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Vishal Devgan (born April 2, 1967, Bombay, India), popularly known as Ajay Devgan is a popular actor working in the Hindi film industry (Bollywood).

Biography

He is originally from Punjab. His father is Veeru Devgan, a director and stuntman. His brother is Anil Devgan, a film director in Bollywood.

His debut film was Phool Aur Kaante
, where he played opposite Amrish Puri and which started his Bollywood career and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut award. Though most of his earlier movies were action films, he broke this trend when he starred in the comedy Ishq in which he acted with his wife Kajol.

This was followed by critically acclaimed hits like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
and Zakhm which earned him a National Award. His association with Ram Gopal Verma resulted in box office successes, notably Company and Bhoot
.

Personal life

After dating Karisma Kapoor, he dated Kajol from 1994 till 1999, and married her on February 24, 1999. They have a daughter called Nysa. Repeated rumours that Kajol hadn't made any movies with Shahrukh Khan after Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham because Ajay Devgan was jealous of his wife's chemistry with Khan by Kajol herself on Karan Johar's talkshow Koffee with Karan.

Awards

Ajay Devgan has won three Filmfare awards to date:

1991, Filmfare Best Debut Award, Phool Aur Kaante
2003, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2003, Filmfare Best Villain Award, Deewangee

His other achivements include: two National Film Awards for Best Actor, three Screen awards and one Zee Cine Award.

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