Director

Vijayan

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 91634

IMDb ID: nm1129408

Known for: Acting

Born: May 17, 1944

Died: September 22, 2007

Age: 63

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2006

Years active: 32

Average TMDB rating: 6.88

Wikidata: Q7929277

Also known as

Vijayan Thirur • Vijayan Tirur

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Story (2)Lyricist (1)Screenplay (1)

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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".