South Indian Actor Vikram

Name Vikram

Birth name John Kennedy

Date of Birth April 17, 1965

Nick name Chiyaan | chiyan | Kenny

Birth Place Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India

Nationality Indian

Eye color Brown

Star Sign Aries

Spouse Shyla Vikram

Schoool Days Montfort Boys Anglo-Indian School, Salem

College Days Loyola college, Chennai, India

Favourite actors Rober Deniro, Rajinikanth

Favourite actress Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts

Favourite color Black

Profession Actor

First hit “Sethu” [1999]

Hot facts in Biography
# The tamil actor came to limelight only after his first blockbuster “Sethu” in 1999, his earliar films were unnoticed.

# After his “Sethu”, he is called after his character in the film, i,e “Chiyaan Vikram”.

# He made his bollywood debut with “Aparichit’ in 2005. It was the dubbed version of his blockbuster “Anniyan”.

# His blockbuster “Anniyan” was also dubbed in French. This has the credit of being the first tamil film to be dubbed in French.

# The tamil actor won the National Film Award for his performance in Pithamagan in 2003.

# Vikram’s father is also an actor he father appeared in “Ghilli” as Trisha’s father.

# During his school days only he learnt Karate, Dance, swimming etc.

# He was the special guest at “Leprosy Awareness Programme” which was conducted at JBAS Women’s College. As a part of the programme Vikram distributed footwear to persons who were rehabilitated and cured of leprosy. He is leaning
towards social service. [Oct 2006]

Chiyan Vikram quotes
# “I never lose my temper. If I am upset about something, if I sense a misunderstanding, I just walk up to the person
and talk it over. I don’t keep things inside me. I am a bad actor in real life. I can’t lie, and if I do so, you can make out I am lying.”

# “I am a big fan of Rajini sir. He is a class by himself. If there are hundred people in a frame and if he is there,
you don’t watch anyone but him, that takes a lot of doing, I don’t think anybody else can do it.” [about Rajini Kanth]

# “I do not claim to be superior. There are many people who are talented and come up with unbelievable performances.
I like to watch everyone’s acting and imbibe a little of it. My main aim is to perform as much variety as possible without being cast in a stereotype.”

# “My passion for cinema has to be answered and I will keep the journey as long as it burns inside me. “

# “For me, I guess, success has been the result of a combination of hard work, perseverance and a little talent.
I won’t add luck to it in a major way because had I been lucky, success would have happened much earlier. But the hard fact is that despite the setbacks and upsets, I never was distracted.”

# “I owe my success to the continued affection of my fans and I feel it is my duty to offer them rich and varied fare.”

Chiyaan Vikram best movie list
Sethu [ Chiyaan Vikram , Abitha , Sivakumar , Sriman , Mohan Vaidya , Bharathi ]
Dhill [ Chiyaan Vikram , Laila , Nassar and Vivek ]
Kasi [ Chiyaan Vikram and Kavya Madhavan ]
Gemini [ Chiyaan Vikram and Kiran Rathod ]
Dhool [ Chiyaan Vikram , Jyothika , Reema Sen , Vivek , Sayaji Shinde , Telangana , Pasupathy , Paravai Muniyamma ,
Mayilsamy , Chitti Babu and Manoj K Jayan ]
Saamy [ Chiyan Vikram , Trisha Krishnan , Vivek , Ramesh Khanna , Srinivasa Rao Kota , Vijayakumar , Manorama ,
Delhi Ganesh ]
Pithamagan [ Chiyan Vikram , Surya Sivakumar , Sangeetha , Laila , Mahadevan , Simran ]
Anniyan [ Chiyan Vikram , Sadha , Vivek , Prakash Raj , Yana Gupta , Nasser , Kalabhavan Mani , Nedumudi Venu ,
Saurabh Shukla , Cochin Haneefa , Raju Sundaram ]





Chiyaan Vikram, born in Paramakkudi, Ramnad district,TN as Kennedy, is an Indian born actor who has starred in a
number of top-grossing Tamil films and is currently one of the reigning heroes of Tamil Film Industry (aka Kollywood).

His screen name is Vikram in Tamil. Vikram is also affectionately called as Kenny in close circles. With numerous
blockbusters to his credit, he has carefully inched a place for himself on the silver screen.

The film that gave him the star status include Sethu, Dhill, Kasi, Dhool, Saamy, Gemini, Pithamagan and Anniyan.
After the success in the film Sethu, Tamil Nadu gave him the title or prefix honour of being addressed as Chiyaan ,
named after his character in the film, hence, the name Chiyaan Vikram.

Vikrm won the prestigious National Film Awards of India for his performance as an undertaker in Pithamagan, 2003.
The move Sedhu, which released in 1999, was Vikram’s first blockbuster though he made his debut almost a decade
earlier, grossed over Rs.50 million at the box office. Vikram shared a good rapport with its director Bala.

Vikram’s second blockbuster, Dhill, came in 2001. The film grossed over Rs.100 million at the box office and the
director Dharani was a school-time friend of Vikram. Vikram’s third blockbuster Gemini came the next year in 2002.
It grossed over Rs.200 million at the box office but by then, the trade began comparing him with long established
superstar Rajnikanth.

His fourth blockbuster Dhool and fifth blockbuster Saamy both came in 2003. The film Saamy, grossed over
Rs.300 million at the box office and the film prompted director Shankar to notice his rising graph and booked
him for his mega project Anniyan.

Vikram’s latest blockbuster Anniyan released in 2005. The film played for 150 days in Kollywood and 240 days in
Tollywood and it grossed over Rs.500 million at the box office