Name :Vivek
Born :November 19, 1961
Born / Home Town : Perumkotur(sankarankovil)
Community : Maravar
Profession : Comedian, Film Actor, Rationalist
Spouse Arulselvi
Vivek Biography
Vivek is an Indian film actor and
comedian who has won Filmfare
Best Comedian Awards four
times for his films, Run, Saamy,
Perazhaga, Minnale and Sivaji.
He holds Guinness World
Records for the fastest
performance for the fastest
movie production for the movie
Sivappu Mazhai. He received
Padma Shri Award for his
contribution from Government
of India.
Vivek was born on 19th
November 1961 and his full
name is Vivekananthan. He was
working as a telephone operator
in Madurai after finishing his M.
Com. Then he was transferred to
Chennai and appeared for
TNPSC examination. He got
selected in the Group IV
category and joined as a Junior
Assistant in Madras Secretariat.
During that time, he was the
main entertainer in the Madras
Humor Club International where
people come and share their
jokes. This got him Best
Entertainer Award many times.
P. R. Govindarajan was one of
the members of the club and he
introduced Vivek to his friend
and film director K. Balachander.
He started writing scripts for
Balachander for four years. He
always wanted to be a writer and
an assistant director, but he was
given a chance to act in the film.
His debut movie was Manathil
Uruthi Vendum in the year 1987.
He played important roles in
films, Kushi, Minnale, Saamy and
Run. He is a talented person and
known for his ever-young
looking personality. He has good
talent in mimicry and speaks
exactly like actors, MGR, Sivaji,
Kamal, Rajini, Vijay, Vijaykant and
many others.
His laughing, his power of
thinking and acting are the
secrets of his success. He was
inspired by NSK and M. R. Radha
and considered to be the
cinematic heir of Nagesh, the
great Tamil Comedian of 60s and
70s. Some of the awards he had
received are All Time Favorite
Comedian Award, Vijay Award,
Special Comedian Award,
Kodaikanal FM Award, Best
Comedian Award, etc. In 2009 he
received Asianet Film Award for
Special Honor Jury Award. He
has fulfilled 25 years of his acting
in Tamil cinema industry.
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