Ajith kumar began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar. Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam introduced Ajith to Tamil film industry by referring him to play lead role in Amaravathi ( 1993) .Then, Ajith starred in film Prema Pusthakam ( 1993) , and his first critical acclaimed appearance was in the thriller Aasai ( 1995) .He subsequently established himself as a romantic hero with Kadhal Kottai ( 1996) , Aval Varuvala ( 1998) and Kadhal Mannan ( 1998) . Successful films such as Vaali ( 1999) , Mugavaree ( 2000) , Kandukondain Kandukondain ( 2000) and Citizen ( 2001) followed. He established himself as an action hero with films such as Amarkalam ( 1999) , Dheena ( 2001) , Villain ( 2002) , Attahasam ( 2004) , Varalaru ( 2006) , Mankatha ( 2011) , Arrambam ( 2013) , Veeram ( 2014) , Yennai Arindhaal ( 2015) and Vedalam ( 2015) .
