Shanmuga Pandian

Shanmuga Pandian was born in Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. He is currently residing at Chennai’s Kannapiran Colony in Saligiramam. He is an alumnus of the Loyola College in Chennai. He did his graduation in Visual Communications from Loyola. He is the son of "Vijayakanth," a famous Tamil actor and a leading politician in South India and Premalatha Vijayakanth Premalatha Vijayakanth was born on 18 March 1969 i >> Read More...  . He has an elder brother, Vijaya Prabhakaran. His father is also known as the ‘Captain’ of the Tamil film industry. Pandian  made his debut in the Tamil cinema in the movie Sagaptham in 2015. This is an action thriller film by the famous Tamil director, Surendran. The film has three stars in the leading role- former Miss India Neha Hinge Neha Hinge is an Indian actress and also a model. >> Read More... , Shubra Aiyappa The young Bangalorean, who first stepped into mode >> Read More... , and Shanmugu Pandian.

The story is based on the lives of a bunch of young people who go to Malaysia in search of work and end up becoming detectives. In the movie, they try to expose the gang which is involved in the production and marketing of illegal medicines and drugs. In this film, Pandian played the role of Saga; Neha Hinge played the character of Neha, and Shubra played the role of Priya. Pandian did a lot of hard work for this film. He took dancing as well as martial arts lessons for about a year before the shooting schedule of the film. Shanmuga was never a big fan of acting in his early years. He was a big sports enthusiast and wanted to make a career in cricket or football.  In December 2023, his father Vijayakanth was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai due to COVID-19. He was kept in ventilation. His body couldn't recuperate and he died on 28th December 2023.

The Vijayakanth Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)