Vijay Vasanth

Vijay Vasanth (born Vijayakumar Vasanthakumar on 20 May 1983) is an Indian politician and former actor from Tamil Nadu who is a Member of Parliament from Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency. He contested and won the by-election in the Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency in May 2021. During his acting career he worked in Tamil films. He is the son of the late politician and entrepreneur H. Vasanthakumar and the managing director of Vasanth & Co. Vijay entered politics in 2021 after the death of his father, taking up the mantle of General secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.

Political career Vijay Vasanth entered active politics after the death of his father and sitting MP of Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency in 2020 due to Covid. Prior to that he was assisting his father in constituency related works and also played a major role during his father's election to Parliament. He was appointed General secretary of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee in 2021. Later when bypolls for Kanyakumari were announced in May 2021 he was given ticket by Congress party to contest. His electoral rival was veteran Pon. Radhakrishnan of BJP, who had been a Union minister. Vijay Vasanth won the polls by a majority of 1.34 lakh votes.

Vijay Vasanth in an interview to News7Tamil in February 2024 said that BJP is dividing India in the name of religion.

Business Established by his father H. Vasanthakumar in 1978, Vasanth & Co has over 96 stores across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Bengaluru. With a turnover of above Rs 4,000 crore in 2018, the chain of consumer electronics and home appliances is a household name across Tamil Nadu. Vijay Vasanth currently serves as the company's managing director.

The success of that film prompted him to star alongside several of the same co-stars in Thozha and he acted in S. Shankar's movie Nanban with stars Vijay, and his close friend Shiva he debut in the part as Paneer Selvam: a student with a passion for machines. After Virus tells him that he will not graduate, he commits suicide. before making a guest appearance in Venkat Prabhu's next project Saroja. Vijay Vasanth then went on to portray a leading role in Samudrakani's Naadodigal alongside Sasikumar and Bharani, with the film becoming a commercial and critical success. He followed it up in 2010 with another supporting role as Gowshik in romantic film, Kanimozhi, where he appeared alongside Jai and Shazahn Padamsee. Vijay Vasanth made a cameo appearance in the film Velaikkaran (2017). His paternal cousin is Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Former governor of Telangana & Pondicherry states.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2007 Chennai 600028 Gopi 2008 Thozha Gajani Saroja Special appearance 2009 Nadodigal Chandran 2010 Kanimozhi Gowshik 2011 Mankatha Wine shop owner Cameo appearance 2012 Nanban Panneerselvam Cameo appearance 2013 Mathil Mel Poonai Karthik Biriyani Vasanth Cameo appearance 2014 Ennamo Nadakkudhu Vijay Theriyama Unna Kadhalichitten Karthik 2015 Masss Drinker Cameo appearance Vanna Jigina Pavadai 2016 Vetrivel Chandran Cameo appearance Chennai 600028 II Gopi Achamindri Sakthi 2017 Velaikkaran Bhagya 2022 My Dear Lisa Kennedy