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'''Yog Japee''' is a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] [[film actor]] who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough playing the supporting role of Ranjith in ''[[Billa (2007 film)|Billa]]'' (2007), before playing a role of a police officer in ''[[Soodhu Kavvum]]'' (2013) and a negative role in ''[[Abrahaminte Santhathikal ]]''(2018). He has also acted in a few [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam]] films.

== Career ==
He has worked often in [[Gautham Menon]]'s police films, and as Ranjith in the ''Billa'' film series. He also won positive reviews for his work in ''[[Soodhu Kavvum]]''. He made his first appearance in a Malayalam film in ''[[7th Day (film)|7th Day]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/Yog-Japee-to-play-a-villain-in-Seventh-Day/articleshow/33445003.cms |title=Yog Japee to play a villain in Seventh Day |work= The Times of India |date=8 April 2014 |access-date=13 April 2014}}</ref>

Japee is the founder of Chennai-based theatre company Theatre Y, and has worked various colleges and schools in India and with international clients such as the British Council and the United Nations His work focuses on theatre training with children and mainstreaming theatre into education, as a tool for social awareness and development. Theatre Y strives towards a larger intervention of arts and culture in the education curriculum. Japee is a recipient of the international Fellowship on the Chevening-Clore Leadership Programme for Cultural Leaders for 2012-13, one among four scholars selected worldwide for this scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/yog-japee/article4344234.ece |title=Yog Japee |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2013 |access-date=13 April 2014}}<br>- {{cite web|last=Krishnamurthy |first=Akhila |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/Ten-minutes-of-brilliance/2013/07/21/article1689279.ece#.U0qAtPldWSo |title=Ten minutes of brilliance |work=The New Indian Express |date= 21 July 2013 |access-date=13 April 2014}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
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! Year
! Film
! Role
!class=unsortable| Notes
|-
||2003 || ''[[Kaakha Kaakha]]'' || Sethu ||
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||2004 || ''[[Gharshana]]'' || Das || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film; remake of ''Kaakha Kaakha''
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||2005 || ''[[Arinthum Ariyamalum]]'' || Mani ||
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||2006 || ''[[Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006 film)|Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu]]'' || Arun ||
|-
||2007 || ''[[Billa (2007 film)|Billa]]'' || Ranjith ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009 || ''[[Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru]]'' || John ||
|-
| ''[[Naan Avanillai 2]]'' || Nisha's customer ||
|-
||2010 || ''[[Aasal]]'' || Advocate ||
|-
||2012 || ''[[Billa II]]'' || Ranjith ||
|-
||2013 || ''[[Soodhu Kavvum]]'' || Brahma || Nominated, [[Vijay Award for Best Villain]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|2014 || ''[[7th Day (film)|7th Day]]'' || Charlie || [[Malayalam]] film
|-
| ''[[Arima Nambi]]'' || DGP Arulraj ||
|-
|rowspan="5"|2015 || ''[[Gaddam Gang]]'' || Gabbar Singh || Telugu film; remake of ''Soodhu Kavvum''
|-
| ''[[Kaaki Sattai]]'' || Dr. Devasagayam ||
|-
| ''[[Dynamite (2015 film)|Dynamite]]'' || Police Commissioner Arunraj || Telugu film; remake of ''Arima Nambi''
|-
| ''[[Enakkul Oruvan (2015 film)|Enakkul Oruvan]]'' || Gunman ||
|-
| ''[[X: Past Is Present]]'' || Aunty's husband ||Hindi film
|-
|rowspan="3"|2016 || ''[[Jumbulingam 3D]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Inspector Dawood Ibrahim]]'' || Don Akbar Ali || Malayalam film
|-
| ''[[Sadhuram 2]]'' || Vasudevan ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|2017 || ''[[Ennodu Vilayadu]]'' || Sharma ||
|-
| ''[[Kanavu Variyam]]'' || Gopi ||
|-
| ''[[Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay]]'' || Janaki Raman ||
|-
| ''Pannam Pathinonnum Seyum'' || ||
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|rowspan="2"|2018 || ''[[Abrahaminte Santhathikal]]'' || Narayana Sethupathi || Malayalam film
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| ''[[Pattinapakkam]]'' || Sathya ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[Podhu Nalan Karudhi]]'' || Uthiram ||
|-
|''[[K.D. (film)|K.D.]]'' || Easan ||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2020 || ''Dhowalath'' || ||
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|2909348}}

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