Vimal (actor)

Vimal is an Indian actor known for his appearances in Tamil films. He gained recognition with his credited appearances and supporting role in the critically acclaimed movie Kanchivaram. He later played the lead role in Pandiraj's highly acclaimed film Pasanga in 2009. He is also referred to as Galaxy Star.

Vimal
Vimal in 2014
Born	(1981-04-25) 25 April 1981 (age 44) Pannankombu, Manapparai, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Akshaya ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	3

Vimal's breakthrough came with the film Kalavani in 2010. He further acted in movies such as Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), Kalakalappu (2012), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), Manjapai (2014), Mannar Vagaiyara (2018) and Deiva Machan (2023).

Early life

Vimal was born on 25 April 1981, in Pannankombu, a village near Manapparai, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, and later moved to Chennai. He discontinued his studies and began learning dancing and joined the Koothu-P-Pattarai, a theatre group in Chennai.^[1]

Vimal married Akshaya and they have three children together.^[2]

Acting career

2001–2008

In 2001, he started a career as an aspiring model actor. While being a part of Koothu-P-Pattarai, Vimal was appearing in uncredited roles in several high-profile Tamil films, including Ghilli (2004), Kireedam (2007), and Kuruvi (2008). He made cameo role in the critically acclaimed movie Kanchivaram (2008).^[3]

2009–2016

He played his first leading role in Pasanga (2009), directed by Pandiraj, in which he played Meenakshisundaram, an insurance agent.^[1] The film won critical acclaim, while his performance was well received. He next appeared in A. Sarkunam's comedy entertainer Kalavani (2010) with Oviya in the female lead which went on to become a sleeper hit.^[4] In 2011, he acted in three films, Cloud Nine Movie's Thoonga Nagaram, Eththan and Vaagai Sooda Vaa, which saw him collaborating with A. Sarkunam again. Vaagai Sooda Vaa was a period piece set in the 1960s, with Vimal playing a village teacher named Veluthambi.^[5] His other 2012 film, was Mattuthavani which was long-delayed and was a flop at the box office.^[6] He was then seen in UTV's comedy film Kalakalappu under Sundar C's direction that features an ensemble cast.^[7] His next release was Ishtam, a remake of Telugu hit Yemaindhi Ee Vela, in which he played an urban character for the first time.^[8]

In 2013, he acted five movies as Sillunu Oru Sandhippu, a simple love story,^[9] Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga co-starring with Sivakarthikeyan directed by Pandiraj. The film was a good opening and was a hit at the box office.^[10][11] Moondru Per Moondru Kadal with actors Arjun Sarja and Cheran directed by Vasanth. Ezhil's direction Desingu Raja was released on 23 August.^[12]Jannal Oram co-starring with R. Parthiepan and Vidharth. The film received mixed reviews from critics and audience.^[13] Vimal is currently working on more than half-a-dozen projects. He has play in Pulivaal (2014), a comedy thriller with actor Prasanna, remake of Malayalam film.^[14] He has completed Manjapai (2014)^[15] and Padmamagan's Netru Indru (2014). He was next seen an action film, Kaaval (2015),^[16] followed by two comedy dramas, Anjala (2016)^[17] and Mapla Singam (2016).^[18]

2018–present

In 2018, Boopathy Pandian's Mannar Vagaiyara. The film is produced by Vimal for the first time. It was running successful and was declared a super hit.^[19] In December, an adult comedy film, Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku. It was a poor review from critics and audiences.^[20] His next two films were romantic comedies including Kalavani 2 (2019), a sequel to Kalavani and Kanni Raasi (2020).^[21][22]

Vimal was seen in the Zee5 crime thriller web series Vilangu (2022). The series, written and directed by Prashanth Pandiyaraj, started streaming in February and received extremely positive reviews.^[23] He was acted as surprise cameo in Vijay Sethupathi starrer DSP (2022) directed by Ponram.^[24] In 2023, he returns to the family territory in rural comedy, Deiva Machan.^[25] His next projects were action films such as Kulasami and Thudikkum Karangal.^[26][27] In 2024, Vimal plays the role of a morgue driver in Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai.^[28] Follow-up to the Bose Venkat's-directed action-drama film Sir, which explores themes of social inequality and the importance of education.^[29]

Filmography

Feature films

Actor

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Vimal film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Kalakalappu	Karna's collegemate	Uncredited role
2004	Ghilli	Velu's teammate	Uncredited role Assistant Director[30]
2007	Kireedam	Shaktivel's friend	Uncredited role
2008	Kuruvi	Refugee in Cuddapah	Uncredited role Assistant Director
	Pandhayam	Murugesan	Uncredited role
	Kanchivaram	Rangan
	Thenavattu	Santhosh's henchman	Uncredited role
2009	Pasanga	Meenakshi Sundaram	Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
2010	Kalavani	Arivazhagan (Arikki)
2011	Thoonga Nagaram	Kannan
	Eththan	Sathyamoorthy
	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Veluthambi	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2012	Mattuthavani	Panneer's friend	Uncredited role
	Kalakalappu	Seenu
	Ishtam	Saravanan
2013	Sillunu Oru Sandhippu	Ashok
	Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga	Kesavan
	Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal	Varun
	Desingu Raja	Idhayakani
	Jannal Oram	Subbiah
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Himself	Cameo
	Pulivaal	Kasi
	Manjapai	Tamil
	Netru Indru	Sivaji
	Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Himself	Cameo
	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	Azhagu
2015	Kaaval	Anbarasu
2016	Anjala	Kavas
	Mapla Singam	Anbuchelvan
2018	Mannar Vagaiyara	Madhiyazhagan
	Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku	Hari
2019	Kalavani 2	Arivazhagan (Arikki)	25th Film
2020	Kanni Raasi	Gemini
2022	DSP	Vinayagam	Cameo
2023	Deiva Machan	Thabaal Karthi
	Kulasami	Soora Sangu
	Thudikkum Karangal	Vetri
2024	Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai	Kumar
	Sir	Mangollai Ponnarasan Sivagnanam "Ma. Po. Si"
2025	Badava	Velan
	Gangers	Original Saravanan IPS	Cameo
	Desingu Raja 2	TBA	Post-production[31]
	Paramasivan Fathima	TBA	Post-production[32]
	Belladonna	TBA	Filming[33]

Producer

• Mannar Vagaiyara (2018)

Web series

List of Vimal web series credits

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language	Ref
2022	Vilangu	Paridhi	ZEE5	Tamil
2025	Om Kali Jai Kali	Ganesan	JioHotstar	Tamil	[34]