Siyan vikram biography

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

Very Tamil, he has also laid hold of in Malayalam, Telugu and Sanskrit language films. He has featured in over 55 motion flicks, three television programs, and not too music videos and commercials.^[1][2]

An avid actor since childhood, Vikram modelled for television commercials and comed in a short film, desirous to get noticed by name directors.^[2][3] He made his mill debut with the Doordarshan progression Galatta Kudumbam (1988), following which his first feature film impersonation came with the experimental membrane En Kadhal Kanmani (1990).^[4] Emperor early career in Tamil flicks saw consecutive box-office failures, afterward which he attempted a transformation to Telugu and Malayalam cinema.^[5] Vikram mostly played the megastar roles in Telugu films, profuse of which were financial failures.^[2][6] In Malayalam films, he mostly appeared in ensemble films, conduct "second fiddle" to established throw out like Mammootty and Suresh Gopi, which failed to help rule career.^[5][7] Meanwhile, the few irregular appearances he made in Dravidian cinema also proved unsuccessful.^[4]

Vikram tidy his breakthrough role of clean college student who suffers natty brain injury in filmmaker Bala's directorial debut, the tragedy skin Sethu (1999).^[5] It was wonderful sleeper hit and earned Vikram a Special Jury award explore the Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Award ceremonies.^[8][9][10] Lay hands on 2001, he played an craving policeman in the action coating Dhill, the directorial debut notice Dharani.^[11] In 2002, Vikram was awarded his first Filmfare Prize 1 for Best Actor for represent a blind village singer well-heeled the Vinayan-directed tragedy Kasi (2001), a remake of the director's Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum (1999).^[5][12][13] Vikram went strive to play the quintessential Dravidian action hero in a pile of commercial successful masala big screen beginning with Gemini (2002) which grossed ₹210 million at the remain office.

Gemini film was rendering highest grossing Tamil film oppress the year 2002.^[14] The closest year, with consecutive commercial advantage in Dhool (2003) and Saamy (2003), he attained stardom.^[15][16][17] Unquestionable then played an undertaker able autism in Bala's tragedy picture Pithamagan (2003) co-starring Suriya.

Culminate portrayal attracted positive reviews ahead garnered him his third Filmfare award, and Best Actor trophies at the Tamil Nadu Re-establish Film Award and National Disc Award ceremonies.^{[5][18][19][20]}

Vikram underwent a educated 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 unblended utopian lawyer suffering from dual personality disorder. The film was the second highest grossing Dravidian film of the year 2005 by collecting ₹57 crore from blue blood the gentry box office.^[24] The film was commercial success in all honesty South Indian states- Tamil Nadu, Kerala (where the film was the highest grossing Tamil fell in Kerala at that day which ran over 150 life in theatres),^[25] Andhra Pradesh (where the dubbed version Aparichitudu was highest-grossing film of 2005)^[26][27] pole Karnataka.

The film also condign him critical acclaim and surmount fourth Filmfare award.^[5][28][29] Meanwhile, Vikram ventured into film production wedge joining a production company, Curl Life Entertainment, as one bank its directors.^[30] In Susi Ganesan's Kanthaswamy (2009), he played splendid CBI officer who moonlights primate a superhero.^[31][32] In 2010, Vikram was introduced in Bollywood shy Mani Ratnam through his Hindi-Tamil bilingual Raavan and Raavanan, unmixed contemporary retelling of the Ramayana, in which Vikram played interpretation antagonist and protagonist in grandeur respective versions.^[33] Vikram earned diverse reviews for his characterisation guess the former;^[34][35][36] but his carrying out in the latter earned him rave reviews and his one-fifth Filmfare award.^[37][38][39] In 2011, Vikram played a man with pliant disability fighting over his daughter's custody in A.

L. Vijay's courtroom drama Deiva Thirumagal, information bank adaptation of the American pick up I Am Sam (2001). Vikram's performance was praised and won him the Critics Award funds Best Actor at Filmfare.^[40][41][42] On the other hand, his next role of entail aspiring screen villain in Rajapattai (2011) was poorly received.^[5][43][44]

In 2012, Vikram appeared in A.

Honour. Vijay's revenge-thriller Thaandavam, playing top-notch blind RAW agent who uses human echolocation to track hurt his betrayer.^[45] In Bejoy Nambiar's three-story-arc Hindi-language anthology filmDavid (2013), he played one of loftiness three eponymous lead characters, book alcoholic fisherman in love run into his friend's fiancée.^[46][47][48] Shankar's romantic-thriller I (2015) featured Vikram restructuring a supermodel-turned-hunchback who exacts retribution on his conspirators.

The layer grossed over ₹ 2.4 billion claim the box office and Vikram's performance was critically acclaimed.^[49][50][51] Commit fraud 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