Vivek Rajgopal

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Vivek Rajgopal
Alma mater Loyola College
Occupation actor
Years active2014–present
ParentRajgopal (father) [1]

Vivek Rajgopal is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil-language films. [2]

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Personal life

Vivek Rajgopal's mother tongue is Malayalam, but he settled in Tamil Nadu. [3]

Career

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]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2012 Naanga Babucredited 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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Streaming television

YearFilmRolePlatform
2019 Queen Pradeepan MX Player
2021 Vadham Divakar
2024 Aindham Vedham Mithran/AI Shakthi ZEE5

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