Vikram
Actor, Award Winner
1966 –
Who is Vikram?
Vikram is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil language films and has won six Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the People's University of Milan in May 2011.
He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani, which was followed by a series of small-budget Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in the 1990s, many of which went unnoticed. However the success of Bala's tragedy film Sethu, in which Vikram appeared as a rogue turned lover, started Vikram's successful career as an actor. In the early 2000s, Vikram appeared in a series of masala films, with Dhill, Gemini, Dhool and Saamy becoming commercially successful ventures. During the period, Vikram also appeared in diverse roles and received critical acclaim for his performance as a blind villager in Kasi and a Robin Hood-esque figure in Samurai. In 2003, Vikram's performance as a gravedigger with autism spectrum disorders in Bala's Pithamagan saw him win the National Film Award for Best Actor, with his character only speaking a couple of lines of dialogue in the entire film.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1966
Chennai - Also known as
- John Kennedy
- John Kennedy Vinod Raj
- Kennedy
- Kenny
- 'Chiyaan' Vikram
- Vikram Kennedy Vinod Raj
- Chiyaan
- Vikram Vinod
- Vikram Vinod Raj
- Chaiyaan Vikram
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Shailaja Balakrishnan
(1991 - )
- Shailaja Balakrishnan
- Children
- Religion
- Christianity
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Loyola College, Chennai
- Montfort School, Yercaud
- Lived in
- Besant Nagar
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on July 23, 2013
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