Vijayakanth Wiki, Biography, Age, Movies, Family, Images

Vijayakanth, popularly known as Captain, was an actor, producer, director, and politician. He started a career in acting, and later he stepped into politics. He made his debut in the Inkkum Ilamai movie (1979) and rose to fame for his Sattam Oru Iruttarai movie (1981). He then acted in more than 150 movies.

Later, he took a break from his acting career and started a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) political party to serve the people. In the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, he became the opposition leader from 2011 to 2016. Vijayakanth also became a Member of the Legislative Assembly twice in the Virudhachalam and Rishivandiyam constituencies.

In 2022, he was affected by the coronavirus and admitted to the hospital for further treatment. While he was in treatment, his condition became worse; in addition to the pneumonia disease, he contracted COVID-19, and he passed away on 28 December 2023 in Miot Hospital, Chennai.

Personal Life

Vijayakanth was known as Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami. He was born in Madurai on August 25, 1952, to N Alagarswami and Aandal Azhagarswami. On 31 January 1990, he married Premalatha, and the couple had two sons: Vijay Prabhakar Alagarswami, who chose a political career like his father, and Shanmuga Pandian, who is an actor who appeared in movies like Madura Veeran and Sagaptham.

Political Career

He formed the regional political party named Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) on 14 September 2005 in his homeland, Madurai. He proved to be an important leader in the Tamil Nadu assembly election by getting 10.1% in the Lok Sabha election. In the local body election, DMDK was able to get a substantial number of votes. Later, he formed an alliance with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the 2011 election.

In that election, his party acquired huge success by winning 29 seats out of 45 seats. Then, DMDK allied with the BJP in the 2014 parliament election. But it became the backdrop of his political career, and he lost his position as the Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu due to several failures. After the loss in 2016, he retired from politics due to health problems, and his wife, Premalatha Vijayakanth, took control of the party. On 14 December 2023, Vijayakanth appointed Premalatha as the General Secretary of the DMDK party.

Biography

Interesting Facts

• He played the villain character in the Om Shakti (1982) movie.
• Vijayakanth won Cinema Express Awards and Tamil Nadu State Awards in 1988.
• He received the Kalaimamani Award and the Best Indian Citizen Award in 2001.
• He is the most beloved movie star in the Kollywood industry and acted in 154 films in total.
• Vjayakanth is also the founder of Shri Andalk Alabgar College of Engineering in Chegalpattu, Tamil Nadu.
• He launched a Television channel named Captian TV with 24/7 news and his movies.
• He is the only actor in the Tamil industry who released 18 films in 1982.

Filmography

As Actor

1970s

• 1979 – Inikkum Ilamai as Arun
• 1979 – Agal Vilakku as Dhanushkodi

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

• 2010 – Virudhagiri as Virudhagiri IPS
• 2015 – Sagaptham as Deiveegam

As Producer

Here are the movies produced by the late Vijayakanth,

• 2000 – Vallarasu
• 2001 – Narasimha
• 2003 – Thennavan
• 2004 – Engal Anna
• 2006 – Sudesi
• 2008 – Arasangam
• 2010 – Viruthagiri
• 2015 – Sagaptham

Awards And Recognitions

Honors

Awards And Nominations

Elections Contested

Images

Check out the photos of Vijayakanth,

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