Abhishek Vinod is an Indian

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who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam language films. After working as a model, he made his breakthrough as an actor in Veruli as a police inspector which has directed by Amudhavanan P and with a supporting role in

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's ''

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'' (2015). He later moved on to play leading roles, and appear in other high-profile Tamil films such as '' Sketch'' (2018).

Career

Born in Chennai, Abhishek finished schooling at Kola Saraswathi Vaishnav Senior Secondary School and then completed his

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from

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, before beginning a career in modelling during 2004. Abhishek worked in advertisements and the modelling circuit in Chennai and first acted in Malayalam film ''

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'' with

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. He later portrayed the badboy senior role in ''

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'' in 2010. Abhishek portrayed a significant supporting role in the Kamal Haasan-starrer ''

'' (2015), portraying the younger brother of the character played by

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. The film garnered critical acclaim for the actor upon release, and remains his highest profile release. He was offered the role by his mentor Suresh Kannan, who had worked on the film as a co-director to

. He then appeared in the lead role in ''Veruli'' (2017), which was his masterpiece, which had a low-profile release and went unnoticed at the box office. In early 2018, he appeared in Vijay Chandar's '' Sketch'' as a police officer alongside Vikram, and in '' Mannar Vagaiyara'', as a part of a large family. He will also be seen in '' Aan Devathai'' (2018) in a negative role as the head of an IT company, enrolled his mass acting with the project featuring him alongside

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, Ramya Pandian and Suja Varunee.

Personal life

Abhishek Vinod is married to Chennai-based designer Jules Idi Amin and has a son Ayaan.

Filmography

References

Tamil Cinema News - Abhishek

External links

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