Should Self-Declared Stars Learn from Ajith?

After receiving the Padma Bhushan award in New Delhi, actor Ajith Kumar gave his first interview in many years to a media channel.

During the interview, the interviewer questioned Ajith Kumar about the fancy titles given to actors, to which his reply has gone viral and become the talk of the town.

Ajith Kumar stated that he is not into fancy titles or name suffixes. He always wanted to be called Ajith Kumar, AK, or whatever people liked. He said he is just an actor, and he gets paid to do his job, simple as that.

Following this, netizens on social media commented that this is why Ajith Kumar, despite his movie failures, is celebrated by many audiences – he is simple and humble.

Also, this reply from Ajith Kumar is seen as a statement to some actors to drop their cringeworthy screen names. Nowadays, even some Tier-3 actors without a proper fan base have started to create name tags for themselves, and this is being seen as a subtle but direct statement from Ajith Kumar to those heroes.

Ajith Kumar fans have been in for a complete treat in the past few months as, following the success of Good Bad Ugly (GBU), he made a public appearance at the CSK vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad match, and now he has given an interview after a long time.