Vijayakanth
type: Q5
type: Q729
type: Q82955
type: Thing
type: Person
type: NaturalPerson
type: Eukaryote
type: Species
type: Animal
type: Q19088
type: Q215627
subject: Category:1952 births
subject: Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
subject: Category:Tamil male actors
subject: Category:20th-century Indian male actors
subject: Category:Deaths from pneumonia in India
subject: Category:Male actors from Madurai
subject: Category:Filmfare Awards South winners
subject: Category:Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners
subject: Category:Leaders of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu
subject: Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016
subject: Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011
subject: Category:Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam politicians
subject: Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema
subject: Category:2023 deaths
subject: Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
subject: Category:Tamil people
subject: Category:Indian political party founders
subject: Category:21st-century Indian male actors
subject: Category:Indian actor-politicians
party: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
term period: Vijayakanth Tenure 1
term period: Vijayakanth Tenure 3
term period: Vijayakanth Tenure 4
term period: Vijayakanth Tenure 2
term period: Vijayakanth Tenure 5
term period: Vijayakanth Tenure 6
predecessor: J. Jayalalithaa
predecessor: Radha Ravi
predecessor: S. Ramu Vasanthan
predecessor: R. Govindasamy
predecessor: S. Sivaraj
predecessor: Position established
spouse: Premalatha Vijayakanth
successor: Premalatha
successor: R. Sarathkumar
successor: M. K. Stalin
successor: Vasantham Karthikeyan
successor: V. Muthukumar
successor: Position abolished
awards: Padma Bhushan
awards: Kalaimamani
birth name: Vijayaraj Alagarswami
office: President of South Indian Artistes' Association
office: List of leaders of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
office: General Secretary of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
office: President of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
office: Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
term end: 2023-12-28
term end: 2023-12-14
term end: 2016-02-21
term end: 2011-05-14
term end: 2016-05-21
term start: 2014-06-01
term start: 2006-05-29
term start: 2005-09-14
term start: 2011-05-27
term start: 2011-05-23
1blankname: Chief Minister
birth place: Madurai
birth place: Madras State
death place: Chennai
birth date: 1952-08-25
death date: 2023-12-28
birth place: Madurai, Madras State, India
death place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
nationality: Indian
occupation: director
occupation: philanthropist