Vikram (Actor) Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Children, Biography & More StarsUnfolded
Publish date: 2024-05-20
Some lesser known facts about Vikram
- Does Vikram smoke?: Yes
- Does Vikram drink alcohol?: Yes
- His father left his home to become an actor, but only got supporting roles instead of leading roles.
- His father’s struggle inspired him to get into acting line and hence he joined theatre plays in his college days, and even won the Best Actor award from IIT Madras.
- Because of a severe accident in his college days, his acting career was haulted for around 3 years, also during this period he met his wife Shailaja .
- He was first offered the role of Arvind Swamy in Mani Ratnam’s film Bombay, but he refused because he had to shave his beard , which he cannot do as he was doing some other film which has its requirement.
- After 10 years of struggle, he gained fame with 1999s film Sethu.
- He gave everything he had for his role in Sethu, like he shaved his head, lost 21 kgs and grew long nails.
- His role of a Chithan (gravedigger) in the film Pithamagan was probably one of the toughest roles of his career.
- In 2003, he won the National Award for his role of Chithan in Pithamagan.
- He married his wife Shailaja at a mass marriage event in Guruvayur, Kerela.
- For his challenging role of developmental disability in the drama Deiva Thirumagal, he spend time with mentally challenged people for a month to get into the character.
- He is the brand ambassador of Sanjeevani Trust, Vidya Sudha (special children school) and also supports The Banyan charity.
- Famous Tamil actor and director Thyagarajanis his maternal uncle.
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