text: who is vijayakanth?   a tamil actor (147 films) and politician -- he started the political party dmdk(desia murpokku dravidar kazhagam)  from his site: vijaykanth is a famous tamil film actor (veteran of 147 films), and budding politician. he is famously known as "captain" by his fans and colleagues in kollywood, vijaykanth became famous with his film "captain prabhakaran" and is still known in the industry as captain. he has the biggest fan club in tamil nadu among all heroes in kollywood.   he is the president of south indian film artistes association, also recently led a tour of south indian artistes including matinee idols kamal haasan and rajnikanth to singapore and malaysia and conducted star nites and the collection was used to wipe out the debts incurred by the association.   he is the recipient of tamil nadu governments 'kalaimamani award', centre's best citizen of india award, filmafare award, cinema express award, best tamil citizen award by mayor of hoston, texas, usa and many other awards. he is currently in the process of entering the tamil nadu political arena by starting his own party, the "dmdk ( desiya murpokku dravida kazhagam)".