Awards&honours

Trivia

  1. In 1984, Vijayakanth acted in 18 films
  2. Vijayakanth has a honour of playing the lead role in the first 3D Tamil movie " AnnaiBhoomi"
  3. Vijakanth has not acted in any other languages other than tamil
  4. He has acted with Kamal Hasan in a movie named Manakanaku
  5. He has acted with RajiniKanth in a movie named En Kaelvikku Enna Bathil, however the scenes in which he appears were edited and so you can't see them as a part of the movie.
  6. Vijayakanth is instrumental in introducing, actors SarathKumar, Mansoor ali khan, Livingstone and several other film institute students(R.K.Selvamani, R.Aravintharaj, Ilavarasan etc), as actors and directors.
  7. Though Vijayakanth hasn’t acted in other language films, each and every film of him has been dubbed into Telugu language and has led to huge revenue collection.

Awards and honours

  • 1986 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Amman Koyil Kizhakalae
  • 1989 - Cinema Express Best Actor Award for Poonthotta Kavalkaran
  • 2001 - Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu
  • 2001 - Cinema Express Best Actor Award for Vanathai Pole
  • 2001 - Indian Government's Best Citizen award
  • 2009 - Filmfare Top 10 Legends of Tamil Cinema Award
  • 2001 - Government of Tamil Nadu presented the title and award of Kalaimamani
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