# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vijayakanth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:00:48.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vijayakanth"
name: "Vijayakanth"
slug: "vijayakanth"
description: "Vijayaraj Alagarswami, known by his stage name Vijayakanth, was an Indian actor, filmmaker, philanthropist and politician. He worked in Tamil cinema in a career spanning four decades. He ventured into politics in the later part of his career, founding the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam party."
tagline: "Indian actor and politician (1952–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vijaykanth_at_the_Sagaptham_Audio_Launch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-08-25"
deathDate: "2023-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.237017310252996
  historical:           12.06754266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/VijayakantDMDKParty"
    handle:    "VijayakantDMDKParty"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1115537/"
    handle:    "nm1115537"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump