Ajay Devgn was the new 'King' of the box office at the age of 16.

Ajay Devgan, who holds a place among the legendary actors of Hindi cinema, is ruling the box office these days. With a film like 'Drishyam 3', he has shaken the box office. On the very first day, the movie earned about 100 crores worldwide and Ajay became the new king of the box office. Let's take a look at Ajay Devgan's Bollywood journey amid the success of Drishyam 3.

16 was the first film

Ajay Devgan was born on 2 April 1969 in New Delhi to the late and famous stunt director Veeru Devgan and Veena Devgan. Very few people know that Ajay also worked as a child artist in Bollywood. He first appeared on the big screen in the film 'Pyari Behna'. At the time of this 1985 film, he was 16 years old. Mithun Chakraborty played an important role in it. Ajay was seen playing the role of Mithun's childhood.

star from the very first film as a lead actor

when Ajay's appearance was mocked

Ajay Devgan was very strong in acting and is still strong, although the actor has faced difficulties in the initial phase due to his looks. When he was offered the first film and he told this to his friends, his friends started laughing at him and said that you will become a star?

Even when Ajay's debut film was being shot, the media did not pay attention to him. He was underestimated due to Ajay's appearance and complexion, although he continued to respond with his strong and composed acting. When Ajay was being underestimated due to his appearance and color, legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan called him a 'dark horse'. It means a horse of a long race. Big B's statement on Ajay proved to be correct.

action, romance and comedy

35 years, more than 16 million

Ajay Devgan has been in Bollywood for 35 years. He has worked in more than 100 films so far and has also directed a few films. More than 16 of his films, including Tanhaji, Singham Again, Drishyam 2, Red 2, Dhamaal 4 and Son of Sardaar, are included in the 100 crore club.

Ajay Devgn gets these big awards.

Ajay Devgan has won the National Award for Best Actor three times in his three-and-a-half-decade career. He received the first Best Actor Award for the 1998 film 'Zakhm'. Then he was also honored with this award for 'The Legend Bhagat Singh' (2002) and 'Tanhaji' (2020). Ajay also won the National Award as a producer for Tanhaji. Apart from these, he was also honored with the Padma Shri and three times the Filmfare Award.

box office

2, earned Rs 95 crore worldwide on the first day. In India, its opening day collection was 62 crores. It not only became the biggest opener of Ajay Devgan's career, but has also become the fourth biggest opener film of Bollywood. It has overtaken films like 'Pathaan', 'Stree 2'.