Vijayakanth

He has his own engineering college near Chengalpet and Marriage Hall in Koyembedu, Chennai.
He donated Rs.500,000 to Kargil Relief Fund, and every year he donates Rs.25,000 to Little Flower School, and helps poor students with good marks to join colleges, and accommodates them in his engineering college without charging any fee from them.
Every year he donates Sewing Machines, Tricycles, Iron Box, Idli Vessels, etc., to poor people on his birthday.
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran, Wife of MGR had given him the van used by MGR during his political campaign.
Though he has not acted in Telugu films directly, several of his films have been dubbed into Telugu.
He is popularly Known as “Captain” among Tamil people.
His hobbies are watching action movies, cricket, and football.
His inspirations are M.G. Ramachandran and N.T.

• A two-time MLA (2006 and 2011) contested from the Ulundurpettai constituency in Tamil Nadu's Vilupuram district lost both his seat and deposit in the 2016 election.

• He formed an alliance with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and contested in 41 constituencies, and his party won 29 of the 41 seats it contested. This Year, he became the opposition leader of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

• Won the 2006 election in his constituency, Virudhachalam where he was standing for his party, DMDK.

• During Assembly election On May 10 2006, his party candidates contested in all 234 constituencies

• Formed his own political front Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), a regional political party in Tamil Nadu

• Vijayakanth has made his remark in the Tamil cinema industry and acted in more than 150 films. Recently, He made a cameo appearance with his son, the first movie of actor Shanmugapandian in Sagaptham (2015).

• From 1990 to 1999, he did several films. Most of them were action thrillers.

• After several failures, he then had success with the movie Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam. This movie was remade in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. After this film, Vijayakanth became one of the leading actors in Tamil cinema. In 1984, as a Tamil actor, Vijayakanth made a record of 18 releases in one year.

• Vijayakanth was booked in Inikkum Ilamai (1979), his first film where he played an antagonist, which was directed by M. A. Kaja.

1. Kalaimamani Award by Tamil Nadu Government, 2001
2. Best Actor Award (Chendura Poove), 1989
3. Film Fare Award for Best Actor, 1988
4. Former president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association
5. Formed the center-left party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), a regional political party in Tamil Nadu
6. Launched a 24-hour television channel called Captain TV on 14 April 2010
7. Occupied the MLA position for the second time, winning the Rishivandhiyam constituency, and became the leader of the opposition party in 2011.