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He formed Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced party formation on September 14, 2005 at Madurai. His party contested in all 234 seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him. |
He formed Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced party formation on September 14, 2005 at Madurai. His party contested in all 234 seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him. His party has all rowdies and criminals within it and Tamil Nadu people have started understanding about the same. To be noted here is that he is a day time drunkard for which he was chucked out of DMK and Jayalalitha too speaks a lot about it. |
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A. Vijayakanth | |
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| File:Vijaykanth.jpg Thalaivar Vijaykanth | |
| Born | A. Vijayaraj |
| Other names | Captain, Puratchi Kalaingar |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Politician |
| Years active | 1979 - Present |
| Spouse | Premalatha Vijayakanth |
A.Vijayakanth | |
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| MLA | |
| Constituency | Virudhachalam |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | DMDK |
| Spouse | Married twice. |
| Children | 2 sons |
As of May 31, 2006 Source: Government of Tamil Nadu | |
A. Vijayaraj, popularly known as Vijayakanth (Template:Lang-ta), born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India on August 25, 1952, is a popular Tamil film actor and politician. He is well known for his patriotism and philanthropy. He is the founder of DMDK and the MLA of Vridachalam.
Personal background
Vijayakanth was born as A. Vijayaraj Naidu on August 25 1952 in Karnadaka, India. His parents are Sri. K.N. Alagarswami and Smt. Aandal who hailed from most prominent family. He married Premalatha on January 31, 1990 and has two sons with her, Vijay Prabhakar and Shanmuga Pandian. He is nicknamed 'Captain', as he has starred in a popular movie called "Captain Prabhakharan". "Captain Prabhakharan" was commercially successful and Vijaykanth's 100th film. Of late he has stopped accepting offers from other producers and is also keen in acting on his own banner films.
Film Career
Vijayakanth has given Blockbuster hits like Amman Koil Kizhakkaley,Vaidegi Kathirundal, Chinna Gounder, Vallarasu, Vanathai Pola,Sethupathi IPS, Ulavu Thurai,Periyanna, Kannupada Pokuthayya and Ramana, Neranja Manasu, Sabari.He was considered as the third major star in Tamil films after Kamal Haasan and Rajnikanth in the Eighties and early Nineties till now. He is instrumental in giving break to actors like Mansoor Ali Khan and Sarath Kumar .
He has a very large fan base mainly in B and C centres.The films like "Chatriyan" and "Ramana" was also acclaimed by A centres. His Action Fims dubbed into Telugu often do good business.Telugu Film industry superstart Chiranjeevi is usually interested in re-making movies of Vijaykanth and sometimes buys the telugu copyrights , even before the Tamil version is released. He has a peculiar style of fighting especially with his leg kicks which is very popular among fans. vijaykanth is the only leading actor from Tamil Film Industry who has done only Tamil Films in his entire filmography of 150 Films. Moreover he has the habit of giving chance to new directors. After a string of Average films, Arasangam , Vijayakanth's 150th film was a super hit. Vijayakanth is also acting in a film called Engal Aasan now.
Hero-worship is quite common in South Indian movies. However, Vijayakanth's movies are potrayed and worshipped for his handsome looks and his powerful eye sight which lingers in the minds of tamil movie viewers. His films are also usually declared excellent by critics for the crass fight scenes and physics defying action scenes. These sequences can usually require hollywood style of fight scenes.In one of his movies named Ulavuthurai , technicians from the Hollywood blockbuster Titanic worked on it . Once , on his tour in chennai , West Indies cricket team superstar Brian Lara congratulated Vijaykanth for his stunts , during the shooting of the latter's movie "Thennavan",in Prasath Cinema Studio.
Vijayakanth is also famous for his sentimental movies inspite of acting in one or two comedy flicks like Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri and Engal Anna ...
After getting amazing success in his film career Captain is set to make his mark in the Tamil Politics following the foot steps MGR...
Top Film Hits of Captain
This list gives the list of films by captain ordered by number of days run in movie theatres.
- Captain Prabhakaran
- Sethupathi IPS
- Ulavu Thurai
- Ramana
- Engal Aasan
- Engal Anna
- Dharmachakaram
- Maanagara kaaval
- Poonthotakkavalkaran
- Periyanna
- Vaithegi kathirunthal
- Chinna Gounder
- Pulan Visaranai
- En aasai machan
- Sendoora poove...
- Shathriyan
- Vasantha raagam
- Vanathai Pola
- Vallarasu
- Vanjinathan
- Gandhi pirandha Mann
- Thennavan
- Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri
- Thoorathu Edi Muzhakkam
- GAJENDRA...
- NARASIMMA
- Kannu PadaPogudhaiya
Political career
He formed Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced party formation on September 14, 2005 at Madurai. His party contested in all 234 seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him. His party has all rowdies and criminals within it and Tamil Nadu people have started understanding about the same. To be noted here is that he is a day time drunkard for which he was chucked out of DMK and Jayalalitha too speaks a lot about it.
varungala tamizhaga muthalvarae
See also
gajendra