Vinoth Kishan

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Vinoth Kishan
Born (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 34) [1]
Other namesVinod
Alma mater Loyola College
Occupation actor
Years active2001–present
Known for Nandha
Naan Mahaan Alla
Vidiyum Munn
Andhaghaaram
Iraivan

Vinoth Kishan is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's Nandha (2001), before playing villain in Naan Mahaan Alla (2010) and Vidiyum Munn (2013). [2]

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Career

Vinoth Kishan made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's Nandha (2001) portraying the younger version of Suriya's character before appearing in similar roles in Samasthanam (2002) and then Sena (2003). He also played a supporting role in A. L. Vijay's Kireedam (2007), portraying the younger brother of Ajith Kumar.

Kishan made a breakthrough portraying a villainous role in Suseenthiran's Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), where he played a ruthless college student who turns murderer, winning rave reviews for his portrayal. To prepare for the role, he trained in stunts for three months under fight choreographer Mahendran and then shot for the film for forty days. [3] After being impressed with his role in the film, director Balaji roped in to play antihero in Vidiyum Munn (2013). For his role, he prepared extensively by practising the art of not blinking, as his character demanded such an approach and won positive reviews from critics for his portrayal. [4]

His upcoming Tamil films are Papparapaam in which he portrays a man who comes to life at his funeral. [5] [6] and Andhaghaaram in which he plays a blind man. [7]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2001 Nandha NandhaChild artiste
2002 Samasthanam ShankaraChild artiste
2003 Sena SenaChild artiste
2007 Kireedam Vinoth
2010 Naan Mahaan Alla Nominated-Vijay Award for Best Villain
2011 Kanakompathu Malayalam film
2012 Genius JeevaTelugu film
Kaliyugam
2013 Vidiyum Munn Chinnayyah
2014 Jeeva
2017 Nenjil Thunivirundhal Tamil/Telugu (Bilingual film)
YaazhSudanDirect released in YouTube
2018 6 Athiyayam
Imaikkaa Nodigal Vineeth
2020 Cochin Shadhi at Chennai 03 Auto RenjanMalayalam film
Vanmurai Auto Renjan
Adavi Murugan
Danny Kavi
Andhaghaaram Selvam [8]
2021 Kutty Story Young Aadhi
2023 Beginning Bala Subramaniam
Vaan Moondru Joshua
Iraivan "Copycat Killer" Babu
2024 Captain Miller
Konjam Pesinaal Yenna Ajay
The Akaali Vincent

Other projects

Key
Denotes projects that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2017Aagaasa VaaniVinothMusic Video
2020VisaraniArunShort Film
2021MagavuDirection TeamShort Film
2022 Fingertip (season 2) Web Series
2022AnanthamWeb series
2023 Story of Things Sony LIV Originals Segment: Mirror [9]

2024 Gangs of Godavari

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References

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