Vikram

Vikram born as Kennedy John Victor is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil language films and has won seven Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Peoples University of Milan in May 2011 He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani which was followed by a series of smallbudget Tamil Malayalam and Telugu films in the 1990s many of which went unnoticed However the success of Balas tragedy film Sethu 1999 in which Vikram appeared as a rogue turned lover started Vikrams successful career as an actor Vikram has promoted various social causes and appeared as the Youth Envoy for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in 2011 He has been a brand ambassador of Sanjeevani Trust and a school for special children Vidya Sudha which he stayed at during the making of Deiva Thirumagal as well as having longterm associations with the Kasi Eye Care and running his own welfare association through the Vikram Foundation In 2016 he produced and directed the video to the flood relief anthem Spirit of Chennai as a tribute to the citys volunteers following the 2015 South Indian floods