Vijayan
Also Known As: Vijayan Thirur, Vijayan Tirur
Biography: Vijayan was an Indian actor primarily concentrated in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. A respected character actor in the 1970s and 80s, he was best known for his villainous leading role in Uthiripookkal (1979), which was called one of the 100 greatest Indian films of all time by News18 in 2013. He also played a minor role in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987), which is considered a classic of Tamil cinema and is listed in TIME's "All-Time 100 Movies".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 17, 1944
Deathday: September 22, 2007
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Devan
Overview: When the movie opens Devan(Arun Pandiyan) murdering photographer Jeeva(Thalaivasal Vijay) in cold blood in his house. Jeeva strategically positions a video camera to capture the impending murder but Devan never shows his face to it. And when Jeeva shouts out the name of his killer before dying, the audio is lost at that point. While the police search for the killer, Devan zeroes in on Chetta (Saikumar) as his next target. He follows Chetta to Chandigarh but is apprehended by CBI officer Ratnavel(Vijayakanth). But once Ratnavel realises Chetta's true nature, he begins to help Devan, even hiring successful lawyer Chakravarthy(Karthik) to fight for him. The flashback shows that Devan's sister (Kausalya) was killed by Chetta, Devan wants to avenge the death of his sister. In the climax, villain is killed.
Genres: Drama Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-06-14
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7G Rainbow Colony
Overview: Kathir is a young underachiever who frequently vents his frustrations through public outbursts. When Anitha, a North Indian girl whose family has fallen on hard times, moves into his housing colony, he soon decides to pursue her with his love, but she keeps rejecting his advances.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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Udyaanalakshmi
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Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1976-05-06
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Throne of Capricorn
Overview: Ravi, an unemployed young man, faces a series of encounters during his search for a job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1975-04-11
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Ethirppukal
Overview: Raghu kills Barghavan as revenge for his brother's death. Kochubaby, who comes to know that he is the son of Barghavan, takes up the blame for his father's mistake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1984-07-12
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August 1
Overview: After a keenly fought election, MKR becomes the new chief minister. When the opponents hire a psychotic killer to assassinate him, Perumal, a crime branch officer, is assigned to stop him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1988-07-21
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Njan Piranna Nattil
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Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1985-09-14
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Asthram
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1983-11-09
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Kodi Parakuthu
Overview: A mafia leader tries to kill policeman Sivagiri, who took down his illegal businesses, with the help of a lookalike. Later, Sivagiri discovers that the leader is responsible for his father's death.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-11-10
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Anbukku Naan Adimai
Overview: This is the story of a street dancer, a policeman, and a thief - and the latter two are brothers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-06-04
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Sena
Overview: Sena, a hard working man, works for a criminal named Masthan, to help his brother Arvind in becoming a lawyer. Problems arise when Arvind is killed by Masthan for raising his voice against him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2003-04-12
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Coolikkaran
Overview: Raja lives with his elder brother, sister-in-law, and their little daughter. Rajabecomes a coolie and transports articles. He is jailed for smuggling. His brother gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms. He loses his job and needs money for treatment. Raja begs his brother's boss , but he refuses. Raja breaks into the boss' safe to get the money but it is too late as the brother dies. The boss throws Raja in jail. How he escapes and gets his revenge on the boss forms the climax of the movie
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1987-06-05
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Ramanaa
Overview: Ramana decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now working in various government offices.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-11-04
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Idhaya Thamarai
Overview: Vijay, a short-tempered man, falls in love with Manju. She tries to change his personality, but he ends up in jail after a fight with another student. Will he be able to woo Manju again?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-01-14
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Unna Nenachen Paattu Padicchen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-04
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Kaalaiyum Neeye Maalaiyum Neeye
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1988-01-15
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Vidhichathum Kothichathum
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1982-09-17
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Jambhavan
Overview: Jambhavan movie is about Velan (Prashanth) who is a responsible son of a village landlord (Vijayakumar). Adored by the villagers for his good deeds, Prashanth gets a shock when Vijayakumar informs that he is his foster son.A shocked Velan sets out on a mission to know about his past. He reaches Chennai and comes to know that his family members were killed by a dreaded gangster Deva (Vijayan). He had then vowed to kill him and his gang. In the name of Jambhavan, he starts to kill rowdies in the society.Suffering an injury in his head, Velan loses memory and is later adopted by Vijayakumar. He comes to know that his job was just half-done. The rest is how he puts an end to Fefsi Vijayan and his men coming to Chennai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2006-09-01
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Varalaru
Overview: Shiva, the ageing business tycoon, bound to his wheelchair, sharing a strong bonding with his son Vishnu. Indulgent, while Vishnu whiles away his time with his cronies taking life easy. But then suddenly Vishnu starts behaving out of character, his drunken bouts and acts causing the father much shame and embarrassment. And when Vishnu professes to remember nothing of what he had done, the father takes him to a psychiatrist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2006-10-20
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Vikadan
Overview: Vikadan is a 2003 Tamil film directed by Arun Pandian. The film stars Harish Raghavendra, Arun Pandian, Gayathri Raghuram and Radhika Chaudhari in lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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Run
