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Highlights:

• Reveals he was told to change his name early in his career.
  
• The actor refused, choosing to keep his Tamil-Sindhi identity.
• Opens up about struggling with Tamil and working hard to fix his accent.
  
• Says discipline, not luck, drives both his acting and racing careers.
• Focuses now on racing and helping the sport grow in India.

Ajith Kumar was asked early in his career to change his name, but he refused, keeping his Tamil-Sindhi identity and the accent, he worked on intact.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, the 53-year-old actor looked back on his three-decade journey with calm gratitude. “I put my heart and soul into everything. I couldn’t speak the language properly; I had an accent in Tamil. But I worked on it,” he said.