Vikram filmography

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Vikram is an Indian actor, playback singer and former dubbing artiste known for his work in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil, he has also worked in Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi language films. He has featured in over 55 motion pictures, three television programs, and several music videos and commercials. [1] [2]

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An aspiring actor since childhood, Vikram modelled for television commercials and appeared in a short film, hoping to get noticed by casting directors. [2] [3] He made his television debut with the Doordarshan series Galatta Kudumbam (1988), following which his first feature film role came with the experimental film En Kadhal Kanmani (1990). [4] His early career in Tamil cinema saw consecutive box-office failures, after which he attempted a transition to Telugu and Malayalam cinema. [5] Vikram mostly played the lead roles in Telugu films, many of which were financial failures. [2] [6] In Malayalam films, he usually appeared in ensemble films, playing "second fiddle" to established actors like Mammootty and Suresh Gopi, which failed to help his career. [5] [7] Meanwhile, the few sporadic appearances he made in Tamil cinema also proved unsuccessful. [4]

Vikram landed his breakthrough role of a college student who suffers a brain injury in filmmaker Bala's directorial debut, the tragedy film Sethu (1999). [5] It was a sleeper hit and earned Vikram a Special Jury award at the Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Award ceremonies. [8] [9] [10] In 2001, he played an aspiring policeman in the action film Dhill , the directorial debut of Dharani. [11] In 2002, Vikram was awarded his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor for portraying a blind village singer in the Vinayan-directed tragedy Kasi (2001), a remake of the director's Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum (1999). [5] [12] [13] Vikram went on to play the quintessential Tamil action hero in a series of commercial successful masala films beginning with Gemini (2002) which grossed 210 million at the box office. Gemini film was the highest grossing Tamil film of the year 2002. [14] The next year, with consecutive commercial success in Dhool (2003) and Saamy (2003), he attained stardom. [15] [16] [17] He then played an undertaker with autism in Bala's tragedy drama Pithamagan (2003) co-starring Suriya. His portrayal attracted positive reviews and garnered him his third Filmfare award, and Best Actor trophies at the Tamil Nadu State Film Award and National Film Award ceremonies. [5] [18] [19] [20]

Vikram underwent a professional setback between 2004 and 2008 when a series of films— Arul (2004), Majaa (2005) and Bheemaa (2008)—received mixed reviews and were commercial failures. [16] [21] [22] [23] Vikram's sole box-office success during this period was S. Shankar's psychological thriller Anniyan (2005), in which he played a utopian lawyer suffering from multiple personality disorder. The film was the second highest grossing Tamil film of the year 2005 by collecting ₹57 crore from the box office. [24] The film was commercial success in all the South Indian states- Tamil Nadu, Kerala (where the film was the highest grossing Tamil film in Kerala at that time which ran over 150 days in theatres), [25] Andhra Pradesh (where the dubbed version Aparichitudu was highest-grossing film of 2005) [26] [27] and Karnataka. The film also earned him critical acclaim and his fourth Filmfare award. [5] [28] [29] Meanwhile, Vikram ventured into film production by joining a production company, Reel Life Entertainment, as one of its directors. [30] In Susi Ganesan's Kanthaswamy (2009), he played a CBI officer who moonlights as a superhero. [31] [32] In 2010, Vikram was introduced in Bollywood by Mani Ratnam through his Hindi-Tamil bilingual Raavan and Raavanan , a contemporary retelling of the Ramayana , in which Vikram played the antagonist and protagonist in the respective versions. [33] Vikram earned mixed reviews for his characterisation in the former; [34] [35] [36] but his performance in the latter earned him rave reviews and his fifth Filmfare award. [37] [38] [39] In 2011, Vikram played a man with developmental disability fighting over his daughter's custody in A. L. Vijay's courtroom drama Deiva Thirumagal , an adaptation of the American film I Am Sam (2001). Vikram's performance was praised and won him the Critics Award for Best Actor at Filmfare. [40] [41] [42] However, his next role of an aspiring screen villain in Rajapattai (2011) was poorly received. [5] [43] [44]

