Vikram Kennedy

Born                :Vikram John Kennedy Vinod
                         11 April 1966 (1966-04-11) (age 43)
                         Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district,

                         Tamil Nadu, India

Other name(s) :Chiyaan,Kenny

Occupation     : Film actor, voice actor, producer

                          playback singer

Years active   :1990-present

Spouse(s)       : Shylaja

Biography :

Vikram was born at Paramakudi in 11 April 1966. Vikram did his schooling at Montfort School, Yercaud. The school which emphasises extra curriculum honed multiple skills in sports, music and theater, where his love of drama and pursuit of a dream was nurtured. His parents wanting him to do his graduation after finishing his final high school year, he completed his graduation in English from Loyola College, Chennai and followed with an MBA degree.
Vikram's father, Vinod Raj, is also a film actor. The two had starred in the same film for the first time in Kanthaswamy. Vikram's mother, Rajeshwari, is a retired sub-collector. Vikram married Shylaja, a psychologist, in 1992. They have two children, a daughter named Akshitha and a son named Druv.

Film career :

Vikram started his career in 1990 with En Kadhal Kanmani which did not do well.Then went on to do more than a dozen movies which did not do well in box office. He starred in Ullasam along Ajith Kumar.This film was produced by Amitabh Bachchan. Still to taste success he acted in 1999 movie Sethu directed by first time director Bala which turned out to be a hit and his acting won him critical acclaims. After few films not making much impact. He then acted in 2001 movie Dhill directed by his friend Dharani which did well commercially. In 2002 he started with a Malayalam remake Kasi,which won him Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and did well at box office. He then acted Gemini produced by AVM Productions which became a blockbuster.Later that year he acted in Samurai and King. Both did not do well at box office.
In 2003 Vikram acted in Dhool again with Dharani which was a blockbuster. He then acted in a family drama Kadhal Sadugudu which did not do well followed by Saamy directed by Hari where he played a cop turned another blockbuster for him.This film was produced by K. Balachander. Later that year he starred in Pithamagan directed by Bala which won him both Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and National Film Award for Best Actor. This film did well at the box office. In 2004 he acted in Arul directed by Hari who gave saami. This movie did not do well at box office.
In 2004 it was announced that Vikram act in Anniyan directed by S. Shankar which released in 2005 was the most expensive then. In this film he played a person suffering from dissociative identity disorder as he plays three different personalities. This film was both critical and commercial success. He then did a family drama Majaa which did not do well. In later that year he announce his next film Bheema which was started on April 2006 but due to lack of funds the movie postponed and released in January 2008. Bheema became a commercial hit at the box office.
In 2008 he began acting in Kanthaswamy directed by Susi Ganesan and produced by Kalaipuli Thanu which released on 21 August 2009. Currently, Vikram is working on Mani Rathnam's forthcoming bilingual films, Raavana in Tamil and Raavan in Hindi, which is set to be released in 2010. He is also currently signed up for Boopathy Pandian's Raja Vesham, an untitled film with Selvaraghavan, and an Indo-Japanese high-budget film to be made in both Tamil and Japanese, titled The 19th Step, which has been shelved until further notice.

 

 

Filmography :

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1990	En Kadhal Kanmani		Tamil
1991	Thanthu Vitten Ennai	Raju	Tamil
1992	Kaaval Geetham		Tamil
	Meera	Jeeva	Tamil
1993	Dhruvam	Bhadran	Malayalam
	Chirunnavvula Varamisthava		Telugu
	Mafia	Harishankar	Malayalam
1994	Sainyam	Cadet Jiji	Malayalam
	Bangaru Kutumbham		Telugu
	Pudhiya Mannargal	Satyamoorthy	Tamil
1995	Street		Malayalam
	Adaala Majaakka		Telugu
1996	Mayooranritham		Malayalam
	Akka Bangunnava		Telugu
	Indraprastham	Peter	Malayalam
	Rajaputhran	Manu	Malayalam
1997	Ithu Oru Snehagadha	Roy	Malayalam
	Ullasam	Dev	Tamil
	Kuralla Rajyam		Telugu
1998	Kangalin Vaarthighal		Tamil
1999	Housefull	Hamid	Tamil
	Sethu	Sethu (Chiyaan)	Tamil	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Special Jury Award for Best Actor
2000	Red Indians		Malayalam
2001	Indriyam		Malayalam
	9 Nelalu	Virendra	Telugu
	Youth		Telugu
	Vinnukum Mannukum	Vikram	Tamil
	Dhill	Kanagavel	Tamil
2002	Kasi	Kasi	Tamil	Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
	Gemini	Gemini	Tamil	Winner: ITFA Best Actor Award
	Samurai	Thiagarajan	Tamil
	King	Raja Shanmugam	Tamil
2003	Dhool	Aarumugam	Tamil
	Kadhal Sadugudu	Suresh	Tamil
	Saamy	Aarusaamy	Tamil
	Pithamagan	Chitthan	Tamil	Winner: National Film Award for Best Actor Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2004	Arul	Arulkumaran	Tamil
2005	Anniyan	Ramanujam "Ambi" Iyengar (Anniyan/Remo)	Tamil	Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
	Majaa	Arivumathi	Tamil
2008	Bheema	Sekhar	Tamil
2009	Kanthaswamy	Kanthaswamy	Tamil
2010	Raavana		Tamil	Post-production
	Raavan		Hindi	Post-production
	Raja Vesham		Tamil	Pre-production
2011	Sindubad		Tamil	Filming