What is "vijayan"

Vijayan is a popular name in South India, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and may refer to any of the following:

• O. V. Vijayan, Malayalam novelist and cartoonist
• Pinarayi Vijayan, a politician from Kerala, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• Vijayan (actor), a Tamil & Malayalam film actor
• I. M. Vijayan, a soccer player from India
• M. N. Vijayan, long-time editor of Desabhimani, a cultural weekly from the CPI(M)
• P. Vijayan, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service
• Vijayan (stunt coordinator), an action choreographer for South Indian films
• V. T. Vijayan, a film editor who works in South Indian films

Vijayan is an Indian film stunt choreographer and actor. He is also the president of the Film Employees' Federation of South India (FEFSI). His son, Sabareesh is a Tamil film actor.

Vijayan was an Indian actor, primarily working in Malayalam and Tamil films in the late 1970s. He died following a cardiac arrest in 2007 while he was shooting for Aayudham Seivom. Vijayan was married and was the father of a daughter.