Overview: Siva comes to Madras from a small Tamil Nadu town to study. He instantly falls in love with elusive stranger Priya who resists his charms quite persistently. Madhavan later discovers that romancing Priya can be a dangerous hobby.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-05-09
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Five Star
Overview: The story focuses on five friends at the Madras Institute of Technology, who want to remain friends and hope to join the same company after graduation. During a vacation, one of the friends, Ilango, goes home, where he is forced to get married to his rustic cousin, While their dream to work together becomes true, Ilango alone gets a transfer to Bombay. The friends force Elango to visit his wife before leaving for Bombay and put him on a train. But Elango manages to get off the train and from there loses touch with his friends and family in the village. The friends part and six years later, two of the five come back to join the two girls in Chennai. On the train in the journey back, Prabhu, one of the friends, and Ilango's wife Eashwari meet each other. Prabhu falls in love with Eashwari without realizing who she is.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-10-04
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Pasi
Overview: Muniyan, a cycle-rickshaw puller, is a road-side dweller along with his wife Valliamma and their seven children – two daughters and five sons. Despite being the sole breadwinner of his family, Manian spends the majority of his meager earnings on liquor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Kizhakke Pogum Rail
Overview: A young budding writer is shunned by his village for his lack of skills to do ordinary jobs. He meets a new innocent girl in the village and they both understand each other. Howevevr the villagers' narrow-minded attitudes, traditions and customs seperate the lovers and they have to fight the system if they have any chance of living together. Set against the back-drop of a small village adjoining a rail track, Kizhakke pogum Rayil(Train heading East) is a gem from BharathiRaaja's repertoire.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1978-08-10
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Uthiripookkal
Overview: Sundaravadivelu is a wealthy, sadistic and authoritative man who disregards and manipulates everyone within his reach. Through his ruthless deeds, he makes life miserable for everyone in his village, including his ailing wife and two children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-10-19
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Mr. Butler
Overview: Gopalakrishnan, a cook by profession, has to escape from his village because of the wrongdoings of his friend. He comes to the city, but still, there is no escaping his friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2000-06-20
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Kochi Rajavu
Overview: When Unni accidentally kills a person, his parents send him away to Chennai where he falls in love with Meenakshi. When their marriage is about to be fixed, Unni reveals his past to her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2005-05-25
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Adikkurippu
Overview: Basheer (Jagathy) is rescued by a cargo ship while lost at sea. Basheer has had a partial memory loss and he struggles to find out what has happened to him. The captain of the ship (Lalu Alex) tries to get him back to land, but he runs into several legal troubles due to the lack of documents with Basheer to prove his identity. Bhaskara Pillai (Mamootty), a lawyer decides to help out Basheer seeing his plight. The plot thickens when there's an attempted murder on Basheer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Vidukathai
Overview: A drama about the blossoming romantic relationship between a man in 40's and a girl of age 18.
Genres: Romance Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1997-10-30
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Ullathil Nalla Ullam
Overview: A 1988 Indian Tamil action drama film
Genres: Drama Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1988-04-13
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Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi
Overview: Prabhu and Sathyaraj are brothers who fall in love with their uncle's daughter Nadia. Nadiya is initially arranged to marry a wealthy man but due to dire circumstances the wedding is called off.She then goes back to the village and starts to live with her uncles and grandmother.Eventually she falls in love with Prabhu,meanwhile, Sathyaraj happens to rescue a widow Sudha Chandran from dire straits, and falls for her.The story ends with both the brothers happily married.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1987-02-27
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Nyaya Tharasu
Overview: A remarkable tale of a remarkable woman, who puts her commitment to social activism above everything else, including her own love for an adoring man.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-08-11
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Nayakan
Overview: Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1987-10-21
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Kamaraj
Overview: The film is a biographical sketch of the former Chief Minister of the then Madras State and the All-India Congress Committee secretary and a respected national figure. The film starts with the young age of Kamaraj and ends with the funeral procession of the leader.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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Adhu
Overview: Meera, a blind woman who plays the violin as part of a blind orchestra at a church, is joyous when she gets back her eyesight as a result of an eye transplant. But her joy is shortlived as she soon starts having visions of the ghostly image of a woman, that seems to follow her around. Her psychiatrist Arvind(Arvind), who is also in love with her, is initially skeptical but strange happenings convince him otherwise and he begins to help her understand whats behind her visions.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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Saranam Ayyappa
Overview: Adaikalam, an accused, who has been imprisoned for many years helps two other men to escape from jail. They decide to mingle with the devotees travelling to Sabarimala in order to trick the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-11-28
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Mann Vasanai
Overview: Love, village feud and circumstances lead a young man to abandon his village and lover and head to the armed forces. Upon his return, his lover realizes that things are never going to be the same again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1983-07-29
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Niram Maaratha Pookkal
Overview: Radhika, a rich woman, falls in love with Sudhakar, a poor young man, and gets married to him. However, her life is shattered when Sudhakar elopes with five lakh rupees soon after their marriage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-08-31
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Thirupaachi
Overview: Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Oru Kaidhiyin Diary
Overview: Though David is loyal to Suryaprakash, a politician, he rapes and kills David's wife and sends him to jail. David comes back from jail, after serving life imprisonment, to exact his revenge
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-01-14
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