Vikram suffered injuries to the skin, soft tissues and bones from ankle to knee.
Doctors advised to amputate Vikram’s right leg but his mother refused to sign the consent documents.
Chiyaan Vikram is one of the most popular actors in the film industry. His fans know that his birth name was John Kennedy Vinod Raj (Kenny) and then he decided to change his stage name to Chiyaan Vikram. Speaking about his name, he took “V” from his father’s name (J Albert Victor), “K” from Kennedy, “Ra” from his mother’s (Rajeshwari) and “Ram” from his sun sign Aries.
When he was just 12 years old, he first felt the urge to become an actor. In the school production of “Steam Boat”, Vikram played a voiceless slave girl who picks cotton. Twelve years later, Vikram received the Best Actor award at the annual Inter-college function at IIT-Madras. The crowd gave a standing ovation for him. Performance in “The Black Comedy of Peter Shaffer”.
However, a motorbike accident involving a friend soon after the event put their dreams in jeopardy. Vikram had experienced his first accident, but he was not ready to give up. His mother refused to sign the consent documents when the doctors at the Government Hospital in Royapettah demanded to amputate his right leg.
45-year-old Tamil actor who made his Bollywood The actor, who made his debut in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan in 2010, claims he never gave up as he had to overcome a huge hurdle while in college. In an interview, he said, “I was riding past on my friend’s motorbike and we met with an accident which badly injured my right leg.” He had to undergo 23 operations over four years to save his badly injured leg from being amputated. He added, “I was bedridden for three years and used crutches for a year before I fully recovered.”
The months that followed were difficult and painful; At one point, there was only a 2% chance that his right leg would survive. Vikram suffered injuries to the skin, soft tissues and bones from ankle to knee. Over three years, 23 procedures were needed to save his legs. Vikram spent another year in a wheelchair and three years using crutches to walk, before making a full recovery.
Vikram continued to require hospitalization even after all the procedures due to infection and other issues. At that time he suffered a lot of pain, yet he never gave up. He told Caravan Magazine, “I just wanted to be an actor; That’s what kept me going.”
His acting debut in the 1990 low-budget love drama En Kadhal Kanmani marked the fulfillment of a lifelong goal. But it was not until the release of Sethu ten years later that he really rose to fame. He had already tried his hand at modelling, tried to establish a career with a few films, and had also worked as a dubbing artist for Prabhu Deva and Abbas by that time.
His film career took off and made him very successful after Sethu. He is now acknowledged for his commitment and heartfelt performance. Many of his films, such as Gemini, Saamy, Anniyan, Raavanan, and Devithirumagal, were huge box-office successes.
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