In 2012, Vikram appeared in A. L. Vijay's revenge-thriller Thaandavam , playing a blind RAW agent who uses human echolocation to track down his betrayer. [45] In Bejoy Nambiar's three-story-arc Hindi-language anthology film David (2013), he played one of the three eponymous lead characters, an alcoholic fisherman in love with his friend's fiancée. [46] [47] [48] Shankar's romantic-thriller I (2015) featured Vikram as a supermodel-turned-hunchback who exacts revenge on his conspirators. The film grossed over 2.4 billion at the box office and Vikram's performance was critically acclaimed. [49] [50] [51] Then he acted in 10 Endrathukulla (2015), Iru Mugan (2016), Sketch (2018), Saamy Square (2018), Kadaram Kondan (2019) and Mahaan (2022).

Film

Key
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As an actor

Vikram film acting credits
YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef.
1990 En Kadhal Kanmani Vinod [20] [52]
1991 Thanthu Vitten Ennai Raju [2]
1992 Kaaval Geetham Ashok [20]
Meera Jeeva [2] [53]
1993 Dhruvam Bhadran Malayalam film [54]
Akka Pettanam Chelleli Kapuram Radha Krishna Telugu film [55]
Chirunavvula Varamistava VickyTelugu film [2]
Mafia HarishankarMalayalam film [7]
1994 Bangaru Kutumbam SuryamTelugu film [2]
Sainyam JijiMalayalam film [56]
Pudhiya Mannargal Sathyamoorthy [57]
1995StreetSajeevMalayalam film [58] [59]
Adalla Majaka VikramTelugu film [5] [60]
1996Mayoora NrithamRajeevMalayalam film [58] [61]
Ooha MohanTelugu film [62] [63]
Akka! Bagunnava? PedababuTelugu film [5]
Indraprastham PeterMalayalam film [64] [65]
Rajaputhran ManuMalayalam film [7]
Merupu GuruTelugu film [6]
1997 Itha Oru Snehagatha RoyMalayalam film [66] [67]
Ullaasam Dev [68] [69]
1998 Kangalin Vaarthaigal Chandru [58] [70]
1999 House Full Hameed [11]
Sethu Sethu (Chiyaan) Filmfare Special Jury Award [8] [71] [9] [10]
Red Indians RahulMalayalam film [58]
2000 Indriyam UdhayaMalayalam film [11] [72]
9 Nelalu SurendraTelugu film [6] [73]
2001YouthBabuTelugu film [2]
Vinnukum Mannukum Selvam [74]
Dhill Kanagavel [75]
Kasi Kasi Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [76] [12]
2002 Gemini Gemini [77]
Samurai Thyagu [78]
King Raja [79]
2003 Dhool Aarumugam [80]
Kadhal Sadugudu Suresh [81]
Saamy AarusaamyNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actor [82]
Pithamagan Chithan National Film Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
[83] [84] [18] [19]
2004 Arul Arulkumaran [85]
2005 Anniyan Ramanujam (Ambi) (Remo/Anniyan) [lower-alpha 1] Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [87] [29]
Majaa ArivumathiAlso assistant director [88] [89]
2008 Bheemaa Sekar [90]
2009 Kanthaswamy Kanthaswamy [91]
2010 Raavan Dev Pratap Sharma Hindi film [92]
Raavanan VeeraiyaFilmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [37] [39]
2011 Deiva Thirumagal KrishnaWon— Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
[93] [94] [95]
Rajapattai "Annal" Murugan [44]
2012 Thaandavam Shivakumar (Kenny Thomas) [lower-alpha 2] Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [96] [97]
2013 David David (Sakku/Kirku Santa) [lower-alpha 2] Hindi film [lower-alpha 3] [99]
2015 I Lingesan (Lee) [lower-alpha 2] 50th film & won Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [100]
10 Endrathukulla A getaway driver who refers to himself with various names [lower-alpha 4] [101]
2016 Iru Mugan Akhilan Vinod and Dr. Love [lower-alpha 5] Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [102]
2018 Sketch Jeeva (Sketch) [lower-alpha 2] [103]
Saamy Square Aarusaamy and Ramasaamy [lower-alpha 5] [104]
2019 Kadaram Kondan KK [105]
Adithya Varma Visitor in DehradunUncredited [106]
2022 Mahaan Gandhi Mahaan [107]
Cobra Madhiazhagan (Madhi) and Kathirvelan (Kathir/Cobra) [lower-alpha 6] [108] [109]
Ponniyin Selvan: I Aditha Karikalan [110]
2023 Ponniyin Selvan: II [111]
2024 Thangalaan Thangalaan Muni, Kaadaiyan, Arasan (Aaaran), Adhi Muni, Naga Muni [lower-alpha 7] [112]
TBA Dhruva Natchathiram: Chapter One – Yuddha Kaandam John / DhruvAwaiting release [113]
Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 KaaliFilming [114]

