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He started his film career in the Tamil film Sri Valli (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) then he worked in Madhura Geetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979).
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Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai aka Vijayakumar was born on Sunday, 29 August 1943 (age 80 years; as of 2023) in Nattuchalai village, Madras Presidency, British India (now Tamil Nadu, India). His zodiac sign is Virgo.
Film
Vijayakumar’s acting career began in 1961 when he made his acting debut as a child artist with the Tamil film Sri Valli in which he played the role of Lord Muruga. For the remainder of the 1960s, Vijayakumar appeared in several Tamil films like Mahaveera Bheeman (1962), Thaaye Unakkaga (1965), and Kandhan Karunai (1967). Vijayakumar played the role of a collector named Shankar in the 1973 Kollywood film Ponnukku Thanga Manasu. In 1974, he played the role of a drunkard doctor in the Tamil film...
Television
Apart from acting in numerous films, Vijayakumar has also worked in several South Indian TV soap operas. He made his debut in the Tamil entertainment industry with the 1997 TV show Kokila Enge Pogiraal. He played the role of Rajaramchandra Raghunath (aka Ayyaa) in the 2009 Tamil TV show Thangam, which was televised on Sun TV. In 2013, he landed the role of Vetrivel Annachi in the Tamil TV serial Vamsam. In 2016, he made his debut in the Telugu entertainment industry with the Gemini TV serial...
Politics
Vijayakumar’s political career began after he joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) when Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran was serving as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. After leaving AIADMK in 2016, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Talking about it, he said.
Allegations of physically assaulting Vanitha
In 2010, Vanitha Vijayakumar, who is Manjula and Vijayakumar’s daughter, lodged a complaint against her father in which she said that her father, along with her brother, had assaulted her when she tried to take her children back home after their Diwali vacation. According to Vanitha, her father was intoxicated and refused to let her take her kids back home, and when she resisted, she was battered by Arun Vijay, her brother. ChitramalaTalking about it, she said, After filing a complaint in 201...
The feud between the father and the daughter
In 2013, after the death of his second wife Manjula Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar denounced and disowned Vanitha Vijayakumar. In September 2018, Vijayakumar lodged an FIR against Vanitha and accused her of forcefully occupying his home and refusing to vacate it. In response, Vanitha filed a petition in the Madras High Court and said that the house does not only belongs to her father but also her as she had spent a large portion of her savings on the construction of the house in the 90s. She also s...
In 1991, Vijayakumar won Cinema Express Award under the Best Character Actor category for the Tamil film Cheran Pandian.
Vijayakumar has acted in more than five Tamil films along with his son Arun Vijay.Vijayakumar was the Vice President of the actor’s association named South Indian Nadigar Sangam.According to his daughter Vanitha Vijaykumar, Vijayakumar owns a licensed gun.Vijayakumar has acted in over 400 films, primarily in Tamil, but also had brief stints in Telugu cinema. Following is the list of films acted by Vijayakumar. Besides Tamil, he has also acted in a few Telugu and Malayalam films and one Kannada film.
Ponnuku Thanga Manasu’s achievement secured him a permanent place in Tamil film. In the 1970s, Vijayakumar was a well-known actor who appeared in films with A-list talent like Kamal Haasan in Neeya? (1979), M. G. Ramachandran in Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga (1977), and Sivaji Ganesan in Dheepam (1977).
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Aug 29, 2024 · In 1973, Vijayakumar appeared as a collector named Shankar in Ponnukku Thanga Manasu, a Tamil film. Vijayakumar landed the role of a drunkard doctor in the 1974 Kollywood film Samarpanam. He, later on, was seen in another Tamil film titled Aval Oru Thodar Kathai in which he played the role of a man named Tilak.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Get complete information about Actress Vijayakumar's movies, biography, photos, videos, latest news, upcoming movies, age, date of birth, filmography, awards and more in Tamil.
Popular films of Vijayakumar are Agni Natchathiram (1988), Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Anthimanthaarai (1996). He has worked in more than 400 films in Tamil and Telugu Cinema. He has performed roles of lead role, negative role, supporting role and villain in various movies.
