Vijayan was an Indian actor primarily concentrated in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. A respected character actor in the 1970s and 80s, he was best known for his villainous leading role in Uthiripookkal (1979), which was called one of the 100 greatest Indian films of all time by News18 in 2013. He also played a minor role in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987), which is considered a classic of Tamil cinema and is listed in TIME's "All-Time 100 Movies".
2006VaralaruMovieas Divya's father
2006JambhavanMovieas Deva2005Kochi RajavuMovieas Parthasarathy2005ThirupaachiMovieas Commissioner Rathnakumar20047G Rainbow ColonyMovieas Kathir's Father (Tamil)
2004AdhuMovie2004KamarajMovie
2003DiwanMovieas Geetha Father
2003VikadanMovie2002RamanaaMovieas Bhadrinarayanan2002Five StarMovieas Ilango's Father
2002DevanMovie2002RunMovieas Don's (Priya's Brother) Right-hand2000Mister ButlerMovieas Gym Vijayan
1994BharanakoodamMovieas Tamil Nadu Minister
1991Onnaam MuhurthamMovieLyricist
1990Idhaya ThamaraiMovie1989Kodi ParakuthuMovieas Shivagiri's father
1989Nyaya TharasuMovieas Land Lord Paramanandham1989AdikkurippuMovieas Kesavan1988August 1Movieas Muniyandi Thevar1987NayakanMovieas Durai
1987CoolikkaranMovie1987Chinna Thambi Periya ThambiMovie
1986SobharajMovieScreenplay · Dialogue · Story
1985Njan Piranna NattilMovieas Surendran1985Oru Kaidhiyin DiaryMovieas Dr. Unnikrishnan
1984EthirppukalMovieas Raghu's friend
1983AsthramMovie1983Mann VasanaiMovieas Mookkaiyan
1983Guru DakshinaMovieStory
1981AbhinayamMovieLyricist
1980Saranam AyyappaMovie1980Anbukku Naan AdimaiMovie
1979PasiMovieas Rangan1979UthiripookkalMovieas Sundaravadivelu
1978LisaMovieDialogue · Lyricist · Screenplay
1978Kaathirunna NimishamMovieStory · Dialogue · Screenplay
1976UdyaanalakshmiMovie1975Throne of CapricornMovie