Lingesh

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Lingesh
NationalityIndian
Other namesLijeesh
Alma materLoyola College, Tamil Nadu
Occupation(s)Actor, executive producer

Lingesh, also credited as Lijeesh is an Indian actor who has worked in the Tamil film industry. [1] [2]

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Career

Lingesh was born on December 26 in Thiruporur, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling at Thiruporur Govt Higher Secondary School, before joining Loyola College for his undergraduate degree and went on to do a postgraduate course at the Madras Christian College. With a strong desire to build a career in the visual medium, he joined as an assistant director to director Kavitha Barathy, notably working on the television series Salanam in 2003. [3] During the mid-2000s, Lingesh anchored shows on the Sun Network, Zee Tamil, and Vendhar TV, while working as an RJ in Suryan FM, while attempting to break into acting. He also worked as an event host, notably compering promotional events of films such as Padikkadavan (2008) and Kanthaswamy (2009). [4]

Lingesh was first selected to play the lead role in Balaji Sakthivel's coming-of-age drama Kalloori (2007) opposite Tamannaah, but was later dropped in favour of fellow debutant Akhil, who wanted a more rural-looking actor. [5] Lingesh eventually debuted as an actor in I. Ahmed's Endrendrum Punnagai in a supporting role, before associating with Pa. Ranjith on his critically acclaimed Madras (2014), playing the role of Lijeesh. The name became interchangeably used as his stagename, as he was able to secure another role in Ranjith's Kabali (2016) featuring Rajinikanth. [6] For the role, he put on over ten kilograms for the role. [4]

He starred in Nelson Venkatesan’s Oru Naal Koothu (2016) and appeared in a significant role in Pariyerum Perumal (2018). [7] Following this he acted in films including Gajinikanth (2017), [8] Jada (2019), [9] Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu (2019), [10] V1 (2019) [11] and Taanakkaran (2022). He also worked as executive producer for Neelam Productions in Pariyerum Perumal and Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu.

Lingesh first worked as the protagonist on the social drama College Road (2022), and will next be seen in Kayal (2023) opposite Gayathrie and Swagatha Krishnan. [12] [13] [14]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2013 Endrendrum Punnagai Drunkard
2014 Madras Lijeesh
2016 Kabali Seeni
Oru Naal Koothu Baskar
2018 Pariyerum Perumal Sankaralingam
Gajinikanth Ajay
2019 Jada Aravind
Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu Shankar
V1 Inba
2022 Taanakkaran Arivu's friend
College Road Ajay

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  1. ↑ "பெற்றோர்களால் பெண்களுக்கு ஏற்படும் பிரச்சனைகளைப் பற்றி பேசும் 'காயல்'!" . Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Exclusive Interview with Actor Lijeesh". 16 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Salanam". The Hindu. 2003-05-30. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. 1 2 "VJ Lingesh Interview on how he got casted in Kabali & Madras | Ranjith, Rajnikanth, Radhika Apte". YouTube .
  5. ↑ "Lingesh plays the lead in College Road!". 24 December 2022.
  6. ↑ சனா. ""ரஜினி சாரை செம நக்கலாப் பார்த்தேன்... அப்ப இரஞ்சித் அண்ணண் என்ன சொன்னார்னா..!" - நடிகர் லிஜீஷ்". vikatan.com/ (in Tamil). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  7. ↑ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (2018-09-28). "Pariyerum Perumal review: caste away". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  8. ↑ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (2018-08-03). "'Ghajinikanth' review: The forgetful funnyman". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  9. ↑ "Dhanush reveals the first look poster of Kathir's upcoming film 'JADA'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  10. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (2019-10-13). "Such stories need to be told: Athiyan Athirai". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  11. ↑ "துப்பறியும் ஹீரோவுக்கு இப்படி ஒரு நோயா? வி1 மர்டர் கேஸ் - விமர்சனம்". nakkheeran. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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  13. ↑ மின்னம்பலம் (12 May 2021). "பெண்கள் உரிமையை பேசும் காயல்!". மின்னம்பலம் (in Tamil). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  14. ↑ Silver Screen India [ dead link ]
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