Kollywood star Thala Ajith Kumar is celebrating his birthday today and the actor's popularity is unmatched whether he is entertaining audiences on-screen or winning fans' hearts offscreen with his vibrant persona. Though all his movies are equally loved by the fans of Ajith, he is popularly known for his films like Aasai (1995), Kadhal Kottai (1996), Aval Varuvala (1998), Vaali (1999), Mankatha (2011), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Vedalam (2015).

Today netizens celebrated his birthday by trending him on Twitter and posting tributes for their favourite actor. Check out the tweets here.

For the uninitiated, ever since he was a child, Ajith’s passion for car racing was enormous. In 2010, Ajith made the headlines after he took part in Formula 2 Championship along with two other Indian racers including Armaan Ebrahim and Parthiva Sureshwaren. In 2003, he completed the inaugural Formula BMW Asia championship at the 12th position.

In his personal life, while everyone is aware that Ajith Kumar and his wife Shalini tied the knot after being in a relationship for several years. However, before Shalini, Ajith had a romantic relationship with yesteryear South Indian actress Heera Rajgopal. Heera worked in many South Indian movies from 1991 to 1999. 

On the work front, Ajith had acted in many television commercials when he was young. One of his famous commercials was for Miami Cushions, the sound for which was given by AR Rahman. However, his debut film was as a child artist and in Suresh and Nadia Moidu starrer En Veedu En Kanavar. 

Here's wishing Thala Ajith a happy birthday!