Actor vikram profile biography sample
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Vikram (actor)
Indian actor (born )
Kennedy John Victor (born 17 April ), known professionally as Vikram, is an Indian actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is among the most decorated actors in Tamil cinema, with laurels including eight Filmfare Awards South, a National Film Award, four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and the Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Vikram was included in the Forbes India Celebrity list for and [3]
Vikram debuted with the romance En Kadhal Kanmani () followed by his major breakthrough with his portrayal of a rogue-turned-lover in Bala's tragedy film Sethu () and next appeared in hit films like Dhill (), Gemini (), Dhool (), Saamy (), Anniyan (), Raavanan (), Deiva Thirumagal () and Iru Mugan (). He also earned widespread critical acclaim for diverse roles of disadvantaged people in Kasi (), Samurai () and Pithamagan (
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An excerpt from my profile of Vikram for Caravan&#;s December issue. The full text will be available online soon at this link:
IT WAS THE BEST NIGHT of Kenny’s life. It was the worst night of Kenny’s life. And it began on the pitch-black stage of the open-air auditorium at IIT-Madras.
At first the audience at the annual inter-collegiate festival thought that there was a technical glitch: they could hear the actors but not see them. They began to fidget. They began to boo. Then, about 15 minutes in, some of the viewers began to shush the others. They got what was happening: the play—Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy, in which Kenny had the lead role—began in darkness but, eventually, the lights would komma on. The shushing gradually overwhelmed the booing and the fidgeting. There was silence, then laughs. When the curtains came down, there was a standing ovation. Among the audience that October night in was Shailaja Balakrishnan, who knew that she would marry Kenny even though he was
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Vikram Prabhu
Indian film actor
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| Born | () 15 January (age&#;39) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouse | Lakshmi Ujjaini &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Prabhu |
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Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's Kumki (). He also played the protagonist in Ivan Veramathiri () and Vellaikaara Durai (). He is the son of actor Prabhu and grandson of the veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.[1]
Career
[edit]– Early career and recognition
[edit]Vikram signed on for a venture under the direction of Prabhu Solomon to be produced by N. Linguswamy. Titled Kumki, the film was based on elephants and the director thus sent Vikram to an elephant training camp in Ottapalam in Kerala to get himself accustomed to the animals. The film released in månad to critical acclaim and commercial su