao Singham	Cameo
	Velle	Yes	Yes	No	Himself	Guest appearance
2022	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Yes	No	No	Rahim Lala	Cameo
	RRR	Yes	No	No	Alluri Venkatarama Raju	Cameo; Telugu film
	Runway 34	Yes	Yes	Yes	Lieutenant Flight Captain Vikrant Khanna
	Thank God	Yes	No	No	Chitragupt "CG"
	Drishyam 2	Yes	No	No	Vijay Salgaonkar
2023	Bholaa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bholaa
2024	Shaitaan	Yes	Yes	No	Kabir Rishi
	Maidaan	Yes	No	No	Syed Abdul Rahim
	Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha †	Yes	Yes	No	Krishna
	Singham Again †	Yes	Yes	No	DCP Bajirao Singham	Filming
	Raid 2 †	Yes	No	No	Amay Patnaik	Filming
2025	De De Pyaar De 2 †	Yes	No	No	Ashish Mehra	Filming

Dubbing roles

List of film dubbing roles

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year Release	Dub Year Release	Notes
Eega	N/A	Father (voice in intro credits)	Hindi	Telugu	2012	2012
Dhruva	Ram Charan	ASP K. Dhruva IPS	Hindi	Telugu	2016	2017
Ponniyin Selvan: I	N/A	Narrator	Hindi	Tamil	2022	2022

Television

List of television credits

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2002–2004	Devi	Producer
2008	Rock-N-Roll Family	Judge
2012	Ramleela – Ajay Devgn Ke Saath	Narrator
2018	Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh	Producer
2020	LalBazaar	Presenter
2021	Into The Wild With Bear Grylls	Celebrity Guest
2022	The Great Indian Murder	Producer
	Rudra: The Edge of Darkness	DCP Rudraveer "Rudra" Singh
2023	The Trial	Producer

Music videos

List of music video credits

Year	Title	Performer	Ref.
2013	"Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child)	Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Ajay Devgn

Footnotes