# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chandrasekhar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:29:03.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chandrasekhar"
name: "Chandrasekhar"
slug: "chandrasekhar"
description: "Chandrasekhar, also known as Vagai Chandrasekhar, is an Indian actor and politician working in Tamil language films, known for his histrionics. He is currently the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram. He played lead or supportive roles in Tamil films of the 1980s. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 2002 film Nanba Nanba. He contested and won from Velachery constituency in State legislative assembly election 2016 from DMK party."
tagline: "Tamil actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.26
  momentum:             2.754449628477623
  historical:           5.532382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2710509/"
    handle:    "nm2710509"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C)"
    title: "چاندراسکار (بازیگر تامیلی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "تشاندراسيخار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagai_Chandrasekhar"
    title: "Vagai Chandrasekhar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%88_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "వాగై చంద్రశేఖర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagai_Chandrasekhar"
    title: "Vagai Chandrasekhar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "சந்திரசேகர் (நடிகர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5071445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump