Vijayaraghavan

Vijayaraghavan's story begins far from Kerala. He was born Narayana Pillai Vijayaraghavan on 12 January 1950 in Kuala Lumpur, then in the Federation of Malaya, where his father was working as an estate manager, and he later went to school at Govt. High School, Kudamaloor. His father was the drama and film artist N. N. Pillai. The son has been acting since 1973, mostly in Malayalam cinema, where his character parts have earned him recognition. His filmography is a long run of supporting work. In Pokkiri Raja (2010) he was Kunnath Krishnan Nair, uncle to the characters Raja and Surya. That same year he took a lead part as Williams Thomas in Nayakan, Lijo Jose Pellissery's debut film, which has recently returned to cinemas in 4K. He played Kuttan's father in Bangalore Days (2014) and Neelakandan Menon in Hridayam (2022). 2026 has kept him busy. He is DySP Navas Meeran in Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar, the Parvathy Thiruvothu film that streamed on Netflix before heading to Tamil theatres, and K K Menon in Ananthan Kaadu. He also appears in Aasha, the thriller led by Urvashi and Joju George that is now streaming on ZEE5.