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Vinu Chakravarthy

Vinu Chakravarthy

Actor · Born 1945-12-15 · Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Biography

Vinu Chakravarthee was a Tamil actor, script writer and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in a villainous role. The 2007 released Tamil movie Muni was his landmark 1000th movie. On completion of his education, Chakravarthy worked as a Reserve Sub-Inspector at the Ice House police station for six months before joining the Southern Railways where he worked for four years. Chakravarthy was working as a script writer for Kannada director Puttanna Kanagal when he was noticed by film producer Tiruppur Mani who, in 1977, gave him a role in the Kannada film Parasangada Gendetimma which was later remade into Tamil. Since then, Chakravarthy has made over 1,000 films in four South Indian languages - 900 in Tamil, 30 in Malayalam, 5 in Telugu and one in Badaga language. He has also directed movies on his own and is credited with introducing Silk Smitha.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Arunachalam (1997) — Chokkalingam
  2. Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014) — Adhikesavan
  3. Annamalai (1992) — S. Ekambaram
  4. Citizen (2001) — Minister Idithaangi Vaithiyar
  5. Thenkasipattanam (2000) — Thevar
  6. Villain (2002) — Minister Ramasamy
  7. Meleparambil Aanveedu (1993) — Veeramuthu Gounder
  8. Amarkalam (1999) — Aarumugam
  9. Thamizhan (2002) — MLA
  10. Gemini (2002)
  11. Veera (1994) — Rajamanikkam
  12. Guru Sishyan (1988) — Nallasivam
  13. Athisaya Piravi (1990)
  14. Red (2002) — Narayanan's House owner
  15. Arul (2004)
  16. Muni (2007) — Ganesh's Father
  17. Desingu Raja (2013) — Idhayakani's Grandfather
  18. Kauravar (1992) — Vijayan
  19. Rajathi Raja (1989)
  20. Mappillai (1989)
  21. Thambikku Entha Ooru (1984)
  22. Kasi (2001) — Valaiyapathy
  23. Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (1985) — S. P. Viswanathan
  24. Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey (1983)
  25. Sangham (1988) — Thevar
  26. Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999) — Veeramuthu
  27. Nattamai (1994)
  28. Vinnukkum Mannukkum (2001)
  29. Lucky Man (1995)
  30. Vetri Kodi Kattu (2000) — Chakravarthy
  31. Maharasan (1993)
  32. Gajendra (2004) — Peedhambaram
  33. Periyanna (1999)
  34. Thenkasi Pattanam (2002)
  35. Alli Arjuna (2002) — Daddy
  36. Kunguma Pottu Gounder (2001) — Alamelu's father
  37. Giri (2004)
  38. Manyanmar (1992) — Tamilnadu Police Inspector Balram
  39. Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001) — Kovai Neelakandan
  40. Manithan (1987)