{"id":17016,"date":"2023-12-28T05:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T05:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/28\/dmdk-founder-popular-actor-captain-vijayakanth-passes-away-at-71-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T05:18:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T05:18:03","slug":"dmdk-founder-popular-actor-captain-vijayakanth-passes-away-at-71-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/28\/dmdk-founder-popular-actor-captain-vijayakanth-passes-away-at-71-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"DMDK founder, popular actor \u2018Captain\u2019 Vijayakanth passes away at 71 &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chennai: Popular Tamil actor and former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly, Vijayakanth, passed away on Thursday at a private hospital in Chennai. The 71-year-old had founded Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK).<\/p>\n<p>Officials at Miot Hospital confirmed his death. The actor, known by fans as the \u201cCaptain\u201d for his portrayal of military characters, was admitted for the treatment of pneumonia and was on ventilator support. He tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Vijayakanth was on ventilator support following his admission for pneumonia. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff, he passed away in the morning on Dec 28,\u201d the hospital stated.<\/p>\n<p>Vijayakanth founded DMDK in 2005, challenging the supremacy of former CMs J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi. He was a successful actor, producer, and director, serving as LoP twice, representing the constituencies of Virudhachalam and Rishivandiyam. He is survived by his wife, Premalatha, and two sons.<\/p>\n<p>Vijayakanth, a successful action hero, earned the title \u201cPuratchi Kalaignar,\u201d meaning revolutionary artist. He made his debut with \u2018Inikkum Ilamai\u2019 in 1979, as a villain and went on to become an action icon in the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>His superhit movie \u2018Sattam Oru Iruttarai\u2019 was remade in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. In 1984, he had 18 releases, becoming the only Tamil cinema actor to release maximum films in a year in the lead role. He appeared in 154 movies and was one of the most adored film personalities in the Tamil film industry.<\/p>\n<p>Vijayakanth had declared that he would not accept donations for his political party. PM Modi had given a special reference to him in the NDA leaders\u2019 meeting and referred to him as his friend. He was also criticised for making objectionable gestures in public, often towards journalists.<\/p>\n<p>(IANS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Chennai: Popular Tamil actor and former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly, Vijayakanth, passed away on Thursday at a private hospital in Chennai. The 71-year-old had founded Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK). Officials at Miot Hospital confirmed his death. The actor, known by fans as the \u201cCaptain\u201d for his portrayal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17018,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17016\/revisions\/17018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}