Wednesday 25 April 2012


Vijayakanth

Vijayakanth

Portrait of Vijayakanth
BornVijayaraj Prabhakar Alagarswami
25 August 1952 (age 59)
MaduraiTamil NaduIndia
ResidenceChennaiTamil NaduIndia
OccupationLeader of Opposition in the Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly,film actorfilm producerdirector
Years active1979–present
Home townMadurai
Political partyDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
SpousePremalatha
(1990–present)
ChildrenVijay Prabhakar
shanmuga Pandian
ParentsK. N. Alagarswami and Aandal Azhagarswami

Political career

He formed the center-left winged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced the party's formation on 14 September 2005 in Madurai. His party contested in all seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him. In 2011 election held on April 13, 2011 he formed an alliance with AIADMK and contested in 41 constituencies. His party saw phenomenal success by winning 29 of the 41 seats it had contested from. It is a significant day in the history of Tamil Nadu as DMDK has won more seats than the DMK and occupied the position of MLA for the second time. Vijayakanth emerged victorious from the Rishivandhiyam constituency in the 2011 state assembly elections.
Dispute with Vadivelu
During the legislative assembly elections that took place in Tamil Nadu during April 2011, actor Vadivelu vehemently campaigned for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its alliance. During his public speeches, he predominantly condemned Vijayakanth, whose party, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), allied with the opposition party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), headed by J. Jayalalitha. In a campaign speech in Tiruvarur, Vadivelu stated that "(his) only aim is to sweep out Vijayakanth’s whole team and to campaign vigorously for DMK’s victory". Vadivelu was criticized as being biased, only supporting a DMK-led victory for personal gains and not once mentioning anything against the official opposition, the AIADMK, or its leader. In a turn of events, the election was eventually successful for the AIADMK alliance while Vijayakanth was victorious by a significant margin in his own constituency.
According to the Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, his second son is going to debut in the movies as vice-captain (Vijaykanth himself is referred to as "Captain" by his fans in the Tamil film industry).
Awards and honors
Vijayakanth has acted in 153 movies, in which many films featured him as a cop.

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