Date of birth: 1945-12-15
Place of birth: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Vinuchakravarthy

Vinu Chakravarthee was a Tamil actor, script writer and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in a villainous role. The 2007 released Tamil movie Muni was his landmark 1000th movie. On completion of his education, Chakravarthy worked as a Reserve Sub-Inspector at the Ice House police station for six months before joining the Southern Railways where he worked for four years. Chakravarthy was working as a script writer for Kannada director Puttanna Kanagal when he was noticed by film producer Tiruppur Mani who, in 1977, gave him a role in the Kannada film Parasangada Gendetimma which was later remade into Tamil. Since then, Chakravarthy has made over 1,000 films in four South Indian languages - 900 in Tamil, 30 in Malayalam, 5 in Telugu and one in Badaga language. He has also directed movies on his own and is credited with introducing Silk Smitha.
1987-07-31
Ramu, a fisherman, lives with his sister Meena and seeks to find the man who killed their parents. H

2001-06-08
Three prominent members of society, a judge, a police official and a district collector are kidnappe

2002-06-14
When the movie opens Devan(Arun Pandiyan) murdering photographer Jeeva(Thalaivasal Vijay) in cold bl

1995-09-01
Three brothers lead a respectable and harmonious life. All attempts by their cousins to divide them
1995-03-10
Chellappa, a villager, returns to his village after finishing his education, and falls in love with
1985-06-06
Directed by Karthik Raghunath.

1986-01-01
Directed by Manobala.

1988-12-02
A man is arrested for stealing at a very young age; upon being released from the prison, he learns a

1983-11-02
Selvi, who is married to Dr Tyagi, is shocked by the lavish nature of his family and warns him again

2004-05-07
Arul, who works in a mill, is the youngest of four brothers in a family of goldsmiths. Once, Arul's

1997-04-10
Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

1994-04-14
The hero falls in love with a girl and learns music for her. The girl's house is destroyed in a cycl

1984-04-20
Thambikku Entha Ooru (English: Which town are you from, my brother?) is a 1984 Indian Tamil language

1993-03-05
Vadivelu, who belongs to a small rural community and leads a carefree existence with his friends, bu

1990-06-01
A decorated military officer avenges his wife's suicide prompted by the heinous acts of several very

2004-09-22
Gajendra is the remake of Telugu film Simhadri and was later dubbed in Hindi as Return of Khuda Gaw

1992-06-27
A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades.

1999-12-10
Thayama gets money from a landlord in order to save her husband and promises to give her child in re
2009-07-03
When policemen find a corpse in a river with a wedding invitation stuffed in the pocket, they set ou

1991-03-15
A police officer gets imprisoned as he is falsely accused of getting a bribe and dies of an heart at

1994-05-19
Nadar, a local businessman, tries to demolish an orphanage to start a distillery. Pillai, who runs t
1994-08-24
Kulasekaran is a liquor shop owner and he likes to spend the time in college. Kulasekaran is also a

2006-12-22
Story of Thamizharasan (Vishnu Priyan) who goes into a coma.

1999-04-14
Suriya kills the people who murdered his family and goes to jail. A young girl learns music and sing

2001-12-07
Chandru agrees to marry the girl of his father's choice when his lover Indu goes missing. However, C

2001-05-01
Lovely starring Karthik Muthuraman and Malavika. Mahadevan(Manivannan) is a man who hates the very m

1999-09-24
Sakthi tries to sabotage his marriage arranged by his father but gets a huge shock when the girl tur

1995-03-10
Raja is not impressed with his wife Lakshmi who is unsophisticated. He abandons her and moves to Del
1988-04-13
A 1988 Indian Tamil action drama film
1984-09-28
Vijay lands in jail while avenging his sister's death. However, when he escapes prison and starts wo
1986-07-18
1984-12-06
January 1 is a 1984 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Manivannan, starring Vijayakanth,

1994-11-02
A wealthy man is known and revered for his just nature all over the region. His brother is married t

2004-11-08
The villagers of Suriyakudi believe that young Ayyanar will be their saviour. He soon gets Sivanandi

2001-03-30
Sakthivel (R. Sarath Kumar) is the leader of his village and is adored by the people. His only broth

2002-06-21

2003-06-14
1998-10-19
1998-07-09
Dharma is a 1998 Tamil action film directed by Keyaar. The film features Vijayakanth and Preetha Vij

1998-04-10
A musician dreams of a beautiful girl and sets out to find her. Soon after, he meets her at a weddin

1998-08-14
Nilaave Vaa starring by vijay and suvalakshmi. Siluvai (Vijay) is the son of Vinu Chakravarthy. They

1994-12-09
Two men end up falling for the same woman, but which one will she choose?
1989-11-03

1998-05-15

1995-04-14
A book that belongs to the Hindu god of death, Yama, accidentally drops to earth. This book can be u
1992-12-04

1983-07-29
Love, village feud and circumstances lead a young man to abandon his village and lover and head to t

