Celebrities / Actor
Ajay Devgn
Actor, filmmaker
Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar in Drishyam: The Conclusion, also called Drishyam 3, which opened in theatres on 2 October 2026. The published cast includes Tabu, Shriya Saran and Jaideep Ahlawat. As of 15 October it is still in its theatrical run.
He is the lead of the Hindi Drishyam films. Drishyam 3, titled on this site as Drishyam: The Conclusion, opened on 2 October 2026 and was still in theatres in the middle of the month. Tabu and Akshaye Khanna are back with him. Away from that series he is also the actor of Omkara, Zakhm and a long run of action films. The photograph is a Bollywood Hungama picture from the Raid 2 trailer launch, used under CC BY 3.0.
Ajay Devgn, born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, debuted in Phool Aur Kaante (1991). The serious films in a long action career are Zakhm, Company, Omkara, and the Hindi Drishyam series. He is married to Kajol. Drishyam (2015), Drishyam 2 (2022) and Drishyam: The Conclusion, which opened on 2 October 2026, are the same family across three films. Tabu plays the police officer opposite him in the series.
Awards and honours
- National Film Award for Best Actor for Zakhm (1998).
- A second National Film Award for Best Actor for The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002).
- Padma Shri, 2016.
Films, dramas and shows
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Phool Aur Kaante | Ajay | The debut. |
| 1998 | Zakhm | Ajay | Mahesh Bhatt. National Film Award for Best Actor. |
| 2002 | The Legend of Bhagat Singh | Bhagat Singh | Rajkumar Santoshi. Second National Film Award for Best Actor. |
| 2006 | Omkara | Omkara | Vishal Bhardwaj. |
| 2015 | Drishyam | Vijay Salgaonkar | Nishikant Kamat. The first Hindi film. |
| 2022 | Drishyam 2 | Vijay Salgaonkar | Abhishek Pathak. |
| 2026 | Drishyam: The Conclusion | Vijay Salgaonkar | Opened 2 October 2026. Tabu and Akshaye Khanna return. |
Known for
Drishyam: The Conclusion
Now and next
Work on ShowBuzz
- Drishyam: The Conclusion
Film · 2026. The third and final Hindi Drishyam film. Years after he outwitted the law, Vijay Salgaonkar’s past returns: Meera Deshmukh is back, seeking revenge rather than justice, and a powerful new Crime Branch officer starts testing every alibi Vijay has built. It opened on 2 October 2026 with Ajay Devgn’s biggest opening day.
- Drishyam
Film · 2015. The first Hindi Drishyam. A cable operator in Goa builds a cover story after a crime reaches his family. Nishikant Kamat directed this remake. Ajay Devgn and Tabu lead. Drishyam 2 and the 2026 film Drishyam: The Conclusion continue the same family.
- RRR
Film · 2022. A fictional story about two real freedom fighters of the pre-independence era, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem. Rajamouli imagines them meeting in 1920s Delhi, one a policeman serving the British, the other a tribal leader on a secret mission, and becoming friends without knowing they stand on opposite sides.