Ramachandran in Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga (1977) and Kamal Haasan in Neeya? (1979).

Vijayakumar was a popular actor the seventies, who acted alongside leading actors such as Sivaji Ganesan in Dheepam (1977), with M. The success of Ponnuku Thanga Manasu got him a permanent place in Tamil cinema. The other hero in the film was Sivakumar. In 1973, Vijayakumar got his first break in Ponnukku Thanga Manasu, directed by Devaraj–Mohan. Vijayakumar acted in a small role as one of the Lords that was arrested by Surapadman. Though not many offers were forthcoming for the little actor, he was supposed to play Lord Murugan in Kandhan Karunai (1967), but instead Sivakumar played that role. Vijayakumar was the little Lord Murugan in Sri Valli, starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. His journey in filmdom began as a child actor in the film Sri Valli in 1961. His first major role was in Kailasam Balachander's Aval Oru Thodar Kathai in 1974. Later in 1973, he got an offer to act in films. Again in 1964, with the help of his uncle, he came to Chennai and tried for roles, but only got a small role in the movie Kandhan Karunai as one of the devargal, arrested by the Asura king, Surapadma. He debuted in the 1961 Tamil movie Sri Valli. His birth name Panchaksharam was changed to Vijayakumar for films. Vijayakumar was born on 29 August 1943 in Nattuchalai, Pattukkottai Taluk, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

He also worked in television serials like Thangam, Vamsam, Talambralu, Nandini and Rasaathi. He has also acted in Telugu and Malayalam movies. He started his film career in the Tamil film Sri Valli (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) then he worked in Madhura Geetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979). Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai (born 29 August 1943), known professionally as Vijayakumar, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema.

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