Vishnupriyan is an Indian actor, who has appeared in lead roles in

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...

films.

Career

Vishnupriyan made his acting debut in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Malayalam film ''

Nizhalkuthu ''Nizhalkuthu'' ( en, Shadow Kill, french: Le Serviteur de Kali) is a 2002 Indian film in Malayalam directed, written and co-produced by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The film explores the recesses of the human consciousness. It stars Oduvil Unnikrishn ...

'' (2002), and has since portrayed leading and supporting roles in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. During the early stages of his acting career, Vishnupriyan also trained at the drama troupe,

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. At the peak of his career in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Vishnupriyan played a series of lead roles in films such as ''

Unakkaga En Kadhal ''Unakkaga En Kadhal'' () is a 2010 Tamil language romantic drama film produced, written and directed by Jaykumar. The film stars Vishnupriyan, newcomer Shraddha and newcomer Shravan, with an ensemble cast of Kadhal Vijay, Delhi Ganesh, Rajyalak ...

'' (2010) and ''Mye'' (2012), and supporting roles in the college drama '' Ninaithale Inikkum'' (2009) and the action thriller '' Ayyanar'' (2010). He returned to Malayalam cinema in a supporting role in ''

Puthiya Mukham ''Puthiya Mukham'' () is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Diphan and written by M. Sindhuraj. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Bala, Priyamani and Meera Nandan. It was shot at locations in Kochi, Thrissur, ...

'' (2009) and '' Simhasanam'' (2012) after being encouraged by Prithviraj, who he had befriended during the making of ''Ninaithale Inikkum''. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, his appearances in films became more sparse and Vishnupriyan subsequently moved on to become a co-director in films, first working on ''Hitlist'' (2024).

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Visnhupriyan Living people Tamil male actors Indian male film actors Year of birth missing (living people)