Vinu Chakravarthy

Acting

Vinu Chakravarthy

Born 1945-12-15 · Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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.

Acting credits

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Guru, Nanda, Bala, Krishna, KK and Gowri are a group of college friends. Shiny becomes a part of their group. Krishna and Shiny are in love with each other but decide to keep their relationship a secret and things begin to unravel when Bala attempts suicide.

Pugaipadam

2010

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IAS officer Chitra prepares a dossier detailing the crimes of Adiseshan, a powerful man with political allies. After she's killed, it's her daughter who decides to finish her job and avenge her death.

Athiradi Padai

1994

Arunachalam poster
7.2

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

Arunachalam

1997

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An honest police officer seeks revenge after being framed for murder in this Indian crime story. Corrupt cop Kalimuthu falsely implicates Muthumanickam in a homicide, and he winds up in jail. After serving time for the crime he didn't commit, Muthumanickam is determined to punish the guilty parties. But when Kalimuthu's daughter Radha becomes involved, his mission gets more complicated.

Seethanam

1992

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2.0

Satyaraj and goundamani's combo.

Pollachi Mappiley

2010

Malabar Police poster
6.7

A couple witnesses the murder of a high-profile politician and flees to save their lives. While they get separated, a diligent police officer sets out to find them and nab the culprit.

Malabar Police

1999

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6.5

Karuvayan, a hardworking villager, refuses to sell his land to Thambi Durai, a rich man. When Thambi Durai and his brothers rape and kill Karuvayan's sister, he decides to take revenge.

Karimedu Karuvayan

1986

Ingeyum Oru Gangai poster
8.0

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Ingeyum Oru Gangai

1984

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A priest adopts Peter and Rani, two orphaned children he meets in his church. When Rani goes to college and falls in love with Murali, her brother Peter refuses to accept their relationship.

Kalamellam Un Madiyil

1986

Thamizhan poster
5.8

Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.

Thamizhan

2002

Ellame En Thangachi poster
NR

A Family entertainer about the brother and sister

Ellame En Thangachi

1989

Unnai Thedi poster
NR

Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith Kumar and Malavika in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya.

Unnai Thedi

1999

Veera poster
6.1

The hero falls in love with a girl and learns music for her. The girl's house is destroyed in a cyclone and the hero believes the girl is dead. He goes to the city and marries another woman. When his first love is alive and comes searching for him, fun ensues.

Veera

1994

Mann Vasanai poster
7.5

Love, village feud and circumstances lead a young man to abandon his village and lover and head to the armed forces. Upon his return, his lover realizes that things are never going to be the same again.

Mann Vasanai

1983

Paarai poster
7.0

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Paarai

2003

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Dr Revathi comes to her village to help people and yearns for the love of a simple but renowned village man, who detests her and cannot wait to humiliate her.

Thalattu

1993

Chinna Mappillai poster
6.5

Thangavelu, A poor bus-stand coolie is talked into faking his identity as a wealthy Singaporean engineer to marry a rich girl (Janaki). When her father catches on, every lie only digs the hole deeper.

Chinna Mappillai

1993

Vazhkai Chakkaram poster
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A 1990 Tamil family Drama film.

Vazhkai Chakkaram

1990

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8.0

Ashokan lives at home with his sisters and their jobless husbands. Struggling to meet ends meet, Ashokan comes to know about his uncle's vast inheritance for him as long as Ashokan marries his uncle's daughter. The movie details how Ashokan tries to like his arrogant, disrespectful fiance but instead falls in love with the maid.

Manikya Chempazhukka

1995

Neranja Manasu poster
3.5

The villagers of Suriyakudi believe that young Ayyanar will be their saviour. He soon gets Sivanandi imprisoned for killing his own father, and years later, Sivanandi returns to kill him.

Neranja Manasu

2004

Manithan poster
5.5

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

Manithan

1987

Sangham poster
4.5

A spoilt rich man Kuttapayi befriends a group of four college students. Kuttapayi uses them to do a lot of his dirty work. When things go awry they take refuge in Kuttapayi's remote estate; where his past catches up with him.

Sangham

1988

Anbu Kattalai poster
7.0

Shakthivel is determined to kill Balakrishnan and Rajamanikam for killing his brother and his family. He succeeds in killing Balakrishnan but his own son is hunting for him to kill him.

Anbu Kattalai

1989

Rajadhani poster
9.0

Nadar, a local businessman, tries to demolish an orphanage to start a distillery. Pillai, who runs the orphanage, attempts to stop Nadar from doing so.

Rajadhani

1994

Behind the camera