 Ajith was the middle son out of three brothers, the others being Anup Kumar, an investor, and Anil Kumar, an IIT Madras graduate-turned-entrepreneur.Ajith did not speak Tamil as a child as he practiced Sindhi by his mother instead of Tamil, and mastered it only after becoming an actor.Aged 19, Ajith began his acting career and appeared in a song in "En Veedu En Kanavar" (1990).