Ajmal Ameer

Ajmal Ameer is an Indian film actor and physician, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He has won two Filmfare Awards South.

Background
Ajmal was born in Aluva, Kerala. He studied medicine in National Pirogov Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, and had plans to open a hospital in future. Ajmal has one brother Askar.

Career
Ajmal's debut film was Pranayakalam, opposite Vimala Raman. This was followed by the Tamil film Anjathe, directed by Myshkin, in which he played an angry young man. The film became a high critical as well as commercial success, with Ajmal receiving several awards for his performance. He next starred in the Malayalam film Madambi alongside Mohanlal. It remains his only hit in Malayalam. He also acted in an international production 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 2013 he played an independent cinematographer in the suspense thriller Bangles.

He also acted in the Telugu film Prabhajanam in which he played the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Apart from Prabhajanam he also did two more Telugu films Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi and Chaitanyam. In Tamil he acted in Vetri Selvan and Ula in which he played a rockstar and in Malayalam he has finished V. K. Prakash's Mazhaneerthullikal which is delayed.

Nominations

 * 2008 - Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor -  Anjathe
 * 2011 - Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor -  Ko