Vinayakan
{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vinayakan
| image = Vinayakan.jpg
| caption = Vinayakan in 2022
| birth_name = Vinayakan T. K.
| birth_place = Ernakulam, Kerala, India
| birth_date =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|composer}}
| years_active = 1995–present
| awards = Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (2016)
| relatives =
}}
Vinayakan is an Indian actor, former dancer, and composer who predominantly works in Malayalam films apart from some Tamil language films.{{cite web|title=List of Malayalam Movies acted by Vinayakan|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movieslist.php?a=7446|publisher=Malayala Chalachithram|access-date=20 September 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Anand|first1=Shilp Nair|title=On the superhero trail|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/on-the-superhero-trail/article4785988.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=20 September 2016|date=6 June 2013}}{{cite web|last1=നായർ|first1=അനീഷ്|title=വിനായകന്റെ അസൂയയും അഹങ്കാരവും|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/interview/vinayakan-kammattipaadammovie-malayalamfilm-malayalam-news-1.1079869|publisher=Mathrubhumi|access-date=20 September 2016}} He started his career with a cameo appearance in the 1995 film Maanthrikam.
Vinayakan won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in the year 2016 for his leading role of Ganga in Rajiv Ravi's Kammatipaadam.{{Cite news |date=2017-03-07 |title=Kerala State Film Awards 2016: Vinayakan and Rajisha Vijayan are the Best Actor and Actress |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/vinayakan-and-rejisha-vijayan-win-the-kerala-state-best-actor-and-actress-awards/articleshow/57517633.cms#:~:text=March%207,%202017-,Kerala%20State%20Film%20Awards%202016:%20Vinayakan%20and%20Rajisha%20Vijayan,the%20Best%20Actor%20and%20Actress&text=While%20Vinayakan%20bagged%20the%20award,performance%20in%20Anuraga%20Karikkin%20Vellam. |access-date=2023-09-30 |issn=0971-8257}} His recognized roles include Edakochi Dude in Aadu - Oru Bheegara Jeevi Aanu and its successor film Aadu 2, and as Ayyappan in Lijo Jose Pellissery's Ee.Ma.Yau.
He achieved wider attention by playing the antagonist Varman in Nelson Dilipkumar's Tamil-language action film Jailer (2023) starring Rajinikanth.{{Cite web |title=Performance in 'Jailer' is Vinayakan's sublime comeback at detractors |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2023/08/12/vinayakan-rajinikanth-jailer-performance-varman-character.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=OnManorama}}
Career
=Acting=
Vinayakan began his career as a dancer and had a dance troupe named Black Mercury with Fire dance being his forte. Director Thampi Kannanthanam introduced him in Maanthrikam and later in Onnaman. He was noticed for his performances in Stop Violence, Vellithira, Chathikkatha Chanthu, Chotta Mumbai and Thottappan. Also, he appeared in a couple of Bollywood movies.
Vinayakan was appreciated for his performance as Ganga in Rajeev Ravi' s 2016 film Kammatipaadam,{{cite web|last1=VS|first1=Goutham|title=Dulquer Salmaan shines in a raw and realistic cut into the brutally buried history of Dalits|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kammatipaadam-movie-review-dulquer-salmaan-shines-in-a-raw-and-realistic-cut-into-the-brutally-buried-history-of-dalits-2811732/|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=20 September 2016|date=21 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Kammatti Paadam Movie Review|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kammatti-paadam-malayalam-movie-review-20718.html|work=India Glitz|access-date=20 September 2016|date=21 May 2016}} and nominated for a national award.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/vinayakan-was-not-in-the-final-four-for-best-actor/articleshow/58066847.cms|title=Vinayakan was not in the final four for Best Actor |work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-02-21}} It also brought him the Best Actor Award of the Kerala State Film Awards, The North American Film Award for Outstanding performance in a film and Best Actor Award (2016) of the Cinema Paradiso Club Cine Awards.{{Cite web |last=Beat |first=Filmi |date=30 January 2017 |title=Nivin Pauly And Manju Warrier Bag Top Honours At NAFA 2017! |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/nivin-pauly-and-manju-warrier-bag-top-honours-at-nafa-2017-252998.html |website=filmibeat.com}} In the same film, he made his debut as a music director.{{Cite news |title=I never felt I was inferior and that empowered me: Vinayakan |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/i-never-felt-i-was-inferior-and-that-empowered-me-vinayakan/articleshow/57576215.cms |access-date=2018-02-21}}
Ee.Ma.Yau. was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the New Wave Movement.{{Cite news |last=Nagarajan |first=Saraswathy |date=2019-12-19 |title=The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade: 'Premam', 'Maheshinte Prathikaram', 'Kumbalangi Nights' and more |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-25-best-malayalam-films-of-the-decade-premam-maheshinte-prathikaram-kumbalangi-nights-and-more/article30349548.ece |access-date=2023-09-30 |issn=0971-751X}}
