Screenwriter

Vijayan

New Wave Era1944–2007DramaHorrorActionCrime

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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The Screenplays

6 total writing credits

WRITER

Onnaam Muhurtham

1991

Lyricist

SCR

Sobharaj

1986

Screenplay

Choodatha Pookkal

WRITER

Full Writing Credits

1991Onnaam MuhurthamLyricist9.0 1986SobharajScreenplay7.5 1985Choodatha PookkalDialogue7.0 1983Guru DakshinaStory 1978Kaathirunna NimishamStory8.0 1978LisaDialogue7.5

About

Vijayan was an Indian actor primarily concentrated in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. A respected character actor in the 1970s and 80s, he was best known for his villainous leading role in Uthiripookkal (1979), which was called one of the 100 greatest Indian films of all time by News18 in 2013. He also played a minor role in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987), which is considered a classic of Tamil cinema and is listed in TIME's "All-Time 100 Movies".

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