Lingesh, also credited as Lijeesh is an Indian actor who has worked in the

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Career

Lingesh was born on 26 December in Thiruporur,

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. He did his schooling at Thiruporur Govt Higher Secondary School, before joining Loyola College for his undergraduate degree and went on to do a postgraduate course at the

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. With a strong desire to build a career in the visual medium, he joined as an assistant director to director Kavitha Barathy, notably working on the television series '' Salanam'' in 2003. During the mid-2000s, Lingesh anchored shows on the

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, and Vendhar TV, while working as an RJ in Suryan FM, while attempting to break into acting. He also worked as an event host, notably compering promotional events of films such as '' Padikkadavan'' (2008) and ''

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'' (2009). Lingesh was first selected to play the lead role in

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's coming-of-age drama '' Kalloori'' (2007) opposite

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, but was later dropped in favour of fellow debutant Akhil, who wanted a more rural-looking actor. Lingesh eventually debuted as an actor in I. Ahmed's ''

Endrendrum Punnagai ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by I. Ahmed starring Jiiva, Trisha, Vinay, Andrea Jeremiah, Santhanam and Nassar. The film has music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematog ...

'' in a supporting role, before associating with Pa. Ranjith on his critically acclaimed ''

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'' (2014), playing the role of Lijeesh. The name became interchangeably used as his stagename, as he was able to secure another role in Ranjith's ''

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'' (2016) featuring

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. For the role, he put on over ten kilograms for the role. He starred in Nelson Venkatesan’s ''

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'' (2016) and appeared in a significant role in ''

Pariyerum Perumal ''Pariyerum Perumal'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Mari Selvaraj, and produced by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Kathir and Anandhi, while Yogi Babu and G. Marimuthu appear in supporting roles. It follows ...

'' (2018). Following this he acted in films including '' Gajinikanth'' (2017), ''

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'' (2019), '' Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu'' (2019), '' V1'' (2019) and '' Taanakkaran'' (2022). He also worked as executive producer for Neelam Productions in ''Pariyerum Perumal'' and ''Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu''. Lingesh first worked as the protagonist on the social drama ''College Road'' (2022), and will next be seen in ''Kayal'' (2023) opposite

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and Swagatha Krishnan.Silver Screen India

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lingesh Indian male film actors Tamil actors Living people Actors in Tamil cinema Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Tamil cinema