Vijayakanth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vijayakanth
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Aug 25, 1952(1952-08-25)
Age	72
Birthplace	Thirumangalam
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Leo

Vijayakanth Biography

Vijayakanth is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on August 25, 1952 in Thirumangalam, Tamil Nadu, India. A politician who was also notable as well as an actor, he was awarded the 2009 Filmfare Top 10 Legends of Tamil Cinema Award and a Filmfare Top 10 Legends of Tamil Cinema Award and also two Filmfare along with two Cinema Express Best Actor Awards during his long career as a screen actor.

He co-starred alongside He co-starred with Ramya Krishnan in the 1991 Tamil action movie Captain Prabhakaran. in the 1991 Tamil action film Captain Prabhakaran.

Vijayakanth was cast in Inikkum Ilamai (1979), his first film where he played an antagonist, which was directed by M. A. Kaja. His second release was Annakili Selvaraj directed Agal Vilakku paired opposite Shoba, which was his first film as the lead. After several films having been unsuccessful, he then had success with Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam (1980), screened at the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981), directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. His career took off and was remade in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. After this film, Vijayakanth became one of the leading actors of Tamil cinema. He acted in various hits such as Vaidhegi Kaathirunthaal (1984). In that year, Vijayakanth had 18 releases in Tamil, this is a record and he is the only actor in Tamil cinema who has released all his films as one year in the lead role. He acted in Annai Bhoomi 3D (1985), the first 3D film made in the Tamil film industry where he acted alongside Radha Ravi and Kannada actor Tiger Prabhakar. He co-starred with Kannada superstar actor Vishnuvardhan and Tamil actor Sathyaraj in Eetti (1985). The romantic comedy movie Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri (1985), in which he is a self-centered egoistic village Zamindar, who makes fun of people was a commercial success. He acted in Amman Kovil Kizhakale (1986), which earned a Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He also acted in Manakanakku (1986), “the only film where Kamal Haasan and Vijayakanth worked together till date”, followed by Oomai Vizhigal (1986). It was one of the trendsetters of 1980s Tamil cinema, portraying, unusually, the role of an aged cop. Though he had little screen time in this multi-starrer, he gave a powerful performance. He co-starred with legendary Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan in Veerapandiyan (1987), followed by Cooliekkaran (1987), Veeran Veluthambi (1987), Ninaive Oru Sangeetham (1987), Sattam Oru Vilayaattu (1987) and Uzhavan Magan (1987). He worked in movies such as Therkathi Kallan (1988) and Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran (1988), which earned him a Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Senthoora Poove (1988), which won him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. He also starred in two other hit films that year Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989) and Ponmana Selvan (1989), followed by the crime movie Rajanadai (1989) and the devotional film Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal (1989) at the end of the year.

Vijayakanth is one of very few Tamil politicians and actors in political drama to have acted only in Tamil movies throughout his career, though his movies have been dubbed into Telugu and Hindi. He is also known for portraying a village do-gooder and double roles acting in his films. He has acted in more than 20 films as a police officer. By far the most times by any actor of his time in Tamil cinema to have donned the khaki in movies. His first film was Inikkum Ilamai (1979) where he played an antagonist. His subsequent films Agal Vilakku (1979), Neerottam (1980) and Saamanthippoo (1980) are followed box- office flops. He then had success with Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam (1980) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981), directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar; most of his movies are with him. He was nicknamed “Captain” after the movie Captain Prabhakaran (1991), his 100th film.

born Vijayaraj Alagarswami Naidu, he was raised in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu state. His union with Premalatha resulted in two sons named Vijay as well as Shanmuga.

Vijayakanth Net Worth

Vijayakanth is one of the richest Movie Actor from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vijayakanth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The film that started his career as an actor was the feature film of 1981, Sattam Oru Iruttarai.

He was the founder of an Tamil local political group known as The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and became president in the year 2011. He was the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly’s Speaker of Opposition.

Vijayaraj Alagarswami Naidu (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former film actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before coming into politics Vijayakanth was a film actor, producer and director. Vijayakanth is also the current DMDK chairman of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. He is the founder and leader of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) Political party and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly twice representing the constituency of Virudhacalam & Rishivandiyam respectively.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Vijayakanth Dating?

According to our records, Vijayakanth married to Premalatha Vijayakanth. As of December 1, 2023, Vijayakanth’s is not dating anyone.

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He formed the center-left party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced the party’s formation on 14 September 2005 in Madurai. His party contested in all seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him. The DMDK, led by Vijaykanth, proved to be an important player in the 2006 Tamil Nadu assembly election, garnering 10% of the voters and securing 10.1% in this Lok Sabha election. According to the study, it secured more votes than the winning margins of candidates in about 25 constituencies. In 2006, polling showed that DMDK was able to get more DMK votes than AIADMK votes, but in this election, they were able to wrestle more Congress voters from 2004 than any another party. Contrary to the claim of many in the AIADMK camp blaming DMDK for the defeat, there is no evidence for this to be true. Vijayakanth has declared that he would not ask donations for his party, and most of the funding for the party comes from his own pocket. He has so far rejected alliances with other political parties. In a by-election to Madurai Central assembly constituency, DMDK secured around 17000 votes, which is just 2000 votes less than AIADMK. DMDK was also able to secure a significant number of seats in Local Body elections.

Facts & Trivia

Vijayakanth Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Vijayakanth celebrates birthday on August 25 of every year.

He acted and directed the film, Virudhagiri (2010), a remake of the French movie Taken. After five years without films, he made a cameo appearance with his son, the first movie of actor Shanmugapandian in Sagaptham (2015). In November 2015, he came back to acting to feature in Arun Ponnambalam’s Thamizhan Endru Sol, alongside his son, Shanmuga Pandian, the second film with him. The film began production during November 2015, and has been temporarily suspended owing to the upcoming TN Assembly elections. In the meantime, he celebrated 40 years in Tamil cinema. He is the only actor to have done 150 films in Tamil.

Top Facts about Vijayakanth

1. Vijayakanth is an Indian actor and politician.
2. He founded the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) party in 2005.
3. Vijayakanth served as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Tamil Nadu from 2006 to 2016.
4. He contested for the post of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 2011 and 2016 elections.
5. Vijayakanth has acted in over 150 films in Tamil cinema.
6. He won four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Actor.
7. In 1998, he was awarded the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu for his contribution to arts and literature.
8. Vijayakanth was born on August 25, 1952, in Madurai, India.
9. His real name is Vijayaraj Alagarswami Naidu.
10. He is married to Premalatha and they have two children together – Shanmuga Pandian and Udhayanidhi Stalin Naidu (adopted).

Why is vijayakanth called Captain?

After the success of Pulan Visaranai, Rowther decided to start another project with Vijayakanth and director R. K. Selvamani, titled Captain Prabhakaran (1991). It was Vijayakanth’s 100th film, after which he earned the sobriquet “Captain” ever since he portrayed an IFS officer.

What is the age of vijayakanth?

69 years (August 25, 1952)

Who is vijayakanth brother?

Balraj Alagarsami Naidu

What is vijayakanth last movie?

Vijayakanth last played a cameo role in his son Shanmugan Pandian’s ‘ Sagaptham ‘.

What is the age of Radha Ravi?

69 years (July 29, 1952)