Yog Japee is an Indian
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough playing the supporting role of Ranjith in ''
Billa'' (2007), before playing a role of a police officer in ''
Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013) and a negative role in ''
Abrahaminte Santhathikal ''(2018). He has also acted in a few
Telugu and
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
films.
Career
He has worked often in
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu and Hindi films that either simultaneously shot with or rem ...
's police films, and as Ranjith in the ''Billa'' film series. He also won positive reviews for his work in ''
Soodhu Kavvum''. He made his first appearance in a Malayalam film in ''
7th Day'' (2014).
Japee is the founder of Chennai-based theatre company Theatre Y, and has worked various colleges and schools in India and with international clients such as the British Council and the United Nations His work focuses on theatre training with children and mainstreaming theatre into education, as a tool for social awareness and development. Theatre Y strives towards a larger intervention of arts and culture in the education curriculum. Japee is a recipient of the international Fellowship on the Chevening-Clore Leadership Programme for Cultural Leaders for 2012–13, one among four scholars selected worldwide for this scholarship.
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Filmography
References
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Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Year of birth missing (living people)
Tamil male actors
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Male actors in Telugu cinema
Indian male film actors