Actor ProfileFrom comedy to singing, to moving audiences and fellow actors to tears in emotional scenes, Vadivelu, fondly called Vaigai Puyal, has done it all.Vennaam. Valikuthu. Azhuthuduven. Did you just hear these three iconic words in Vadivelu’s voice? If you did, it’s a testament to how much the celebrated Tamil comedian’s dialogues are burnt into our collective memory. It has been 35 years since Vadivelu, affectionately called Vaigai Puyal (Vaigai Storm) by his fans, was first seen on screen in En Thangai Kalyani (1988). The epithet is a reference to the famed Vaigai river that flows through the actor’s hometown of Madurai. All these decades later, Vadivelu and his work continue to defy both expectations and easy categorisation. Simultaneously, many of his dialogues have become embedded in spoken Tamil, offering succinct witticisms to use for everyday problems. The actor has delivered some of the most memorable scenes in Tamil cinema comedy,...
- 6/30/2023
- by BharathyS
- The News Minute
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