Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)

Vijayakumar
Vijayakumar at the Book Launch of Idhaya Oli
Born
Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai

(1943-08-29) 29 August 1943 (age 81)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1961–present
WorksFull list
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Spouses
  • Muthukannu
    (m. 1969)
  • (m. 1976; died 2013)
ChildrenKavitha Vijayakumar
Anitha Vijayakumar
Arun Vijay
Preetha Vijayakumar
Sridevi Vijayakumar
Vanitha Vijayakumar
Parents
  • Rangasamy Pillai (father)
  • Chinnammal[2] (mother)

Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai (born 29 August 1943), known professionally as Vijayakumar, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He started his film career in the Tamil film Sri Valli (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) then he worked in Madhura Geetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979). He has also acted in Telugu and Malayalam movies. He also worked in television serials like Thangam, Vamsam, Talambralu, Nandini and Rasaathi. His son is actor Arun Vijay.[3]

  1. ^ "நடிகர் விஜயகுமாரின் குடும்பம்" [Actor Vijayakumar's family]. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Tamil Cinema News | Kollywood News | Tamil Film News – Maalaimalar".
  3. ^ "Party time for Vijayakumar". IndiaGlitz. 6 February 2006. Archived from the original on 15 February 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2009.