Vijayakanth (born Vijayaraj Azhagarswami on August 25, 1952 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a Tamil film actor and politician in Tamil Nadu, India. He is the founder of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu, India.
He formed the center-left winged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), a regional political party in Tamil Nadu. He formally announced party formation on September 14, 2005 at Madurai. His party contested in all 234 seats in 2006 assembly elections and won one seat contested by him.
Name:VijayaKanth
Born:August 25, 1952 (1952-08-25) (age 56),Madurai, India
Political party:Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Residence :Saligramam, Chennai, India
Occupation:Film actor
Religion Hindu
Children:Vijay Prabhakar and Shanmuga Pandian.
Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Virudhachalam, India
Upon entering the film industry to pursue an acting career, he changed his name to "Vijayakanth", dropping the "raj" out of his name and suffixing "kanth," by director Khaja . He is nicknamed "Captain" which was taken from one of his popular films Captain Prabhakharan.
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