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Ponniyin Selvan 1 actor Chiyaan Vikram says his father wanted to be an actor, but his good looks got in the way - here's why
Vikram is busy these days promoting Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan 1, where he shares screen space with a host of other actors including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The actor's ather too wanted to become a star, but unfortunately could never attain the same amount of fame. His father, John Victor worked with the stage name Vinod Raj.
Ponniyin Selvan 1 actor Chiyaan Vikram says his father wanted to be an actor
Vikram is busy these days promoting Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan 1, where he shares screen space with a host of other actors including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. One of the more popular actors in Tamil cinema for over three decades, his father too wanted to become a star, but unfortunately could never attain the same amount of fame.
For the unversed, his father John Victor, who worked with the stage name Vinod Raj, did minor supporting roles in films and television. He also featured alongside his son in Susi Ganesan's Kanthaswamy. The actor died in 2017.
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Now, in a recent conversation with Pinkvila, Vikram opened up about his father and his son's career as he looked back upon his own struggles before fame found him with the 1999 film Sethu.
Speaking about his dad, he said, "No my father did not have it easy, that is the problem, he never made it. He was like Sobhita (Dhulipala), he ran away from home because he wanted to act. He would come to studios, he would stand outside Ave Maria studio, but would not be able to get in."
The actor stated, ""Sometimes when he got in...he was quite a smart-looking dude and looked a little like an English actor. So, he told me, when he would be standing in a crowd, he would have heroes suddenly singling him out and saying, 'get that guy out.' Maybe he is lying, whatever. But he had it that bad and then he struggled, and struggled, and struggled and he never did quite make it."
Vikram said he had that "genetic loading" as well and he felt that fire and his son Dhruv has the same feeling as well. And even though he never told his father he wanted to be an actor, but Vikram had that drive and wanted to succeed for his son.
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