One of them being, performing on the big stage has caught on to him ever since he played a little black girl in a school play. Vikram, who complains he has been ‘typecast’ in challenging roles, had offered an interesting explanation for why he picks these unusual characters. Strangely enough, the common thread that connects most of these roles are some form of psychic disorder-Chiyan in Sethu suffers from amnesia and is in a catatonic state after a brutal attack, Chithan in Pithamagan is autistic, Ambi in Anniyan has multiple personality disorder and Krishna in Daiva Thirumagal is a man with developmental disability having the faculty of just a five-year old. To me, Sethu, Pithamagan, Anniyan, Daiva Thirumagal and Raavanan are five must-watch films from the Vikram filmography. However, he won it three years later with another Bala film, Pithamagan, the role of an autistic social outcast living in a graveyard which you cannot imagine another leading actor doing.ĭress Circle | 10 must watch, underrated Malayalam comedy movies of last decade His performance as Chiyan, which became his nickname in Tamil cinema later, missed the national award by one vote to Mohanlal’s Kunjukuttan of Vanaprastham. Sethu got him commercial success as well as critical acclaim-100 days of theatre run, state award and Filmfare award for his performance. Industry strikes, lack of distributor enthusiasm, a tragic climax and a new hero-all worked against the film. Director Bala and Vikram had to suffer for years to see the film released. He was on the verge of taking up a full-time job away from films due to his financial struggle because the film, on which he had pinned all his hopes, was being delayed indefinitely. The film happened almost 7 years after his first lead role in cinematographer-director PC Sreeram’s Meera, which flopped. Sethu itself was a long struggle that almost made Vikram quit films.

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