Vinod Sagar

Vinod Sagar is an Indian actor and dubbing artist working in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu cinema, playing mostly supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with Idhayam Thiraiarangam (2012) and played almost 20 small roles before getting noticed in Pichaikkaran (2016) and Ratsasan (2018).^[1]

Vinod Sagar
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actor Dubbing artist
Years active	2012–present

Career

Vinod Sagar, a B.A. Corporate secretaryship graduate, has also worked as a radio jockey for Radio Asia, Dubai (2005)^[2][3] and later enrolled with Theatre Lab, a theatre group, before appearing in small roles in films like Idhayam Thiraiarangam (2012) and Naan (2012).^[4]

Sagar's notable performance came with the psychological thriller Ratsasan (2018), where he played a pedophile. He played the same role in Rakshasudu (2019), its Telugu remake.^[5][6][4]

Sagar has also done prominent roles in the Tamil film Champion (2019)^[7] and the Malayalam films Nayattu (2021) and Jana Gana Mana (2022).^[8][9]

Filmography

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Idhayam Thiraiarangam
	Naan
2013	Haridas
2014	Mundasupatti	Mokkaiyan
	Madras
Kaththi	Shanmugam
2015	Kirumi
	Urumeen
2016	Pichaikkaran	Avinashi's henchman
2017	Maanagaram	Taxi driver
	Gulaebaghavali
2018	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
	Kaala
	Ratsasan	Inbaraj
2019	Sagaa	Jail warden
	Airaa	Kullan
	Champion	Rajiv Gandhi
2021	Blood Money		ZEE5 release
2022	Anbarivu	Nimmathi
	Carbon
	Ward 126
	Kuruthi Aattam	Karnan
	Tamil Rockerz	Nelson	Web series
	Cadaver	Inspector Dharmaraj
	Laththi	Sura’s henchman
2023	Parundhaaguthu Oor Kuruvi
	Infinity
	Red Sandalwood
	The Road	Bhaskaran
	80s Buildup	Baasha
2024	Por	Dean
	Maharaja	Sabari
	Indian 2	Kirubakaran
	Vettaiyan	Politician

Malayalam films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Nayattu	Moorthi
2022	Salute	Murali
	Jana Gana Mana	Victor
	Saudi Vellakka	Magistrate
	Kakkipada

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role
2019	Rakshasudu	Sobharaj
2024	Operation Raavan

References

1. "എന്നെ ആ കഥാപാത്രം ഏല്‍പ്പിക്കാന്‍ സംവിധായകന് ഒട്ടും താത്പര്യമുണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല!" (in Malayalam). Rashtra Deepika. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2. அசோக், ஜி (25 September 2022). "கைக்கு எட்டும் தூரத்தில் எல்லாம்!". Dinamani. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
3. Vijayan, Lakshmi (20 November 2018). "ഇമ്പരാജ്: പേടിച്ചുവിറപ്പിച്ച ആ 'രാക്ഷസൻ', മലയാളി" (in Malayalam). Manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
4. Vijayan, Lekshmi (24 November 2018). "The loathsome Imbaraj from Raatchasan; is a Mallu". Manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
5. "Director Ramkumar opens up about paedophile character Inbaraj in Ratsasan". The Times of India. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
6. "People think Raatchasan is my first film: Vinod Sagar". DT Next. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
7. "Lack of releases since Ratsasan affected my career: Vinod Sagar". The New Indian Express. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
8. "சவால் மிகுந்த கதாபாத்திரங்களுக்காகக் காத்திருக்கிறேன்: வினோத் சாகர்" (in Tamil). The Hindu Tamil. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
9. "ആ തെറിവിളിയും ആക്രോശവും ചോദിച്ചുവാങ്ങിയത്; വെറുപ്പും കോപവും അവാര്‍ഡ്; 'രാക്ഷസ'നായ 'അധ്യാപകന്‍' പറയുന്നു" (in Malayalam). Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

External links

• Vinod Sagar at IMDb