Vikram (actor)

Vikram (விக்ரம்)
File:Vjk.JPG Vikram as picturized in the forthcoming film, Kanthaswamy
Years active	1990 - present
Spouse	Shyla Vikram
Website	http://www.chiyaanvikram.com/

Vikram (Tamil: விக்ரம்) is an Indian actor, who starred in a number of top-grossing Tamil films and is currently one of the reigning heroes of Tamil Film Industry (aka Kollywood). With numerous blockbusters to his credit, Vikram has carefully niched a place for himself on the silver screen. Noted films that gave him the star status include Dhruvam, Sethu, Dhill, Kasi, Dhool, Saamy, Gemini, Pithamagan and Anniyan.

He won the National Film Awards of India for his performance in Pithamagan, 2003.

Sethu, which was released in 1999, was Vikram's first blockbuster though he made his debut almost a decade earlier. The film grossed over Rs.50 million at the box office.

Vikram's second blockbuster Dhill came in 2001. The film grossed over Rs.100 million at the box office.

Vikram's third blockbuster Gemini came the very next year in 2002. It grossed over Rs.200 million at the box office.

Vikram's fourth blockbuster Dhool and fifth blockbuster Saamy both came in 2003. The film prompted director Shankar to notice his rising graph and booked him for his mega project Anniyan.

Biography

Vikram was born on April 17,1960, Paramakudi, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu. His Mother Tongue is Tamil.

Awards

• He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Pithamagan, 2003.
• Vikram has won the Filmfare Best Actor Award Southone times.

Trivia

Year	Film	Co-Stars	Language	Role	Director	Notes
2008	Raja Vesham	Nayanthara	Tamil		Boopathy Pandian	Announced
2008	Kanthaswamy	Shriya Saran	Tamil	Kanthaswamy	Susi Ganesan	To Be Released on April 14, 2008 To Be Dubbed Into Telugu as Mallana
2007	Bheema	Trisha Krishnan, Sherin	Tamil	Shekar	Linguswamy	Release Date To be Announced To Be Dubbed Into Telugu as Bheema
2005	Majaa	Asin Thottumkal, Sindhu Tolani	Tamil	Mathi Govindan	Shaffi	Dubbed Into Telugu as Majaa
2005	Anniyan	Sadha, Yana Gupta	Tamil	Ramanujam Iyengar, Anniyan, Remo	Shankar	Dubbed Into Telugu as Aparichitudhu Dubbed Into Hindi as Aparichit
2004	Arul	Jyothika Saravanan, Chaya Singh	Tamil	Arulkumaran	Hari	Dubbed Into Telugu as Akandudu
2003	Pithamagan	Surya Sivakumar, Sangeetha, Laila Mehdin, Simran Bagga	Tamil	Chitthan	Bala	Dubbed Into Telugu as Siva Puthrudu
2003	Saamy	Trisha Krishnan	Tamil	Aarusaamy	Hari
2003	Kadhal Sadugudu	Priyanka Trivedi	Tamil	Suresh	V. K. Durai	Dubbed Into Telugu as Sivudu
2003	Dhool	Jyothika Saravanan, Reema Sen	Tamil	Aarumugam	Dharani
2002	King	Sneha	Tamil	Raja Shanmugam	Prabhu Solomon	Dubbed Into Telugu as Remo
2002	Samurai	Anitha, Jayaseel, Shriya Reddy	Tamil	Thiagarajan	Balaji Sakthivel	Dubbed Into Telugu as Samurai
2002	Gemini	Kiran Rathod	Tamil	Gemini	Saran
2002	Kasi	Kavya Madhavan, Kaveri	Tamil	Kasi	Vinayan
2001	Dhill	Laila	Tamil	kanagavel	Dharani
2001	Vinnukkum mannukkum	devayani	Tamil	unknown	Erangakumaran
2001	youth		Telugu	unknown	Late jithendara Rao
2001	9 nelalu	soudarya	Telugu	unknown	Kranthikumar
2001	Indriyam		Malayalam
2000	Red indians		Malayalam
1999	Sethu	Abitha	Tamil	Chiyaan	Bala
1999	Housefull	Suvalakshmi	Tamil	unknown	Parthibhan
1998	Kangalin vaarthighal	Prema	Tamil	Unknown
1997	Ullasam	Maheswari	Tamil	Dev	JD Jerry
1997	Ithu oru snehagadha	laila	malayalam	Roy	captain raju
1996	Rajaputhran	shobana	malayalam	Manu
1996	Indraprastham	simran	malayalam	peter	haridas
1996	Akka bangunnava		Telugu	unknown
1996	Mayooranritham	Mohini	malayalam
1995	Adaala majaakka		Telugu	unknown
1995	Street	geetha	malayalam	sajeev	anil babu
1994	puthiya mannargal	Mohini	Tamil		Vikraman
1994	Bangaru kutumbham		Telugu	unknown
1994	Sainyam	Mohini	malayalam		Joshi
1993	Mafia	geetha	malayalam	Hari	shaji kailas
1993	Chirunnavvula varamisthava		Telugu	unknown
1993	Dhruvam	gauthami	malayalam	bhadran	Joshi
1992	Meera	Aishwarya	Tamil	jeeva	P.c sreeram
1992	Kaaval geetham		Tamil		S.P.M
1991	Thanthu vitten ennai	Rohini	Tamil	Raju	Sridhar
1990	En kadhal kanmani		Tamil		C.T joy

• Vikram's birth name is John Kennedy.
• He went to Loyola college in Chennai, India.
• Vikram being prominent in Tamil and Telugu film industries had made his first appearance in Bollywood in 2005 in the film Aparichit, the dubbed version of Vikram's Tamil hit Anniyan. Anniyan was also dubbed in French, the first Tamil film to be done so.
• He did his high schooling at Montfort Boys Anglo-Indian higher secondarySchool at Yercaud, Salem. Bollywood actress Rekha also studied in a neighbouring girls school in Monford.
• Vikram's father is also a supporting actor, acting in many films. His father acted in Ghilli mega hit movie, as Trisha's father.

External links

• Unofficial Fan Site for Kanthaswamy Movie (2008 Release)
• Vikram at IMDb 
• Official Site (in English)
• Latest movie-bheema