Ajith Kollam


Ajith Kollam was an Indian film actor, who predominantly appeared in Malayalam cinema. He had acted in more than 500 films in all South Indian languages. He mainly acted in villain roles. he acted in Tamil movie Airport

Background

Ajith Kumar Haridas hailed from Kottayam, Kerala. He was one of six children born to Haridasan and Devakiamma in 1962. His father was a railway officer and mother was a house wife. He completed his primary education at Krist Raj Highschool, Kollam and Bachelors in Arts from Sree Narayana college, Kollam
Since his father was a Railway Station Master who was working at Kollam, he was brought up at Kadappakada in Kollam and adopted Kollam as the suffix for his name.
He went to the director Padmarajan to become an assistant director but, seeing his talent, Padmarajan cast him in his movie Parannu Parannu Parannu, and thus made his debut in a Malayalam movie in 1984. After that, he was a permanent actor in all Padmarajan movies. He turned a director and scriptwriter in the Malayalam movie Calling Bell.

Family

He was married to Prameela. The couple had a daughter Gayathri and a son Sreehari. They resided at Kochi.
Anil Das Director Own Brother

Death

He died on 5 April 2018 from a stomach-related illness in Amrita Hospital in Kochi. He was 56 years old at the time of death. His funeral took place at his native place Kollam.

Partial filmography

Malayalam