1986-12-11
Mannukkul Vairam is a 1986 Indian Tamil film directed by Manoj Kumar and produced by Motherland Pict
1985-04-12

1992-11-20
The story begins with a group of government officers who come to list the number of devastated house
1998-08-28

1987-05-13
The movie is about father-daughter affection. Radha (Nadhiya) is the daughter of Rajasekhar (Sivaji)

2014-04-25
A mysterious illness declared as dumb flu spreads in a quaint hill station forcing the town's reside

2000-01-14
Thulasi, A Highly Respected Man In A Village, Is Known For His Truthfulness In All Circumstances. Bu
1987-04-10
Durai, a theatre artist, gets obsessed with the roles he plays and murders the men who brutally rape
2001-07-27
Arun pretends to be married in order to get a house for rent. He picks Shanthi, an uncouth slum girl

2003-09-26
Being a cop Ganapathi has troubles getting married. He eventually falls for Nandhini, but his mom de
1988-01-01
1989-01-27
Lakshmi and Raja fall in love and decide to get married. But on the day of the marriage, Raja is acc

1999-08-25
Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a

2002-11-04
Shiva, a bus conductor, robs the corrupt in order to fund an organisation that aids those with disab

2007-09-30
Ganesh moves into a new house with his mother, father and wife not knowing that it is the residence

2001-09-21
A man returns to his ancestral village after many years only to find his house in a dilapidated stat

1987-09-05

1986-03-07
Nirmala is from a royal family. She has everything but yearns for family love and attention. She soo
1990-02-15
Vishnu, a clever student but intolerant to cheating, is detained from college. He then becomes a car

1987-04-14
Seethan, a poor milkman, and Shenbagam, the daughter of a landlord, love each other despite their so
1989-03-16
Pongivarum Kaveri is a 1989 Tamil film directed by Bose KJ. The film stars Ramarajan, Gouthami, Chin
1989-10-20
Thangamana Raasa is a 1989 Tamil film directed by Azhagappan C. The film stars Ramarajan, Kanaka, Go
2000-08-21
Kannaal Pesavaa is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Raj Khanna. The film stars Arunkumar, Suvalakshmi,

1999-02-05
Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith K

2002-01-14
Rebellious Arivu (Manoj) -- who's incessantly at odds with his father -- shocks his family with his

2002-04-12
Gemini, a gangster, falls for Manisha who reciprocates his love without knowing his truth. After get

2001-11-14
Life of a blind person and his sufferings because of cruel people who exploit his weakness. The rema

2003-02-13
Kadhaludan is a 2003 Tamil film directed by Rajakumaran. The film stars Murali, Devayani, Abbas and
1990-04-14
Gowri, a woman in search of her lover Suresh, joins a group of struggling roadside singers. Friendsh
1998-05-07
Rathna is a 1998 Tamil film directed by Ilanchezhiyan. The film stars Murali, Sangita, Maheswari and

2001-06-08
Kandasamy is desperate to enrol his son in a good school. Trouble ensues when his wife spots him wit

2003-02-14
Singamuthu wants that he and his brothers marry girls who are sisters. However, Chinnathayi, his cou

1989-03-04
A rich estate owner is killed by his second wife and her brother Aadimoolam. The estate owner's son

1988-04-13
Guru and Babu meet a man who has been framed for murder. To help him and find the real culprit, Guru
1988-07-29
A village love story

2013-08-23
Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each

2005-05-05
Chinna (2005) is a love-drama thriller Tamil language movie directed by the Tamil Director Sundar C.

2004-01-10
A man protects his best friend's widow and her children from a lot of criminal outlays who have murd
1987-02-20
Movie about a couple who fights odds of being separated by their parents.
1993-09-18
Priya , a rich girl, is in love with Sundar, a poor youth. Priya tries to elope with him but she fai
1992-04-28
Two thieves (Mukesh and Sreenivasan) become targets of the two rival crime gangs and the police afte
2002-01-14
Mayilsamy (Sathyaraj) is a petty thief who is determined to make it big in life, by hook or crook. E
1990-10-17
Rassappa Gounder (Sathyaraj), also known as Mallu Vetti Minor, was a bachelor and rich man who spent

2002-09-20
After topping at the state level, Maaran's son Sudhandhiram wins admission to a medical college, whe

2000-08-11
Shankar(Prashanth) is a graduate of BSC nautical science, waiting for a job in the shipping industry

1985-01-14
Though David is loyal to Suryaprakash, a politician, he rapes and kills David's wife and sends him t

1983-11-04
The film had Kamal Haasan playing dual roles; An unemployed guy from a middle class society and a gu

1989-05-05
Siva and John, two best friends, get separated due to the atrocities of a gangster. Siva becomes Tig

1989-10-28
Rajarajeswari gets Aarumugam's sister arrested after she learns that she is in love with her son. Aa

1993-02-24
A young man marries a Tamil girl, and fearing his family, he brings her to the house as a servant. P
1997-02-28
Subramaniam wants to marry his aunt's daughter Priya as per his father's wish. But he is rejected by
1995-04-16
Ashokan lives at home with his sisters and their jobless husbands. Struggling to meet ends meet, Ash
1996-01-15
Avuthu Nayagam, a wealthy politician, remarries Vasantha, a cunning woman. She creates problems in h
1995-05-19
Sirusu (Jayaram) and his elder brother Perusu (Goundamani) are the trouble makers of the village who
2010-01-01
Guru, Nanda, Bala, Krishna, KK and Gowri are a group of college friends. Shiny becomes a part of the
2010-07-16
Satyaraj and goundamani's combo.

