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- Vijayakumar started his acting career as a child artist in 1961 when he portrayed the childhood of Lord Murugan in the Kollywood film Sri Valli after which he bagged several roles in Tamil films like Mahaveera Bheeman (1962), Thaaye Unakkaga (1965), and Kandhan Karunai (1967).
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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).
- Actor, Politician
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Vijayakumar
- 29/09/1943
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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.While Vijayakumar was a popular supporting actor, he did play the lead role during the 1970s, in films such as Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974), Madhura Geetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979).
Jun 4, 2020 · Starting as a child artiste in films, he grew up to become a hero. Later in his career he donned more mature roles and got busy in both silver and small screens. It was more destiny, which led...
Movies. Vijayakumar Biography. Vijayakumar is a senior Kollywood film artist in Chennai. Vijayakumar was born in Nattuchalai in India. He has six children, two daughters and a son (Arun...
He became popular in the seventies. He has started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) then he worked in Madhurageetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979). He has acted in a few Hindi, Malayalam and Telugu movies.
