August 1952 as  Vijayaraj Prabhakar Alagarswami ) is an Indian actor and politician. He is the founder of the  Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam  and a  Member of Legislative Assembly  representing  Rishivandiyam ,  Tamil Nadu , India. Vijayakanth acted in a good number of blockbuster films in the nineties also. Some of them are  Pudhu