Vivek Rajgopal | |
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Alma mater | Loyola College |
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 2014–present |
Parent | Rajgopal (father) [1] |
Vivek Rajgopal is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil-language films. [2]
Vivek Rajgopal's mother tongue is Malayalam, but he settled in Tamil Nadu. [3]
Vivek Rajgopal had an interest for acting and subsequently joined Koothu-P-Pattarai and trained under Guru Somasundaram. [4] [5] After playing supporting roles in Naanga and Mathapoo , [6] he debuted in the lead role in Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal (2014) [7] before getting his breakthrough with Echcharikkai (2018). [4] [8] [9] He received the role after Ashok Selvan, who was supposed to do the role recommended Vivek's name. [4] He was chosen to play a role in the web series Queen after the makers liked his performance in Echcharikkai. [10] [11]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Naanga | Babu | credited as Uday [12] |
Sooriya Nagaram | Senthil | ||
2013 | Mathapoo | Maali | |
2014 | Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal | Karthik | |
2018 | Echcharikkai | Thomas | |
2021 | Kshanam | Irfan | Malayalam film [13] |
2022 | Jasper | Harish | |
2023 | Maruthi Nagar Police Station | ||
2024 | Dange | Vikash | Hindi film |
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Year | Film | Role | Platform |
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2019 | Queen | Pradeepan | MX Player |
2021 | Vadham | Divakar | |
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