Vijayakanth

Vijayaraj better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and the current Leader of the Official Opposition of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Prior to becoming a politician, he was a film actor in Tamil cinema from 1979 to 2010. He is the founder of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and a Member of Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Rishivandiyam. In films, he is credited with the title "Puratchi Kalaingar"(revolutionary artist) while also commonly referred to as "captain" following the success of his film Captain Prabhakaran (1991).

Acting career

Vijayakanth is one of the very few Tamil actors to have acted only in Tamil movies throughout his career, though his movies have been dubbed into other languages like Telugu and Hindi. Many of his recent movies contains nationalist plots about a terrorist, corrupt Indian politician or a mafia don troubling the Indian people and Vijayakanth getting back at the troublemakers single-handedly. He is also famous for acting village oriented movies, many of them had huge success across Tamil Nadu. His first film was Inikkum Ilamai. His subsequent films Agal Vilakku, Neerottam, Saamanthippoo were not commercially successful. He then had a success with Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam in 1980 and Sattam Oru Iruttarai in 1981, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, most of his movies are with him. He is nicknamed Captain after the 1991 movie Captain Prabhakaran which was his 100th film, his 125th film Ulavuthurai and 150th film Arasangam.

Vijayakanth filmography

This following is a complete list of all the films Vijayakanth has acted in:

Filmography

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

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