Vijay Deverakonda

Vijay Deverakonda (born 9 May 1989) is a Telugu film actor from Telangana. Making his debut at a young age after a stint in theatre, Vijay is best known for his role as "Rishi" in the 2015 movie Yevade Subramanyam.^[1]

Early life and Education

Vijay was born in Hyderabad, India, to Deverakonda Madhavi and Deverakonda Govardhan Rao, both of them hailing from Achampet, Mahabubnagar district of Telangana. At a young age, along with his younger brother, Vijay was admitted to Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School in Puttaparthi, Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh. Vijay had spent most of his formative years in this school, away from family for close to 10 months a year.^[2]

Vijay credits the holistic learning environment here for making him the man he is today. Vijay says the environment at school was peaceful and calm, without phones or T.V. Reading newspaper regularly to keep abreast of latest events, followed by playing sport, reading books and lots of activities, Vijay feels, helped him hone his creative skills. It was here that Vijay developed an immense liking for storytelling, writing and acting.^[3] After his schooling, he returned to Hyderabad and pursued his education from Little Flower Junior College and Badruka College of Commerce respectively.^[4]

Personal life

Vijay has a young brother Anand, who works with Deloitte in USA. Their mother, Madhavi, is Proprietor of Speak Easy in Hyderabad, a soft skills and personality development trainer. Vijay considers his father an inspiration who had come from a small village to Hyderabad to become an actor and eventually had become a TV director.^[5]

Vijay loves playing all kinds of sports and games and rates good food and good sports among the finest pleasures of life.^[6]

Career

Vijay’s first serious step into the world of entertainment was his brief stint with a theatre group called Sutradhar, based out of Hyderabad. He did a 3-month workshop, which led him to several plays in the Hyderabad theatre circuit. His long standing association was with Ingenium Dramatics. Soon, he ventured into cinema.^[4]

Vijay played a minor role in Nuvvila directed by Ravi Babu and in Sekhar Kammula's Life is Beautiful.^[7] It was on these sets that he got introduced to an assistant director at the time,Nag Ashwin. It was Nag Ashwin who later gave Vijay his breakthrough role in 2015 movie Yevade Subramanyam alongside already renowned actor Nani.^[8] The film was produced by the daughters of Ashwini Dutt, a leading producer in Telugu Film Industry. Priyanka Dutt saw his potential and backed him, and once shooting started, Swapna Dutt signed him onto her company.^[9][10] The film went on to be a major success with Vijay’s portrayal of Rishi winning hearts across the Telugu states, winning him great adulation among fans and critics alike.^[11]

Vijay Deverakonda has recently acted in a Telugu film 'Pelli chupulu', a romantic entertainer that is directed by debutant Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, Ritu Varma is the female lead in this movie.^[12]

Filmography

References

External links

• Vijay Deverakonda at the Internet Movie Database
• VijayDeverakonda on facebook.com