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Vikranth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He was first introduced in the film Karka Kasadara (2005) directed by R. V. Udayakumar and later appeared in other romantic drama films.[2] Following his participation in the Celebrity Cricket League, Vikranth has moved on to work in bigger film projects.

Vikranth
Vikranth in 2013.
Born	Vikranth Santhosh (1984-11-13) 13 November 1984 (age 37)[1] Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Years active	1991; 2005–present
Spouse	Maanasa Hemachandran ​ ​ (m. 2009)​
Relatives	Vijay (cousin) S. A. Chandrasekhar (uncle) Sheela (Mother)

Career

Vikranth made his lead acting debut with R. V. Udayakumar's Karka Kasadara (2005), before appearing as the lead actor in other small budget films such as Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen (2007), Mudhal Kanave (2007) and Agathiyan's Nenjathai Killathe (2008). Vikranth then appeared alongside Vijayakanth in Engal Aasan (2009) and collaborated with Rasu Madhuravan twice in quick succession, with Goripalayam (2010) and Muthukku Muthaaga (2011), portraying a negative character in the former.[3] His contributions as a cricketer in the Celebrity Cricket League Vikranth's profile in the early 2010s and he began to work on more prominent films. He acted with Sathyaraj in Sattapadi Kutram (2011) directed by his uncle S. A. Chandrasekhar.[4]

He had a cameo in Suseenthiran's Pandianadu, where he portrayed Vishal's friend who gets slain. Vikranth's following film Thakka Thakka (2015), directed by his brother Sanjeev, became the actor's widest solo release, with actors Vishal, Arya and Vishnu appearing in a promotional song for the film.[5][6] Vikranth then signed on to portray the main antagonist in Udhayanidhi Stalin's Gethu (2016), appearing as a sniper with only one line of dialogue throughout the film.[7]

In 2017, he appeared in Kavan directed by K. V. Anand. He play second role where Vijay Sethupathi acted in the lead role. Filmtimes describes it; Vikranth is engaging and memorable. The movie was a commercial success.[8] The next movie was Samuthirakani's Thondan (2017) where Vikranth gets to play a pivotal role which he has performed with ease and élan.[9] In the Suseenthiran's bilingual film, Nenjil Thunivirundhal (C/o Surya in Telugu) (2017), starring Sundeep Kishan and Vikranth, has not been receiving great reviews by critics.[10][11] In 2019, his films were Suttu Pidikka Utharavu, Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 and Bakrid.[12][13][14]

Personal life

His mom Sheela acted in Pandian Stores. His brother Sanjeev directed him in Thakka Thakka (2015). Earlier, Sanjeev had also worked as an actor, working on an incomplete film titled Beauty opposite Abhinayashree.[15] He is the cousin of popular Tamil actor Vijay and nephew of Shoba and S. A. Chandrasekhar.[16][2] He married actress Manasa Hemachandran, who is the daughter of late cinematographer Hemachandran and actress Kanakadurga, on 21 October 2009 in Chennai. His son was born on 23 July 2010. His second son was born in March 2016.[17]

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

List of films and roles

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	Azhagan	Azhagappan's son	Child artiste
2005	Karka Kasadara	Rahul
2007	Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen	Adhikesavan
	Mudhal Kanave	Hariharan Prabhu
2008	Nenjathai Killathe	Vasanth
2009	Engal Aasan	Vasu
2010	Goripalayam	Paandi
2011	Muthukku Muthaaga	Bose
	Sattapadi Kutram	Thangaraj
2013	Pandianadu	Sethu	Guest appearance
2015	Thakka Thakka	Sathya
2016	Gethu	Craig (Bull)
2017	Kavan	Abdul Kader
	Thondan	Vicky
	Nenjil Thunivirundhal	Mahesh	Tamil -Telugu Bilingual film, Later shot in Telugu as C/o Suriya
2019	Suttu Pidikka Utharavu	Ashok
	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2	Saravanan
	Bakrid	Rathinam
2022	Deepavali Bonus Written & Direction Jeyabal J	Ravi	Filming	[18]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel
2021	Survivor Tamil	Participant	Zee Tamil

References

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