Vinoth Kishan

Vinoth Kishan
Other names	Vinod
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2001–present

Vinoth Kishan is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's Nandha (2001), before playing villain in Naan Mahaan Alla and Vidiyum Munn.

Career

Vinoth Kishan made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's Nandha (2001) portraying the younger version of Suriya's character before appearing in similar roles in Samasthanam (2002) and then Sena (2003). He also played a supporting role in A. L. Vijay's Kireedam, portraying the younger brother of Ajith Kumar.

He made a breakthrough portraying a villainous role in Suseenthiran's Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), where he played a ruthless college student who turns murderer, winning rave reviews for his portrayal. To prepare for the role, he trained in stunts for three months under fight choreographer Mahendran and then shot for the film for forty days. After being impressed with his role in the film, director Balaji roped in to play antihero in Vidiyum Munn (2013). For his role, he prepared extensively by practising the art of not blinking, as his character demanded such an approach and won positive reviews from critics for his portrayal. He will next be seen portraying the lead roles in the films, Yaazh and Kaliyugam.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2001	Nandha	Nandha	Tamil	Child artiste
2002	Samasthanam	Shankara	Tamil	Child artiste
2003	Sena	Sena	Tamil	Child artiste
2007	Kireedam	Vinoth	Tamil
2010	Naan Mahaan Alla		Tamil	Nominated-Vijay Award for Best Villain
2011	Kanakompathu		Malayalam
2012	Genius	Jeeva	Telugu
2013	Vidiyum Munn	Chinniah	Tamil
2014	Jeeva		Tamil
2015	Yaazh		Tamil	Filming
2015	Kaliyugam		Tamil	Delayed