As he disliked his name, he renamed it as Vikram, taking "Vi" from his father's name, "K" from his own name - Kennedy, "Ra" from his mother's name and "ram" from his sun sign, Aries.Īs a film actor, Vinod Raj had a late entry to silver screen. Vikram’s son Dhruv, is also an actor, belong to third generation. Vikram took lessons from the failed career of his father, professionally trained himself, worked in theatre and then tried luck in films. He later fulfilled his cinema dreams through his son Vikram, who went on to become a superstar in Tamil cinema. However he managed to act in supporting roles in Tamil films and television serials. He ran away from his home to pursue his dreams. Victor also dreamt to become an actor when he was young. He took the screen name of Vinod Raj for movies. John Victor was born in the year 1937 in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu. He passed away on 31 December 2017 following a heart attack at his home in Mahalingapuram, Chennai. He is a relative of Tamil actor-director Thyagarajan and actor Prashanth is his nephew.
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He has made brief appearances in TV shows too. Vinod Raj marked his film debut with Ghilli in 2004, and has played father to Vijay, Trisha Krishnan etc. He is best known for his appearance as Trisha's father in Ghilli (2004) and also Kanthaswamy (2009) where he shared screen space with his son. He is the best known as the father of south Indian super star Vikram. Vinod Raj was a Tamil film actor known for character roles.