Vikraman is a Tamil film director. He was also one of the most successful Tamil directors.^[1]

Early career[link]

Vikraman made his debut with the movie Pudhu Vasantham, a story of four unemployed friends who are musical experts. This movie released in 1989 was successful. Its hero Murali went on to become a famous romantic actor who donned the mike-wielding singer role in subsequent movies. The trio of Vikraman-S.A.Rajkumar-R.B.Choudari came commercially successful. But a flop in Pudhiya Mannargal forced him to go back. He worked as an assistant to actor cum director R. Parthiban in Pudhea Paadhai, which was the latter's debut film as a director and an actor. Director K. S. Ravikumar assisted him in making films in his early days.

Second phase of his career[link]

Vikraman was recalled once again by R. B. Choudary to make a film with Vijay titled Poove Unakkaga in 1996. His next movie Suryavamsam with Sarath Kumar and Devayani was a major success. Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen made in 1998 gave a fresh lease of life to Karthik and Roja who were once dominating the film industry. In 2000, he made a movie Vanathai Pola with an ensemble cast, another blockbuster which gave back the superstardom to Vijaykanth. It also won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 2001 and also many state awards. However, his next movie Priyamana Thozhi produced by the AVM Productions was a colossal flop. Its bilingual Vasantham in Telugu (directed by Vikraman himself) was one of the top grossers of 2003. But he had to face another dud in 2004 in Cheppave Chirugali, a Telugu remake of his blockbuster Tamil film starring Surya and Sneha, Unnai Ninaithu. Taking a two year break, he had started work again for a Tamil movie called Chennai Kadhal with Bharath in the lead. However, the movie was unsuccessful at the box office.

He made a comeback with Mariyadhai in 2009, another Tamil film starring Vijayakanth, Meena, Meera Jasmine and Ambika playing the lead roles. The film ultimately bombed at the box-office.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

1. www.directorvikraman.blogspot.com

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Vijay Antony விஜய் ஆண்டனி
Background information
Born	(1975-07-24) July 24, 1975 (age 36) Tiruchirappalli,Tamil Nadu, India,
Occupations	Music Composer, Actor, Playback Singer, lyricist & Producer.
Years active	2004-Present

Vijay Antony(Tamil: விஜய் ஆண்டனி; born on 24 July 1975) is an Indian film composer from Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Biography and career[link]

Vijay Antony At the age of 21,discovered that he has always been immensely interested in composing music and also in writing lyrics for the songs he composes. This indomitable interest led him to learn music and the technicalities in music. Soon, he obtained a degree from the Trinity College of London and set up his own in-house studio called Audiophiles at Chennai.

Subsequently, he started looking out for a platform to exhibit his talents as a musician and as a composer. Soon, opportunities started opening up for him to compose jingles and scores for popular Indian television features.

In 2004, noted Producer Aascar Ravichandran identified his potential as a music director and offered Vijay Antony to work as a music director in his movie called 'Dishyum' which was a run-away success.

Though the first movie he signed for as a music director was “Dishyum”; he was introduced as a debut music director through “Sukran” produced by S.A Chandrasekaran.Both Sukran and Dishyum had songs with a new feel and a unique tone to it. Lyrics were notably different and soon the songs became a huge hit among the Tamil cinema audience.

After Sukran and Dishyum, Vijay Antony as a music director had no turning-back. Soon he had offers coming in to work as a music director. Through his hard, dedicated work, he has been giving consistent hits. He was the first Indian to win the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion for the 'Nakka Mukka' commercial (for Times of India) in the Best of Music category. 'Nakku Mukka' raised his fame and that song was played in the 2011 cricket world cup.

Vijay Antony is one of the most successful Music directors in the history of Tamil Cinema Industry, with countless hits, and worldwide sales across the globe. Turn on the radio and you will be certain to hear massive melodies, Rap, melded with Euro dance grooves, a modern pop style inextricably rooted in an innovative approach by Vijay Antony.

Now, Vijay Anthony has taken an absolute new turn. He is debuting as an actor in an upcoming movie called “Naan”. He is the first music director to venture out as an actor. Hope we will soon be witnessing a new interesting avatar of Vijay Antony as an actor.

Filmography[link]

Social Network Links[link]

1, www.facebook.com/vijayantonyinfo

2, www.facebook.com/vijayantonymusic

3, www.twitter.com/vijayantony

4, www.gallery.me.com/vijayantony

5, www.youtube.com/vijayantony

6, www.youtube.com/vijayantonymusic

7, www.soundcloud.com/vijayantony

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