Vijayan

Acting

Vijayan

Born May 17, 1944

Died September 22, 2007 · aged 63

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 a…

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AdikkurippuAdikkurippu · 1989
Adikkurippu
6.41989
MovieMysteryThriller
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.
Mann VasanaiMann Vasanai · 1983
Mann Vasanai
7.51983
MovieRomanceDrama
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.
Oru Kaidhiyin DiaryOru Kaidhiyin Diary · 1985
Oru Kaidhiyin Diary
7.71985
MovieActionCrime
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
Kodi ParakuthuKodi Parakuthu · 1989
Kodi Parakuthu
4.51989
MovieActionRomance
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.
Chinna Thambi Periya ThambiChinna Thambi Periya Thambi · 1987
Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi
7.21987
Movie
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.
LisaLisa · 1978
Lisa
7.51978
MovieDramaHorror
A shy village girl becomes possessed by a demon and an exorcist is called to help her.
AsthramAsthram · 1983
Asthram
7.01983
MovieDrama
DevanDevan · 2002
Devan
6.02002
MovieDramaAction
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.

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DevanDevan · 2002
Devan
6.02002
MovieDramaAction
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.