V. I. S. Jayapalan
V. I. S. Jayapalan | |
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Occupation(s) | Writer, political commentator,actor |
Years active | 1978–present |
V. I. S. Jayapalanis a Sri Lankan-Norwegian writer, political commentator and actor who has appeared in Indian films, mainly inTamil cinema.He made his acting debut inVetrimaaran'sAadukalam(2011) and won aNational Film Awardfor his portrayal.[1]
Career
[edit]Jayapalan was born inUduvil,Jaffna,Sri Lanka. He began writing in the 1970s while studying at theUniversity of Jaffnaand published his first anthology in 1986. He studied a degree inEconomicsduring his time at the university, while also leading the student union.[2]Since then he has published at least 12 anthologies of poetry and short fiction. As theSri Lankan Civil Warescalated, he fled toOslo,Norway in 1988 and since then he has been living in Norway as a Norwegian citizen and was moving back and forth to South Indian state ofTamil Naduto continue his art and literary work.[3]In 1995, he was awarded as the best immigrant writer by the Norwegian Writers’ Association, with poetry being translated into English, Norwegian as well as in to Sinhala. In 2009, some of his poems were translated into English and published as a book in Canada - named 'Wilting Laughter’ - along with selected poems of R. Cheran and Puthuvai Raththinathurai.[citation needed]
Through his friendship with film makerBalu Mahendra,he was introduced toVetrimaaranwho was keen to cast Jayapalan in his filmAadukalam(2011).[4]After accepting the offer, he worked alongside an ensemble cast including actorDhanush,with the film releasing to a positive response at the box office in January 2011. Critics lauded his performance as thecock fightingclan's patriarch, Pettaikaran, with Sify.com labelling him as a "revelation" and Behindwoods writing that with the "right kind of expressions and body language, he demonstrates a new type of villainy".[5][6]He subsequently went on to wina special jury award at the National Film Awardsin 2011, as well as garnering nominations at the Filmfare and Vijay Awards.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Aadukalam | Pettaikaran | National Film Award – Special Jury Award Nominated,Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Nominated,Vijay Award for Best Villain |
2011 | Vellore Maavattam | ||
2013 | Pandiya Naadu | Ravi's advisor | |
2013 | Attahasa | Periyavar | Kannadafilm |
2014 | Jilla | Periyavar | |
2014 | Naan Sigappu Manithan | ||
2014 | Madras | Krishnappan | |
2015 | Touring Talkies | President | |
2015 | Indru Netru Naalai | Marthandam | |
2015 | 49-O | MLA Boominathan | |
2016 | Peigal Jaakkirathai | ||
2016 | Aranmanai 2 | Namboothiri | |
2016 | Thirunaal | Durai | |
2017 | Valla Desam | ||
2019 | Kuthoosi | ||
2020 | Dhowalath | ||
2022 | Veeramae Vaagai Soodum | Nedunchezhiyan's father | |
2022 | Yaanai | Samuthiram | [7] |
2022 | Buffoon | Chief Minister | |
2022 | Adithattu | Dinkan | Malayalam film |
2023 | Meippada Sei | Gaja |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Karthik Subramanian (29 January 2011)."From the arena of life".The Hindu.Retrieved29 March2014.
- ^Pathirana, Saroj (14 June 2006)."South Asia | Tamil poet's plea for peace".BBC News.Retrieved29 March2014.
- ^"Award-winning Tamil poet Jayapalan arrested in Sri Lanka's North".Jdslanka.org. 26 November 2013.Retrieved29 March2014.
- ^Sreedhar Pillai (21 February 2011)."India is my cultural homeland: Jayabalan".The Times of India.Retrieved29 March2014.
- ^"Aadukalam Movie Review - Tamil Movie Aadukalam Movie Review".Behindwoods.com.Retrieved29 March2014.
- ^"Movie Review: Aadukalam-Review".Sify.Archived fromthe originalon 11 November 2013.Retrieved29 March2014.
- ^Yaanai - Official Trailer | Hari | Arun Vijay | Priya Bhavani Shankar | GV Prakash | Drumsticks,30 May 2022,retrieved31 May2022
- 1944 births
- Male actors in Tamil cinema
- Alumni of the University of Jaffna
- Sri Lankan emigrants to Norway
- Naturalised citizens of Norway
- Refugees in Norway
- Tamil male actors
- Living people
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan Tamil artists
- Sri Lankan Tamil people
- Sri Lankan actors
- Tamil actors
- Sri Lankan Tamil poets
- Sri Lankan Tamil writers
- Male actors in Malayalam cinema
- Male actors in Kannada cinema