Vikram Kennedy
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| Born | John Kennedy Vinod Raj 17 April 1966 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | Chiyaan, Kenny |
| Occupation | Film actor, voice actor, playback singer |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Spouse | Shylaja |
| Website | |
| http://www.chiyaanvikram.net/ | |
John Kennedy Vinod Raj (born 17 April 1966), better known by his stage name Vikram (Tamil: விக்ரம்), is a Tamil film actor, voice actor, and playback singer. He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani, which was followed by a series of low-budget Tamil, Telugu films and supporting roles in some high budget Malayalam films throughout the early decade. After the critical and commercial success of Sethu (1999) he has been part of numerous other commercially successful films and has earned major critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won three Filmfare Awards, as well as securing India's most prestigious film award, the National Film Award for Best Actor.
While some of Vikram's best-known films, Dhill (2001), Gemini (2002), Dhool (2003), Saamy (2003), Anniyan (2005) and Kanthaswamy (2009) [1] remain some of Tamil cinema's biggest hits, performances in films like Sethu (1999), Kasi (2002), Pithamagan (2003), Anniyan (2005) and Raavanan (2010) have won him critical acclaims and awards, making Vikram one of the more successful actors of Tamil cinema, both critically and commercially.
Biography
Vikram was born to Vinod Raj and Rajeshwari at Chennai on 17 April 1966. His father was from Paramakudi, Ramnad district . Vikram did his schooling at Montfort School, Yercaud. While in School his love of drama and pursuit of a dream was nurtured. His parents wanting him to do his graduation after finishing his final high school year, he completed his graduation in English from Loyola College, Chennai and followed with an MBA degree. His father is also a film actor. The two had starred in the same film for the first time in Kanthaswamy. His mother is a retired sub-collector. Vikram married Shylaja hailing from Kannur, Kerala, a psychology teacher, in 1992. They have two children, a daughter named Akshita and a son named Dhruv.
Film career
Vikram started his career in 1990 with En Kadhal Kanmani which did not do well.Then went on to do more than a dozen movies which did not do well in box office. He then moved to Malayalam and acted in many movies in supporting roles. He starred in the Amitabh Bachchan-produced Ullasam alongside Ajith Kumar. Still to taste success he acted in 1999 movie Sethu directed by first time director Bala which turned out to be a path-breaking effort in story telling and huge blockbuster, in which his acting won him critical acclaims. After few films not making much impact. He then acted in 2001 movie Dhill directed by his friend S. Dharani which did well commercially. In 2002 he started with a Malayalam remake Kasi,which won him Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and did well at box office. He then acted in Gemini produced by AVM Productions which became a blockbuster.Later that year he acted in Samurai and King.
In 2003 Vikram acted in Dhool again with Dharani which was a blockbuster. He then acted in a family drama Kadhal Sadugudu which did not do well followed by Saamy directed by Hari where he played a cop turned another blockbuster for him.This film was produced by K. Balachander. Later that year he starred in Pithamagan directed by Bala which won him both Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and National Film Award for Best Actor. This film did well at the box office. In 2004 he acted in Arul directed by Hari who gave saami. This movie did not do well at box office.
In 2004 it was announced that Vikram would act in Anniyan directed by S. Shankar which released in 2005 was the most expensive film of the time. In this film he played a person suffering from dissociative identity disorder as he plays three different personalities. This film was both critical and commercial success. He then did a family drama Majaa which did not do well. In later that year he announce his next film Bheema which was started on April 2006 but due to lack of funds the movie postponed and released in January 2008. Bheema became a commercial hit at the box office.
In 2008 he began acting in Kanthaswamy directed by Susi Ganesan and produced by Kalaipuli Thanu which released on 21 August 2009. Vikram's latest release is Mani Ratnam's Raavanan in Tamil and Raavan in Hindi, which released simultaneously in June 2010. He played the role of Dev in the Hindi and the lead role Veera in the Tamil version. He is also currently signed up for Boopathy Pandian's Vedi Sindubad with Selvaraghavan and Ra Ra With Vijay. Vikram is claimed to be the next "kamal" in terms of acting. his commitment and dedication towards his work is extraordinary. His performances in Raavanan is well acclaimed.he takes enormous efforts to suit the role he perform.
Awards
- Won
- Tamil Nadu State Film Special Jury Award for Best Actor for Sethu (1999)
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Kaasi (2001)
- ITFA Best Actor Award for Gemini (2003)
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Pithamagan (2003)
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for Pithamagan (2003)
- National Film Award for Best Actor for Pithamagan (2004)
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Anniyan (2005)
- Asianet Film Awards Special Honour Jury Award for Anniyan (2005)
- Nominated
- Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Bheema (2008)
- Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Kanthaswamy (2009)
Filmography
| As actor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
| 1990 | En Kadhal Kanmani | Tamil | ||
| 1991 | Thanthu Vitten Ennai | Raju | Tamil | |
| 1992 | Kaaval Geetham | Tamil | ||
| Meera | Jeeva | Tamil | ||
| 1993 | Dhruvam | Bhadran | Malayalam | |
| Chirunnavvula Varamisthava | Telugu | |||
| Mafia | Harishankar | Malayalam | ||
| 1994 | Sainyam | Cadet Jiji | Malayalam | |
| Bangaru Kutumbham | Telugu | |||
| Pudhiya Mannargal | Satyamoorthy | Tamil | ||
| 1995 | Street | Malayalam | ||
| Adaala Majaakka | Telugu | |||
| 1996 | Mayoora Nritam | Malayalam | ||
| Akka Bangunnava | Telugu | |||
| Indraprastham | Peter | Malayalam | ||
| Rajaputhran | Manu | Malayalam | ||
| 1997 | Ithu Oru Snehagadha | Roy | Malayalam | |
| Ullasam | Dev | Tamil | ||
| Kuralla Rajyam | Telugu | |||
| 1998 | Kangalin Vaarthighal | Tamil | ||
| 1999 | Housefull | Hamid | Tamil | |
| Sethu | Sethu (Chiyaan) | Tamil | Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Special Jury Award for Best Actor | |
| 2000 | Red Indians | Malayalam | ||
| 2001 | Indriyam | Malayalam | ||
| 9 Nelalu | Virendra | Telugu | ||
| Youth | Telugu | |||
| Vinnukum Mannukum | Vikram | Tamil | ||
| Dhill | Kanagavel | Tamil | ||
| Kasi | Kasi | Tamil | Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award | |
| 2002 | Gemini | Gemini | Tamil | Winner: ITFA Best Actor Award |
| Samurai | Thiagarajan | Tamil | ||
| King | Raja Shanmugam | Tamil | ||
| 2003 | Dhool | Aarumugam | Tamil | |
| Kadhal Sadugudu | Suresh | Tamil | ||
| Saamy | Aarusaamy | Tamil | Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award | |
| Pithamagan | Chitthan | Tamil | Winner: National Film Award for Best Actor Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor | |
| 2004 | Arul | Arulkumaran | Tamil | |
| 2005 | Anniyan | Ramanujam Anniyan Remo | Tamil | Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award |
| Majaa | Arivumathi | Tamil | ||
| 2008 | Bheema | Sekhar | Tamil | Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Hero |
| 2009 | Kanthaswamy | Kanthaswamy | Tamil | Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Hero |
| 2010 | Raavanan | Veeraiya | Tamil | |
| Raavan | Dev Pratap Sharma | Hindi | ||
| 2011 | Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | Hindi | Pre-production | |
| As playback singer | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Song | Film | Notes | ||||||||||||
| 2009 |
| Kanthaswamy |
| Madrasapattin |
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