Yog Japee

Yog Japee
Occupation Film actor
Years active 2003 – present

Yog Japee is a Tamil film actor, who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough playing a supporting role in Billa (2007) portraying the role of Ranjith, before playing a role of a police officer in Soodhu Kavvum (2013). He has also acted in a few Telugu and Malayalam films.

Career

The actor has worked often in Gautham Menon'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 through 7th Day (2014) appearing as an antagonist.[1]

Yog Japee is also the founder of Chennai-based theatre company theatre Y, and has worked with international clients such as the British Council, the United Nations and various colleges and schools in India. 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. Yog is a recipient of the prestigious international Fellowship on the Chevening-Clore Leadership Programme for Cultural Leaders for 2012-13, one among four scholars selected worldwide for this scholarship.[2][3]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2003Kaakha KaakhaSethu
2004GharshanaDasTelugu film
2005Arinthum AriyamalumMani
2006Vettaiyaadu VilaiyaaduArun
2007BillaRanjith
2009Thiru Thiru Thuru ThuruJohn
Naan Avanillai 2Nisha's Customer
2010Aasal
2012Billa IIRanjith
2013Soodhu KavvumBrahmaNominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
20147th DayCharlieMalayalam film
Arima NambiAdditional DGP Arulraj
2015Gaddam GangGabbar SinghTelugu film
Kaaki SattaiDr. Devasagayam
Enakkul Oruvan
X: Past Is PresentHindi film
2016Jumbulingam 3D
Inspector Dawood IbrahimDon Akbar AliMalayalam film
Sadhuram 2
2017Ennodu VilayaduSharma
Kanavu Variyam
Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay
Pannam Pathinonnum Seyum
2018Abrahaminte SanthathikalNarayana SethupathiMalayalam film

References

  1. ↑ "Yog Japee to play a villain in Seventh Day - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Yog Japee". The Hindu. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  3. ↑ Krishnamurthy, Akhila. "Ten minutes of brilliance". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
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