Vishnupriyan

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Vishnupriyan is an Indian actor, who has appeared in lead roles in Tamil language films.

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Career

Vishnupriyan made his acting debut in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Malayalam film Nizhalkuthu (2002), and has since portrayed leading and supporting roles in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. [1] [2] During the early stages of his acting career, Vishnupriyan also trained at the drama troupe, Koothu-P-Pattarai. [1]

At the peak of his career in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Vishnupriyan played a series of lead roles in films such as Unakkaga En Kadhal (2010) and Mye (2012), and supporting roles in the college drama Ninaithale Inikkum (2009) and the action thriller Ayyanar (2010). [3] [4] [5] He returned to Malayalam cinema in a supporting role in Puthiya Mukham (2009) and Simhasanam (2012) after being encouraged by Prithviraj, who he had befriended during the making of Ninaithale Inikkum. [1] [6]

In the late 2010s and early 2020s, his appearances in films became more sparse and Vishnupriyan subsequently moved on to become a co-director in films, first working on Hitlist (2024).

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2002 Nizhalkuthu Malayalam
2006 Ilakkanam ThamizharasanTamil
2008 Thotta GiriTamil
2009 Puthiya Mukham RanjithMalayalam
Ninaithale Inikkum BalaTamil
2010 Ayyanar SaravananTamil
Unakkaga En Kadhal RamuTamil
Kadhal Meipada ShivaTamil
2012MyeTamil
Simhasanam GovindanMalayalam
2013 Arya Surya SuryanandaTamil
Madhumati KarthikTelugu
2016 Angali Pangali KarthikTamil
2018 Merlin VetriTamil
2021Sonnadhe Tirippi Tirippi SolladheTamil
2023MayilanjiTamil

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