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Vijayaraghavan is a Actor Indian born on 20 december 1951
Vijayaraghavan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai.
He got a break with his performance in the 1989 film Ramji Rav Speaking, in which he played the title role of the villain Ramji Rao. In the mid-1990s Vijayaraghavan played the hero in a number of low-budget Malayalam movies. He appeared in a few movies as second hero with Suresh Gopi in the lead role, including Commissioner. He also played notable roles in movies such as Ekalavyan, Mafia and King. In 1995, he reprised his role as the character Ramji Rao in Mannar Mathai Speaking.
In the 2000s, he turned to character and villain roles and appeared in various movies, among them C.I.D. Moosa, Lion, Chotta Mumbai, Mayavi, Bharathchandran I.P.S. and Raavanaprabhu. He has also appeared in a popular Malayalam television serial entitled Kavyanjali, produced by Balaji Telefilms.
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Vijayaraghavan
Biography
Vijayaraghavan made his film debut with Kaapaalika, which was based on his father's play of the same name. He appeared in just a couple of scenes in this film. His opening as a full-fledged actor occurred ten years later in Surumayitta Kannukal (1983). However, it was only after he appeared in the 1987 film New Delhi that Vijayaraghavan became a busy star in Malayalam film.He got a break with his performance in the 1989 film Ramji Rav Speaking, in which he played the title role of the villain Ramji Rao. In the mid-1990s Vijayaraghavan played the hero in a number of low-budget Malayalam movies. He appeared in a few movies as second hero with Suresh Gopi in the lead role, including Commissioner. He also played notable roles in movies such as Ekalavyan, Mafia and King. In 1995, he reprised his role as the character Ramji Rao in Mannar Mathai Speaking.
In the 2000s, he turned to character and villain roles and appeared in various movies, among them C.I.D. Moosa, Lion, Chotta Mumbai, Mayavi, Bharathchandran I.P.S. and Raavanaprabhu. He has also appeared in a popular Malayalam television serial entitled Kavyanjali, produced by Balaji Telefilms.
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Bairavaa (2017)
, 2h49Directed by Bharathan
Origin Inde
Genres Action
Actors Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Jagapati Babu, Rajendran, Daniel Balaji, Harish Uthaman
Roles Vaishali's Father
Rating57%
Style (2016)
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Unni Mukundan, Balu Varghese, Vijayaraghavan, Baiju, Stunt Silva, Raveena Ravi
Roles Tom and Jerry's father
Rating53%
James and Alice (2016)
Genres Drama
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Vedhika, Saikumar, Parvathy Nair, Manju Pillai, Vijayaraghavan
Roles Dr. Mohan
Rating63%
James (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is an Ad film maker who fall in love with Alice (Vedhika). The film portrays the remain elements happening in their life.
Vettah (2016)
Directed by Rajesh Pillai
Genres Thriller
Actors Manju Warrier, Indrajith Sukumaran, Kunchacko Boban, Kaadhal Sandhya, Sanusha, Mithun Ramesh
Roles Varghese
Rating67%
, 3hDirected by Perarasu
Genres Action
Themes Gangster films
Actors Unni Mukundan, Vijayaraghavan, Suman, Akanksha Puri, Devan, Riyaz Khan
Roles Khadir
Rating19%
Sir C.P. (2015)
Directed by Shajoon Kariyal
Genres Comedy
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Sheela, Jayaram, Honey Rose, Jayabharathi, Seema
Roles Narayana Pisharady
Rating28%
Viswasam Athalle Ellam (2015)
, 2h15Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Shine Tom Chacko, Shankar Panicker, Ansiba Hassan, Shankar, Manoj K. Jayan, Kalabhavan Shajon
Roles Divakaran
Rating52%
Vishwasam... Athallae Ellaam is a family entertainer that tells the story a happy go lucky college going boy (Shine Tom Chacko) and his strict police commissioner father (Shankar).
Loham (2015)
, 2h9Directed by Ranjith
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Andrea Jeremiah, Siddique, Ajmal Ameer, Renji Panicker, Abu Salim
Roles M. Chandrasekharan
Rating51%
A casket containing the body of deceased construction worker, Rafeeq (Musthafa), is flown from Dubai to the Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode, then transported by ambulance to its destination. While en route, the ambulance is ambushed by criminals hired by Muhammed Unni (Siddique) to retrieve the 100 kilograms (220 lb) of gold that he and his co-smugglers have hidden in the casket. What they discover instead is that the gold is missing.
Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015)
, 2h22Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Manjima Mohan, Bhagath Manuel, Neeraj Madhav
Roles Manoharan
Rating66%
The story is set in an engineering college, where Umesh (Nivin Pauly) is studying. Umesh is a carefree engineering student, who has 42 back papers to clear. His close pals are Shaji (Aju Varghese) and Thankaprasad (Neeraj Madhav). Wanting to find a quick way to earn money and fame, he decides to try his hand at movies, and wants to assist none other than the renowned South-Indian director Gautham Vasudev Menon. His friend Shaji suggests that he make a short film and upload it on the internet. But the result is utter failure, after losing the camera in an accident. Umesh’s father (Vijayraghavan) orders him to help him to run his small shop. To avoid such a bleak future, Umesh catches the next train to (Chennai). On the train, he sees Daisy (Manjima Mohan), his neighbour back home. Umesh tries to woo Daisy throughout the journey, but miserably fails. He lies to his friends that they are having an affair, tricks her into posing for a selfie with him, and sends it to Shaji.
Jilebi (2015)
, 2h14Actors Jayasurya, Remya Nambeesan, Vijayaraghavan, Shari, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Leema Babu
Rating53%
Jilebi is a sweet story about confrontation between a middle aged village Sreekuttan (Jayasurya) and his city-bred nephews. Sreekuttan, is a village guy whose life is happily confined to his farm and crops. Far away, in the Dubai city, trouble brews for him in the form of his nephew and niece. From the first confrontation it becomes clear that both Sreekuttan and kids are fish out of water, other than their respective backgrounds. The tech-savvy kids are determined to make Sreekuttan's life miserable and others through mischief. Soon there vacation is over and leave their family home with Kuttetan to start schooling in Kodaikanal. The road trip to their new school leads to surprises - some sour, some sweet experiences, for both. Sreekuttan and the kids becomes close. At school they are met with Silpa(Ramya Nambisan) - kids mother, she angrily lambasts Sreekuttan and blames him and his village farming attitude and responsibility for being late for admissions. Sreekuttan puts Silpa in her place for her snobbish attitude and reminds her money doesn't make relationships change its inherent values. Later understanding her mistake Silpa let's her children join in a nearby school to her family house and fly's back from Dubai to Thrissur.
Salaam Kashmier (2014)
, 2h40Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Miya George, Krishna Kumar, Lalu Alex, Vijayaraghavan
Roles Jacob
Rating29%
The film, which has an intriguing storyline, revolves around two men - Tomy Eeppan Devassy and Sreekumar. Jayaram plays Sreekumar, a character who does all the domestic work expected from a wife in normal course. Into this peaceful world enters Tomy (Suresh Gopi) disrupting the domestic bliss and bringing out an unexpected twist. With his arrival everything goes haywire in Sreekumar’s life and he reaches a position where he can no longer be with his family. The film unravels the mysterious past of both the characters finding the cause behind their unusual demeanor.
Ring Master (2014)
, 2h33Genres Comedy
Actors Dileep, Honey Rose, Keerthy Suresh, Vijayaraghavan, Abu Salim, Mohan Jose
Roles Prince's father
Rating48%
The movie starts with Prince( Dileep) as a worker at a dog clinic owned by Dr Muthu, and Peter is filming a documentary of the clinic. His life changes when an affluent rich lady Elizabeth and her dog enters his life . The female dog becomes pregnant and dies due to a tumor. She delivers 4 babies but unfortunately only one baby could be saved . Prince names the puppy 'Diana'. Diana becomes famous after she acts in a movie which eventually becomes a superhit. Later on she does a movie with the actress Diana who had betrayed Prince earlier. At last Diana loses the case for getting Diana and she learns a lesson that fame is not everything .
Bangalore Days (2014)
, 2h52Directed by Anjali Menon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Fahadh shanu, Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Parvathy, Kalpana
Roles Kuttan's father
Rating82%
The film's story revolves around three cousins Divya (Nazriya Nazim), Krishnan P.P., also known as Kuttan (Nivin Pauly) and Arjun (Dulquer), who share a close bond since their childhood. Kuttan is a software engineer whose heart and soul is back home in his village, while Arjun is a bike mechanic whose parents are divorced and lives his life on his own terms. Divya had completed her graduation and aspired to do her MBA from IIM but is compelled to get married to workaholic corporate executive Das (Fahadh Faasil) because of her parents' astrologer's suggestions. Divya moves to Bangalore as her husband is settled there,Kuttan does the same for his job and Arjun joins a biker gang as a mechanic in the same city.
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014)
, 2h5Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Aju Varghese, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Renji Panicker, Vinaya Prasad
Roles Tomichan
Rating76%
The movie begins in 1983, where Dr. Mathew Devasya (Renji Panicker) anxiously paces the hall outside of a delivery room. He learns that his wife has delivered a baby boy and thanks God for the good news. A stranger comments that Mathew was lucky not to have a daughter, as he would have had to worry about her all his life. As the stranger says this, a nurse comes out of the delivery room carrying the baby, apologizing that she made a mistake, and confirming that the baby is actually a girl. Mathew glares at the stranger and praises God once again .
Polytechnic (2014)
, 2h30Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Karthika Menon, Aju Varghese, Kochu Preman, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Narayanan Kutty
Roles Sukumaran Nair
Rating43%
Pauly(Kunchako Boban) belongs to a well off family in a rural village of Kerala. A politician by profession, he does many helpful activities for the benefit of poor people in the village.