Vijayakumar (actor)
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| Born |
Panchaksharam Rangasamy 29 August 1943 Nattuchalai, Pattukottai, Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1961, 1973 – present |
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| Children | Kavitha Vijayakumar Dr Anitha Vijayakumar Arun Vijay Vanitha Vijayakumar Preetha Vijayakumar Sridevi Vijayakumar |
| Parent(s) | Rangasamy Chinnammal |
Vijayakumar is a Tamil film actor and politician. Along with predominant work in Tamil cinema since 1973, he has acted in a few Hindi, Malayalam and Telugu movies. He also works in television serials.
Vijayakumar was born in Nattuchalai, Pattukkottai taluk, Thanjavur dist, Tamil Nadu, India. His birth name Panchaksharam was changed as Vijayakumar for film. He debuted in the 1961 Tamil movie Sri Valli. Again in 1964 with the help of his uncle, he came to Chennai and tried for chances but could not make it but he only got a small role in the movie Kandhan Karunai as one of the devargal, arrested by the Asura king, Surapadma. Later in 1973 he got an offer to act in films. His first major role was in Kailasam Balachander's Aval Oru Thodar Kathai in 1974.
His journey in filmdom began as a child actor in the film Sri Valli in 1961. Vijaykumar was the little Lord Murugan in 'Sri Valli' starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. But not many offers were forthcoming for the little actor, he was supposed to play Lord Murugan in Kandhan Karunai but instead Sivakumar played that role. Vijayakumar acted as a small role as one of the Lords that was arrested by Surapadman. In 1973 Vijayakumar got his first break in Ponnukku Thanga Manasu directed by Devaraj-Mohan. The other hero in the film was Sivakumar. The success of Ponnuku Thanga Manasu got him a permanent place in Tamil cinema. Vijayakumar was a popular actor the seventies along who acted alongside leadering actors such as MGR in Indrum Pol Endrum Vazhgha, Sivaji Ganesan in Dheepam and Kamal Haasan in Neeya. While Vijayakumar was a popular supporting actor, he did play the lead role in during the 1970s, in films such as Aval Oru Thodarkathai, Mathura Geetham and Azhage Unnai Arathikkiren.
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