2001-10-31
The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son

2003-02-14
A boy joins a college that is full of rowdies. He transforms the students but his own past is shroud

2000-11-10
Arun, a painter who sells his art on the streets, is in love with a girl he's never met. He also dec

1994-04-14
Sivaraman, an honest government clerk, and his wife Lakshmi, belong to a middle-class family and the

1996-12-06
When Thangamani flees on his wedding day, his brother, Poomani, steps in and marries Vijaya who dete

1988-05-17
A spoilt rich man Kuttapayi befriends a group of four college students. Kuttapayi uses them to do a
2001-04-13
Rasaiya and Rajeswari are tribal newly weds, out for a midnight stroll in the forest. Three drunk bu

1998-11-26
Gopal, a man from a small town, earns a living in the city by cheating people in all possible ways.

1996-08-15
Ranganayak, a rich women, has three sons : Gopi, Madhu and Balu. Ranganayaki wants absolutely a gran
1995-02-24
Rani, an orphan, meets Pichai in college and falls in love with him. Rani becomes a top cop and Pich
1991-03-15
A robbery gang terrorized the Tamil Nadu. The police officer Mahesh is charged to dismantle the gang

2002-11-04
A powerful man of a village kills a devotee on the eve of her wedding; he does this as his daughter
1987-04-24
Sathyamoorthi is an Indian liberal leader. He tries to get his pension money but all his attempts en
1992-12-11
Solaiyamma is a mother-less woman who is looked after by her father. She has been promised in marria

1994-04-08
A 1994 Tamil language romantic drama film written and directed by Manivannan.
1994-11-03
A 1994 Indian Tamil action drama film, directed by Manivannan.

1988-11-11
Tamil movie starring Ramki, Nirosha

1982-10-15
Murli, a stylish and handsome young man, is forced by his father to get married to Arukani, a villag

1990-02-09
A 1990 Tamil family Drama film.

1987-05-01
The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice du

1989-03-03
A Family entertainer about the brother and sister

1989-08-11
A naive man who is new in town gets entrapped in a crisis due to his resemblance with a gangster. Th

1984-01-13
Ingeyum Oru Gangai is a 1984 Tamil Indian feature film directed by Manivannan.

1986-05-23
A 1986 Indian Tamil film, directed by Manivannan and produced by P. Kalaimani who also wrote the fil

1989-10-28
Shakthivel is determined to kill Balakrishnan and Rajamanikam for killing his brother and his family
2003-08-15
A slum boy, who steals from the rich to help the poor, keeps scheming against a powerful man. After

1996-04-13
Indra and her three sisters are married off to mediocre men by their patriarchal father. However, he

2002-04-12
Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love wit
1998-07-31
Kalyana Galatta (Tamil: கல்யாண கலாட்டா) is a 1998 Indian Tamil comedy film written and directed by R

1980-08-28
A local gangster named Gaja falls in love with a woman named Vadivu and she tells him to mend his wa

1987-12-14
Shankara fakes a lower-caste certificate for his daughter Gayathri, as he worries that she might not

1989-04-14
A naive Velu arrives at his uncle's house after his mother's death only to get neglected by his aunt

2000-02-04
Govindan, a rich businessman, goes to any extent to make money. However, his life takes a turn when

1990-06-15
Kalicharan is killed by goons. In heaven, he opposes and gets sent back in the body of Balwant, who

2002-01-14
Ganesh comes from village to meet his uncle and his daughter Ammu. His uncle refuses to acknowledge

1995-10-23
Surya, a police officer, is removed from a case when he is on the verge of tracing the culprit. Howe

1986-04-24
Kanmani, a wealthy girl, decides to teach Chinnamani a lesson by pretending to be in love with him.
1990-11-23

2000-12-02
Kannan is in love with his childhood friend Meenakshi but keeps it a secret from his beloved friend

2002-05-05
Red is a local don who possesses a heart of gold. Seeni, another don in the area, is his biggest ene

1992-02-11
Antony, a convict, wants revenge against Haridas, a police officer, for killing his family and arres
1994-01-01
Gounder, a tyrannical landlord, rules his village according to his whims and fancies. Thommichan and
1992-01-01
An honest police officer seeks revenge after being framed for murder in this Indian crime story. Cor