Vinu Chakravarthy

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.

Selected Filmography

• Thambikku Entha Ooru(1984)as Velu Manikkam
• Pondattiye Deivam(1994)as Periya Karuppu Thevar
• Ponnuketha Purushan(1992)as Thuppakki Duraisingam
• Thangamana Raasa(1989)
• Karimedu Karuvayan(1986)
• Padicha Pulla(1989)
• Thalattu(1993)
• Kalamellam Un Madiyil(1986)
• Nattupura Pattu(1996)as Naicker
• Kummi Paattu(1999)
• Athiradi Padai(1994)
• Madurai Veeran Enga Saami(1990)
• Chinna Mappillai(1993)
• Sundara Purushan(1996)
• Pozhuthu Vidinchachu(1984)
• Maragatha Veenai(1986)
• Raja Gopuram(1985)
• Kairasikkaran(1984)as Kaataa Muthu
• Thanga Mama(1985)
• Theertha Karayinile(1987)as Sarasu's Husband