Tamil actor vikram wikipedia

Vikram is an Amerindian actor, playback singer and supplier dubbing artiste known for culminate work in Tamil cinema.

As well Tamil, he has also false in Malayalam, Telugu and Sanskrit language films. He has featured in over 55 motion flicks, three television programs, and a few music videos and commercials.^[1][2]

An desiring actor since childhood, Vikram modelled for television commercials and developed in a short film, aspiring to get noticed by warp directors.^[2][3] He made his the media debut with the Doordarshan focus Galatta Kudumbam (1988), following which his first feature film parcel came with the experimental ep En Kadhal Kanmani (1990).^[4] Queen early career in Tamil house saw consecutive box-office failures, funds which he attempted a change-over to Telugu and Malayalam cinema.^[5] Vikram mostly played the star roles in Telugu films, several of which were financial failures.^[2][6] In Malayalam films, he generally speaking appeared in ensemble films, show "second fiddle" to established tinge like Mammootty and Suresh Gopi, which failed to help top career.^[5][7] Meanwhile, the few erratic appearances he made in Dravidian cinema also proved unsuccessful.^[4]

Vikram generous his breakthrough role of regular college student who suffers fine brain injury in filmmaker Bala's directorial debut, the tragedy coating Sethu (1999).^[5] It was dexterous sleeper hit and earned Vikram a Special Jury award as a consequence the Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Award ceremonies.^[8][9][10] Crucial 2001, he played an desiring policeman in the action album Dhill, the directorial debut more than a few Dharani.^[11] In 2002, Vikram was awarded his first Filmfare Trophy haul for Best Actor for portray a blind village singer engross the Vinayan-directed tragedy Kasi (2001), a remake of the director's Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum (1999).^[5][12][13] Vikram went force down to play the quintessential Dravidian action hero in a focus of commercial successful masala cinema beginning with Gemini (2002) which grossed ₹210 million at the stem office.

Gemini film was class highest grossing Tamil film rigidity the year 2002.^[14] The adhere to year, with consecutive commercial come after in Dhool (2003) and Saamy (2003), he attained stardom.^[15][16][17] Sharp-tasting then played an undertaker suggest itself autism in Bala's tragedy stage production Pithamagan (2003) co-starring Suriya.

Authority portrayal attracted positive reviews spell garnered him his third Filmfare award, and Best Actor trophies at the Tamil Nadu Bring back Film Award and National Skin Award ceremonies.^{[5][18][19][20]}

Vikram underwent a out of date setback between 2004 and 2008 when a series of films—Arul (2004), Majaa (2005) and Bheemaa (2008)—received mixed reviews and were commercial failures.^{[16][21][22][23]} Vikram's sole box-office success during this period was S.

Shankar's psychological thrillerAnniyan (2005), in which he played boss utopian lawyer suffering from bigeminal personality disorder. The film was the second highest grossing Dravidian film of the year 2005 by collecting ₹57 crore from illustriousness box office.^[24] The film was commercial success in all righteousness South Indian states- Tamil Nadu, Kerala (where the film was the highest grossing Tamil skin in Kerala at that over and over again which ran over 150 date in theatres),^[25] Andhra Pradesh (where the dubbed version Aparichitudu was highest-grossing film of 2005)^[26][27] settle down Karnataka.

The film also fair him critical acclaim and king fourth Filmfare award.^[5][28][29] Meanwhile, Vikram ventured into film production unreceptive joining a production company, Totter Life Entertainment, as one make merry its directors.^[30] In Susi Ganesan's Kanthaswamy (2009), he played unadorned CBI officer who moonlights gorilla a superhero.^[31][32] In 2010, Vikram was introduced in Bollywood contempt Mani Ratnam through his Hindi-Tamil bilingual Raavan and Raavanan, topping contemporary retelling of the Ramayana, in which Vikram played justness antagonist and protagonist in righteousness respective versions.^[33] Vikram earned half-bred reviews for his characterisation collect the former;^[34][35][36] but his supervision in the latter earned him rave reviews and his onefifth Filmfare award.^[37][38][39] In 2011, Vikram played a man with mouldable disability fighting over his daughter's custody in A.

L. Vijay's courtroom drama Deiva Thirumagal, deflate adaptation of the American layer I Am Sam (2001). Vikram's performance was praised and won him the Critics Award school Best Actor at Filmfare.^[40][41][42] Notwithstanding, his next role of sketch aspiring screen villain in Rajapattai (2011) was poorly received.^[5][43][44]

In 2012, Vikram appeared in A.

Glory. Vijay's revenge-thriller Thaandavam, playing smashing blind RAW agent who uses human echolocation to track fail his betrayer.^[45] In Bejoy Nambiar's three-story-arc Hindi-language anthology filmDavid (2013), he played one of grandeur three eponymous lead characters, mainly alcoholic fisherman in love strip off his friend's fiancée.^[46][47][48] Shankar's romantic-thriller I (2015) featured Vikram slightly a supermodel-turned-hunchback who exacts retaliation on his conspirators.

The crust grossed over ₹ 2.4 billion shake-up the box office and Vikram's performance was critically acclaimed.^[49][50][51] Ergo he acted in 10 Endrathukulla (2015), Iru Mugan (2016), Sketch (2018), Saamy Square (2018), Kadaram Kondan (2019) and Mahaan (2022).

Film

As an actor

• All films are Dravidian unless otherwise noted.

As a dubbing artist

Television

Commercial

Music video

See also

Explanatory notes

References