His upcoming projects include Gautham Vasudev Menon's Dhruva Natchathiram:Chapter One - Yuddha Kaandam.{{Cite news |date=2018-04-17 |title=Vinayakan to lock horns with Vikram in 'Dhruva Natchathiram' |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vinayakan-to-lock-horns-with-vikram-in-dhruva-natchathiram/articleshow/63798990.cms |access-date=2023-09-30 |issn=0971-8257}}
=Music=
Vinayakan composed the song "Puzhu Pulikal" for the movie Kammatipaadam.{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/100317/vinayakan-to-do-composing-choreography.html|title=Vinayakan to do composing, choreography|date=2017-03-10|language=en}} He has also composed the music for the title track of Trance (2020).{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/the-most-requested-title-track-composed-by-vinayakan-from-trance-is-here/articleshow/74330624.cms|title=The most requested title track composed by Vinayakan from 'Trance'|date=2020-02-27|language=en}} He has also sung songs for Rafi's film Role Models and another one for Ordinary, Sugeeth's movie.
Controversies
On July 2023, Vinayakan publicly shamed late Chief Minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy through Facebook live. Actor faced public criticism and death threats for this rude behaviour.
On 24 October 2023, he was arrested for creating a ruckus at the Ernakulam Town North police station in Kochi. The incident was from a family dispute and he was later released on bail after a medical examination. MLA of Thrikkakara, Uma Thomas, publicly criticized the quick release, suggesting it was related to Vinayakan's political associations {{Cite web |title=Vinayakan released on bail after medical exam, MLA Uma Thomas questions 'weak charges' |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/10/25/vinayakam-abuse-police-arrest-bail.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=OnManorama}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title='Jailer' actor Vinayakan arrested for creating a ruckus at police station |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/jailer-actor-vinayakan-arrested-ruckus-police-station-8997944/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
On 7 September 2024, Vinayakan was taken into custody by Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Police in Hyderabad following an altercation with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) gate staff. He was reportedly under the influence of alcohol during the incident.{{Cite web |title=Jailer Actor Vinayakan Booked For Unruly Behaviour At Hyderabad Airport |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/oscars/jailer-actor-vinayakan-booked-for-unruly-behaviour-at-hyderabad-airport/ar-AA1qcup8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=2ef7e848ec084104a71603b7a4fb0fc1&ei=57 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=MSN}} Security officials affirmed he arrived in Hyderabad in a visibly drunken state on an Indigo flight from Kochi and was to travel to Goa, before his arrest.{{Cite web |title=Malayalam actor Vinayakan arrested at Hyderabad airport for 'causing ruckus' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/malayalam-actor-vinayakan-arrested-at-hyderabad-airport-for-causing-ruckus-101725788560032.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Hindustan Times}}
Filmography
{{Pending films key}}
=Malayalam=
= Tamil =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Thimiru | Easwari's sidekick | |
| rowspan=4 | 2008 | Singakutty | Gumban | Uncredited |
| Kaalai | Mokkai
| | ||
| Ellam Avan Seyal | Pichandi | ||
| Silambattam | Tamizh’s best friend | ||
| 2009 | Madurai Sambavam | Anand aka Mandaiyan
| | |
| 2011 | Henchman | ||
| 2013
| Maryan | Theekkurissi | ||
| 2023
| Jailer |Varman | | |||
| {{tba}}
|{{pending film|Dhruva Natchathiram}} |{{tba}} |Unreleased |
=Other languages=
Awards
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Award | Category | Film(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | rowspan="2" | Best Actor | rowspan="4" | Kammatipaadam | {{Won}} |
| 2016
| Movie Munshi Cine Awards | {{Won}} | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | {{Won}} | |
| rowspan="2" | CPC Cine Awards | Best Actor | {{Won}} | |
| 2018 | Best Character Actor | rowspan="2" | Ee.Ma.Yau. | {{Won}} |
| 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | {{Won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|nm2035937|Vinayakan}}
{{Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor}}
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Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Category:Indian male film actors
Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema
Category:Male actors from Kochi
Category:Kerala State Film Award winners
Category:21st-century Indian male actors
Category:20th-century Indian male actors