Ajmal Ameer

Ajmal Ameer is an Indian actor known for his work in the Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu-language cinema.

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 a 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. This was followed by the Tamil film Anjathe, directed by Myshkin, in which he played an angry young man. 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 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

+ List of Ajmal Ameer film credits Year Title Role Language Notes 2005 February 14 Vicky Tamil Debut film 2007 Pranayakalam Renjith Malayalam Lead debut film2008 Anjathe Kirubakaran (Kiruba) Tamil , Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – TamilD-17 Ajmal Malayalam Madambi Ramakrishnan Pillai 2009 TN 07 AL 4777 Gautham Iyengar Tamil Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru Arjun 2010 De Nova Khaild Malayalam 2011 Ko Vasanthan Perumal Tamil , Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Lucky Jokers Vishal Malayalam 2012 Racha James Telugu Arike Sanjay Shenoy Malayalam 2013 Karuppampatti Kothai Cocopardo / Manohar Tamil Bangles Vivek Malayalam 2014 Prabhanjanam Chaitanya Telugu Vetri Selvan Vetri Selvan Tamil 2015 Loham Azhagan Perumaal Malayalam Two Countries Ullas Kumaran Ben Priest Guest appearance2016 Vennello Hai Hai Susheel Telugu 2018 Iravukku Aayiram Kangal Ganesh Tamil 2019 Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 Vicky Devi 2Rudhra Tamil Bilingual film Abhinetri 2 Telugu Amma Rajyam Lo Kadapa Biddalu CM V. S. Jagannath Reddy Telugu 2020Nungambakkam Inspector Shankar Tamil 2021 Netrikann Dr. James DinahKshanam Arun Malayalam 2022 Pathaam Valavu Varadhan PaappanSolomon / SimonDual role Second Show Shiva Tamil Sri Lankan film Gold Sunesh Shaji Malayalam 2023 Theerkadarishi D.C Adithya Tamil Abhyuham Jayaraj Malayalam Mangalavaaram Madan Telugu 2024 Vyuham V. S. Jagannath ReddyTelugu Shapatham Thankamani Robin Paul Malayalam Buddy Dr. Arjun Telugu Hunt ASP Sairam IPS Malayalam The Greatest of All Time Ajay Govindharaj Tamil 2025 Accused Vendhan