- After his surgery for a broken vertebra he lost feeling in his legs, but he took on a vow to recover and walked all the way from his home in Madras to the Balaji shrine in Tirupathi, in Andhra Pradesh.
- He has participated in Formula 2 car racing.
- He dismantled his fans club as he doesn't want his fans to waste time on movies a lot.
- Active in spreading awareness of the Green Revolution, an effort to clean up the Chennai environment and encouraging people to plant saplings.
- In "Armarkalam", he was paired with fellow actress Shalini for the first time. The film was a super-hit, and Ajith instantly fell for his leading lady, who was to later become his wife. He even remembers the date and time he first met her: March 17, 1999 at 10.30am.
- Was a salesman in the garment export business for a while, and also tried a career in modeling. He starred in a few commercial advertisements, which eventually led him to the film industry.
- Has an Alsatian dog named Honey.
- The actor, who works mainly in the Tamil film industry, is the middle son of three born to a Sindhi speaking mother from Kolkatta and Palakkad Iyer(Kerala Tamil speaking Hindu Brahmin from Pallakkad) father.
- Initially dropped out of school to become a race-car driver.
- He started doing aeromodelling and photography.
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