Ajith Fan Club Sri Lanka
Personal Life - Family
Ajith Kumar was born on 1 May 1971 to a Palakkad Iyer named P. Subramaniam and his wife Mohini, of Sindhi origin from Kolkata, West Bengal. In his childhood he was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ajith Kumar was the middle son out of three brothers, the others being Anil Kumar, a stock broker in New York and Anoop Kumar, an IIT Madras graduate working in Seattle. Ajith had younger twin sisters, both of whom died young. Schooling days were numbered for Ajith as he dropped out of Asian Memorial Senior Secondray School in 1986 to become a part-time two-four wheeler mechanic and a full-time garment exporter based in Erode till 1990 Business agencies pushed him into modelling for adverts in print media. He also took it on realizing an income in the job, it eventually paved his way into Tamil Cinema.
Personal Life - Relationships
Ajith met his wife Shalini on the sets of Amarkkalam. In early 1999, he began dating his Amarkalam co-star Shalini. They only waited one year before they got married in 2000 in Chennai. As both were of different religions Ajith being a Hindu and Shalini being a Christian, together they married in the customs of both religions. After their marriage in the year 2000, Shalini retired as an actress and became a full time homewife. However she did accompany Ajith at the sets of his films as moral support. On January 3nd, 2008 the couple were blessed with a baby girl Anoushka.
Racing
Ajith is a professional Car racer who drove in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He had also been abroad in his various races including Formula 3 BMW Asia and Formula 2 Championship.
Hobbies
He has one of the rarest hobbies, Aeromodelling. He is also a Professional Photographer. According to him, photography helps beat the stress of rigorous shooting schedules.
Philanthropic Activities
Ajith created the non-profit organization "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl.
Green Revolution, an awareness campaign and effort to clean up the Chennai environment. He uses his films for subtle marketing of his ideas, and planted 101 saplings in his locality in Adyar, Chennai in 2005. This was to make an awareness for the environment and to increase oxygen levels in Channai, due to the pollution caused by everyday motorists. This action was welcomed by the public. Since then the Green Revolution themselves have went on to plant many saplings in other parts of Tamil Nadu. This is still active among Ajith Fans Clubs across India.
