Vivek

Vivek was an Indian film actor comedian television personality playback singer and activist working in the Tamil film industry Introduced in films by director K Balachander he won 3 Filmfare Best Comedian Tamil Awards for his performances in movies such as Run 2002 Saamy 2003 Perazhagan 2004 and 5 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Comedian for Unnaruge Naan Irundhal 1999 Run 2002 Parthiban Kanavu 2003 Anniyan 2005 and Sivaji 2007 He has acted more than 220 films In 2009 Government of India awarded Vivek with the Padma Shri award for his contribution to the arts Sathyabama University has conferred actor Vivek with an honorary doctorate for his contribution to the society through cinema As a television personality Vivek has hosted a number of events and has interviewed media personalities notably A P J Abdul Kalam Inspired by Kalams environmentalism Vivek founded the Green Kalam initiative in 2010 with the mission of planting one billion trees across Tamil Nadu