
Vinu Chakravarthy
- Date of Birth: 1945-12-15
- Date of Death: 2017-04-27
- Place of Birth: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Biography
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... 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.

Thambikku Entha Ooru
Drama • 1984 April

Paarai
Drama • 2003 June

Padai Veetu Amman
Drama, Action • 2002 November

Harichandra
Drama, Romance • 1998 May

Mappillai
• 1989 October

Kasi
Drama • 2001 November

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga
Romance, Comedy • 1999 September

Amarkalam
Action, Romance, Drama • 1999 August

Pandavar Bhoomi
Family, Drama • 2001 September

Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey
Drama • 1983 November