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Yog Japee
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Yog Japee | |
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| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
Yog Japee is a Tamil film actor who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough playing the supporting role of Ranjith in 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 and Malayalam films.
Career[edit]
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 (2014).[1]
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.[2]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kaakha Kaakha | Sethu | |
| 2004 | Gharshana | Das | Telugu film; remake of Kaakha Kaakha |
| 2005 | Arinthum Ariyamalum | Mani | |
| 2006 | Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu | Arun | |
| 2007 | Billa | Ranjith | |
| 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 |
| 2014 | 7th Day | Charlie | Malayalam film |
| Arima Nambi | DGP Arulraj | ||
| 2015 | Gaddam Gang | Gabbar Singh | Telugu film; remake of Soodhu Kavvum |
| Kaaki Sattai | Dr. Devasagayam | ||
| Dynamite | Police Commissioner Arunraj | Telugu film; remake of Arima Nambi | |
| Enakkul Oruvan | Gunman | ||
| X: Past Is Present | Aunty's husband | Hindi film | |
| 2016 | Jumbulingam 3D | ||
| Inspector Dawood Ibrahim | Don Akbar Ali | Malayalam film | |
| Sadhuram 2 | Vasudevan | ||
| 2017 | Ennodu Vilayadu | Sharma | |
| Kanavu Variyam | Gopi | ||
| Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay | Janaki Raman | ||
| Pannam Pathinonnum Seyum | |||
| 2018 | Abrahaminte Santhathikal | Narayana Sethupathi | Malayalam film |
| Pattinapakkam | Sathya | ||
| 2019 | Podhu Nalan Karudhi | Uthiram | |
| K.D. | Easan | ||
| 2020 | Dhowalath |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Yog Japee to play a villain in Seventh Day". The Times of India. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ "Yog Japee". The Hindu. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- Krishnamurthy, Akhila (21 July 2013). "Ten minutes of brilliance". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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