The big budget film created anticipation prior to release, but was average run at the box office. She soon grows into a happy young girl (Sara). He eventually arrives at a court, where he meets lawyer Vinod (Santhanam), who assumes he is rich and promises him that his boss will defend him.
[10] Vikram spent time completing projects he had agreed to feature in before the release of Sethu and hence made a couple of appearances in the Malayalam films Red Indians and the horror film Indriyam. The film completed 100-day run at the box office. Vikram has also worked as the assistant director under Shafi in Majaa, and has mentioned that he would like to direct a film in the future. The film proceeded without an official title until April 2011, with several possibilities announced during the production period. All his films are thus released in Telugu soon after their original release in Tamil, while Anniyan was also dubbed in Hindi as Aparichit. [30] His next release was Rajakumaran's Vinnukum Mannukum, alongside Sarath Kumar, Kushboo and Devayani, which revolved around an ordinary boy falling in love with an actress. [144], The couple has a daughter Akshita born in 1993 and a son Dhruv born in 1995.
[67][68] The film earned a mixed response from critics, with the reviewer from Sify claiming that the film "strikes a fine balance between style and substance" and proceeding to state that "Vikram is mesmerizing and has given an extra dimension to the characters he plays in the film and steers it to the winning post", suggesting that "there are very few people in Indian cinema who can do the larger-than-life fantasy characters as easily as Vikram".
He graduated in Visual communicationfrom Loyola College in Chennai. During the final year of his M.B.A programme at Loyola College, he was recognised by the film industry, with veteran director C. V. Sridhar approaching him for a lead role in a film. The girl, Nila (Sara) is brought up in his own way by Krishna. [34] Dhill subsequently went on to become Vikram's first success in the masala film genre and led the way for more such films in the same genre for him. The event was attended by technicians and actors from the film, with the teaser trailer drawing acclaim and positive reviews from film critics. The good thing is that G V Prakash, despite going with tried and trusted tunes, manages to make them melodious and touching. He did not have any dialogue in the film and the actor's acting muscles were stretched as he had to use body language and facial expressions to convey his feelings and thoughts, with Vikram also applying the make-up for the character himself. For his challenging role of developmental disability in the drama Deiva Thirumagal, he spend time with mentally challenged people for a month to get into the character. And at times Kamal's Guna". [21] Vikram described the period of production as "the worst phase of his career" as he was financially strapped and "his fire was in danger of dying down". [9] In 2004, Vikram participated in a live stadium stage event organised by producer P. L. Thenappan titled "Vikram Mega Nite". [108] By early 2015, it was the sixth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time at the time.
[64] Similarly, the review from The Hindu was critical of the excessive violence and mentioned that "as narration gives way after a point, Vikram can only appear helpless". [16] Vikram signed Amitabh Bachchan's first Tamil language film production, Ullaasam, which also featured Ajith Kumar and Maheswari. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. During this phase, he did not accept other acting offers in order to maintain the continuity of his looks. [61], Vikram then signed up for Bheema in October 2005, with the film facing severe delays and only releasing in January 2008. [97] For his role of a blind man, Vikram trained under noted human echolocation specialist Daniel Kish, with the latter also playing a cameo in the film. [92] The critic from The Hindu praised the film and Vikram's performance, but analysed that "a problem arises only when you stop looking at Krishna as a character, and begin to see him as Vikram, the hero" and that Vikram should have "underplayed a little here and there and it would have worked better". The premier of the film took place in Dubai. (Flashback): Krishna (Vikram) is intellectually disabled man and has the mental ability of a five-year-old. for the album. Krishna (Vikram), who has the mental maturity of a five-year-old, works in a chocolate factory in Ooty. That night, his daughter is born, but his wife Banumathy dies during childbirth. Due to the good opening, the film has proved to be profitable just 10 days after its release and consequently went on to become a blockbuster. 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 long-term associations with the Kasi Eye Care and running his own welfare association through the Vikram Foundation. Victor agrees and sends them with Rajendran. A brief return to Tamil films also proved unsuccessful, with his role in Vikraman's multi-starrer Pudhiya Mannargal, with music composed by A. R. Rahman turning out to be a commercial failure.[17].