Vinayakan T. K. is an Indian actor, playback singer, and composer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has also appeared in some

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 o ...

films. He started his career with a cameo appearance in the 1995 film ''

Maanthrikam ''Maanthrikam'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film produced and directed by Thampi Kannanthanam and written by Babu Pallassery. It stars Mohanlal, Jagadish, Priya Raman, Raghuvaran, and Rajan P. Dev. Filmed by Saloo Geor ...

''. Later, he did a couple of films as supporting roles as well as comedian roles. In 2016, Vinayakan won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his leading role of ''Ganga'' in Rajiv Ravi's ''

Kammatipaadam ''Kammatipaadam'', alternatively spelled as ''Kammatti Paadam'', is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Rajeev Ravi and written by P. Balachandran. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Vinayakan, Shaun Romy, Manikandan R ...

'' and it was well appreciated by the critics. He also composed a song for the film.

Career

Acting

Vinayakan began his career as a dancer and had a dance troupe named ''Black Mercury'' with Fire dance being his forte. Director Thampi Kannanthanam introduced him in ''

'' and later in '' Onnaman''. He was noticed for his performances in ''

Stop Violence ''Stop Violence'' is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by A. K. Sajan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Vijayaraghavan, and Chandra Lakshman. Stop Violence was the 2nd-released film of Prithviraj, though made after ''Nanda ...

'', Vellithira,

Chathikkatha Chanthu ''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin and produced by Lal under the banner of Lal Creations. It stars Jayasurya in the title role, along with Vineeth, Lal, Navya ...

Chotta Mumbai ''Chotta Mumbai'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, and co-produced by Maniyanpilla Raju. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role with Siddique, Jagathy Sreeku ...

and

Thottappan ''Thottappan'' (transl: Great-grandfather) is a 2019 Malayalam drama film directed by Shanavas K Bavakutty. It depicts the affection between a girl and her godparent. Plot When his partner in crime goes missing, a small-time crook dedicates hims ...

. Also, he appeared in a couple of Bollywood movies. Vinayakan was appreciated for his performance as Ganga in Rajeev Ravi' s 2016 film ''

'', and nominated for national award. It also brought him the Best Actor Award of

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Ch ...

, The North American Film Award for Outstanding performance in a film, Best Actor Award (2016) of Cinema Paradiso Club Cine Awards, etc. In the same film, he made his debut as a music director.

Music

Vinayakan composed the song "Puzhu Pulikal" for the movie ''

.''.He has also sung songs for Rafi's new film

Role Models ''Role Models'' is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain, who co-wrote it with Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd and Ken Marino. The film follows two energy drink salesmen who are ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as pun ...

and another one for Ordinary fame, Sugeeth's upcoming movie.

Personal life

Awards

Filmography

Malayalam

Other languages

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinayakan Living people Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors Indian male dancers Year of birth missing (living people) Dancers from Kerala Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors from Kochi Kerala State Film Award winners 21st-century Indian male actors 20th-century Indian male actors