As a dubbing artist

Vikram film dubbing credits
YearTitleVoiced forNotesRef.
1993 Amaravathi Ajith Kumar [115]
Jaathi Malli Vineeth
Ennamo Nadakkuthu Venkatesh Lent his voice for Tamil dubbed version [116]
Pudhiya Mugam Vineeth [2]
Ennavale Adi Ennavale Jayaram Lent his voice for Tamil dubbed version
1994 Paasamalargal Ajith Kumar [117]
Kadhalan Prabhu Deva [118]
The Lion King Jeremy Irons Voice for charecter Scar in Tamil dubbed version
1995 Kuruthipunal John Edathattil [119]
Raasaiyya Prabhu Deva
1996 Kadhal Desam Abbas [120]
Karuppu Roja Amar Siddique
1997 Minsara Kanavu Prabhu Deva (For 3 Scenes)
VIP Abbas, Prabhu Deva
Poochudava Abbas
1998 Aasai Thambi Abbas
Jolly Abbas
Ini Ellam Sugame Abbas
Satya J. D. Chakravarthy Lent his voice for Tamil dubbed version [4]
Gandhi Ben Kingsley Lent his voice for Tamil dubbed version [4] [121]
1999 Kannodu Kanbathellam Suchindra Bali
Devi ShijuLent his voice for Tamil dubbed version
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Abbas [122]
2001 Minnale Abbas

Television

Vikram television credits
YearTitleRoleDirectorNotesRef.
1988Galatta KudumbamVinodUn­knownSix-episode TV series [4]
1995Chinna Chinna Aasaigal – AarambamDubbing voice for Rajiv Krishna TV series
Chinna Chinna Aasaigal – IlakkiyaHimselfTV series [123]
2000 Siragugal Chandrasekhar Manobala TV film [4] [124] [125]

Commercial

Vikram commercial credits
YearOrganizationDirector(s)RoleRef.
2005 Coca-Cola Rajiv Menon Various [126] [127]
2010 Brooke Bond Karthik KotamrajuHimself [128] [129]
Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Priyadarshan
V. A. Shrikumar
Himself [130] [131] [132]
2011Josco Jewellers Rathish Ambat Himself [133] [134]

Music video

Vikram music video credits
YearTitleComposerDirectorRoleNotesRef.
2010"Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" Louis Banks Kailash Surendranath HimselfNon-album single [135] [136]
2012"One – The Unity Song"George PeterSumesh LalHimselfNon-album single [137]
"Vanakkam Vaazhavaikum Chennai" Girishh G Pandiraj HimselfPromotional video for the film Marina [138] [139]
2016"Spirit of Chennai"C. Girinandh Vikram HimselfNon-album single [140]

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. Vikram played a single character with dissociative identity disorder, taking on two further personalities. [86]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vikram played a single character with two names.
  3. The film was partially reshot in Tamil with Jiiva; however, all of his scenes were dubbed from Hindi except for part of the climax scene. [4] [98]
  4. He refers to himself by various names such as "James Bond," "Mani Ratnam," or "Sunil Gavaskar," and "Sachin Tendulkar"
  5. 1 2 Vikram played two characters.
  6. Vikram played two characters with Madhiazhagan (Madhi) and Kathirvelan (Kathir/Cobra). Madhi has six different disguises: Father Stephen, Durai Saravanan, John Thomas, George Hilbet, Bedict Abraham and Antony Kent.
  7. Vikram played five characters.

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