Vimal (actor)

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Vemal
Actor Vimal at the Manjapai Press Meet.jpg
Vemal in 2014
Born (1981-04-25) 25 April 1981 (age 43)
Pannankombu, Manapparai, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Akshaya
​
(m. 2010)​
Children3

Vemalis an Indian actor known for his appearances in Tamil films. He gained recognition with his credited appearances and supporting role in the critically acclaimed movie Kanchivaram . He later played the lead role in Pandiraj's highly acclaimed film Pasanga in 2009.

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Vemal's breakthrough came with the film Kalavani in 2010. He further acted in movies such as Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), Kalakalappu (2012), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), Manjapai (2014), Mannar Vagaiyara (2018) and Deiva Machan (2023).

Early life

Vimal was born on 25 April 1981, in Pannankombu, a village near Manapparai, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, and later moved to Chennai. He discontinued his studies and began learning dancing and joined the Koothu-P-Pattarai, a theatre group in Chennai. [1]

Vimal married Akshaya and they have three children together. [2]

Acting career

2001–2008

In 2001, he started a career as an aspiring model actor. While being a part of Koothu-P-Pattarai, Vimal was appearing in uncredited roles in several high-profile Tamil films, including Ghilli (2004), Kireedam (2007), and Kuruvi (2008). He made cameo role in the critically acclaimed movie Kanchivaram (2008). [3]

2009–2016

He played his first leading role in Pasanga (2009), directed by Pandiraj, in which he played Meenakshisundaram, an insurance agent. [1] The film won critical acclaim, while his performance was well received. He next appeared in A. Sarkunam's comedy entertainer Kalavani (2010) with Oviya in the female lead which went on to become a sleeper hit. [4] In 2011, he acted in three films, Cloud Nine Movie's Thoonga Nagaram , Eththan and Vaagai Sooda Vaa , which saw him collaborating with A. Sarkunam again. Vaagai Sooda Vaa was a period piece set in the 1960s, with Vimal playing a village teacher named Veluthambi. [5] His other 2012 film, was Mattuthavani which was long-delayed and was a flop at the box office. [6] He was then seen in UTV's comedy film Kalakalappu under Sundar C's direction that features an ensemble cast. [7] His next release was Ishtam , a remake of Telugu hit Yemaindhi Ee Vela, in which he played an urban character for the first time. [8]

In 2013, he acted five movies as Sillunu Oru Sandhippu , a simple love story, [9] Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga co-starring with Sivakarthikeyan directed by Pandiraj. The film was a good opening and was a hit at the box office. [10] [11] Moondru Per Moondru Kadal with actors Arjun Sarja and Cheran directed by Vasanth. Ezhil's direction Desingu Raja was released on 23 August. [12] Jannal Oram co-starring with R. Parthiepan and Vidharth. The film received mixed reviews from critics and audience. [13] Vimal is currently working on more than half-a-dozen projects. He has play in Pulivaal (2014), a comedy thriller with actor Prasanna, remake of Malayalam film. [14] He has completed Manjapai (2014) [15] and Padmamagan's Netru Indru (2014). He was next seen an action film, Kaaval (2015), [16] followed by two comedy dramas, Anjala (2016) [17] and Mapla Singam (2016). [18]

2018–present

In 2018, Boopathy Pandian's Mannar Vagaiyara . The film is produced by Vimal for the first time. It was running successful and was declared a super hit. [19] In December, an adult comedy film, Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku . It was a poor review from critics and audiences. [20] His next two films were romantic comedies including Kalavani 2 (2019), a sequel to Kalavani and Kanni Raasi (2020). [21] [22]

Vimal was seen in the Zee5 crime thriller web series Vilangu (2022). The series, written and directed by Prashanth Pandiyaraj, started streaming in February and received extremely positive reviews. [23] He was acted as surprise cameo in Vijay Sethupathi starrer DSP (2022) directed by Ponram. [24] In 2023, he returns to the family territory in rural comedy, Deiva Machan . [25] His next projects were action films such as Kulasami and Thudikkum Karangal . [26] [27] In 2024, the film Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai in which Vimal is seen playing a morgue driver, whose job is to deliver a dead body to a family. [28] Follow-up to the Bose Venkat's-directed action-drama film Sir , which explores themes of social inequality and the importance of education. [29]

Filmography

Feature films

Actor
Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Vimal film acting credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Kalakalappu Karna's collegemateUncredited role
2004 Ghilli Velu's teammateUncredited role
Assistant Director [30]
2007 Kireedam Shaktivel's friendUncredited role
2008 Kuruvi Refugee in CuddapahUncredited role
Assistant Director
Pandhayam MurugesanUncredited role
Kanchivaram RanganSupporting role
2009 Pasanga Meenakshi Sundaram Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
2010 Kalavani Arivazhagan (Arikki)
2011 Thoonga Nagaram Kannan
Eththan Sathyamoorthy
Vaagai Sooda Vaa Veluthambi Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2012 Mattuthavani Panneer's friendUncredited role
Kalakalappu Seenu
Ishtam Saravanan
2013 Sillunu Oru Sandhippu Ashok
Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Kesavan
Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal Varun
Desingu Raja Idhayakani
Jannal Oram Subbiah
2014 Ninaithathu Yaaro HimselfCameo
Pulivaal Kasi
Manjapai Tamil
Netru Indru Sivaji
Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam HimselfCameo
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja Azhagu
2015 Kaaval Anbarasu
2016 Anjala Kavas
Mappillai Singam Anbuchelvan
2018 Mannar Vagaiyara Madhiyazhagan
Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku Hari
2019 Kalavani 2 Arivazhagan (Arikki)
2020 Kanni Raasi Gemini
2022 DSP VinayagamCameo
2023 Deiva Machan Thabaal Karthi
Kulasami Soora Sangu
Thudikkum Karangal Vetri
2024 Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai Kumar
Sir Mangollai Ponnarasan Sivagnanam "Ma. Po. Si" [31]
2025Desingu Raja 2TBAFilming [32]
Producer

Web series

List of Vimal web series credits
YearTitleRoleChannelLanguageNotes
2022 Vilangu Paridhi ZEE5 TamilWeb-Series

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