Yog Japee

Yog Japee
OccupationActor
Years active2003 – present

Yog Japee is an Indian actor 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 films.

Career

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He has worked often in Gautham Vasudev 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 in 7th Day (2014).[1]

Japee is the founder of Chennai-based theatre company Theatre Y,[2][3][4] and has worked various colleges and schools in India and with international clients such as the British Council and the United Nations.[5] His work focuses on theatre training with children and mainstreaming theatre into education,[6][7] as a tool for social awareness and development.[8] Theatre Y strives towards a larger intervention of arts and culture in the education curriculum.[9][10]

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.[11]

Filmography

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Tamil films

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Year Film Role Notes
2003 Kaakha Kaakha Sethu
2005 Arinthum Ariyamalum Mani
2006 Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Arun
2007 Billa Ranjith
2009 Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru John
Naan Avanillai 2 Nisha's customer
2010 Aasal Advocate
2012 Billa II Ranjith
2013 Soodhu Kavvum Brahma Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
2014 Arima Nambi DGP Arulraj
2015 Kaaki Sattai Dr. Devasagayam
Enakkul Oruvan Gunman
2016 Jumbulingam 3D
Sadhuram 2 Vasudevan
2017 Ennodu Vilayadu Sharma
Kanavu Variyam Gopi
Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay Janaki Raman
Pannam Pathinonnum Seyum Gajapathy
2018 Pattinapakkam Sathya
2019 Podhu Nalan Karudhi Uthiram
K.D. Easan
2020 Dhowalath
2021 Naduvan Police inspector
2022 Battery Rathnam
Kanam Michael Roy
Ponniyin Selvan: I Karuthiruman
Sardar Chandramohan
Yuddha Kaandam Inspector
2023 Ponniyin Selvan: II Karuthiruman
800 Chandra Schaffter
2024 Black Inspector Sivaraj [12]
TBA Retta Thala TBA Post-production[13]

Other language films

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Year Film Role Language Ref.
2004 Gharshana Das Telugu
2014 7th Day Charlie Malayalam [1]
2015 Gaddam Gang Gabbar Singh Telugu
Dynamite Police Commissioner Arunraj
X: Past Is Present Aunty's husband Hindi
2016 Inspector Dawood Ibrahim Don Akbar Ali Malayalam
2018 Abrahaminte Santhathikal Commissioner Narayana Sethupathi IPS
2022 Oke Oka Jeevitham Michael Roy Telugu
2023 Neymar Gabri Malayalam [14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yog Japee to play a villain in Seventh Day". The Times of India. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Bright lights after dark". India Today. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. ^ Indulge, Team (9 June 2023). "Yog Japee talks about his love for theatre, acting, and upcoming training programmes". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  4. ^ Vipin, Manu (8 June 2023). "Actor Yog Japee to organise theatre training programmes for people across sectors". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Mythology recast". The Hindu. 14 August 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. ^ "When childhood memories came alive". The Hindu. 20 October 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ "An evening of poetry". The Hindu. 31 May 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. ^ Rajan, Sabrina (16 June 2022). "Actor Yog Japee's acting workshop promises to be relevant to the times". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ^ archive, From our online (15 May 2012). "Indian mythology on stage". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  10. ^ "I would love to play Silk Smitha on screen". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Yog Japee". The Hindu. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
    - Krishnamurthy, Akhila (21 July 2013). "Ten minutes of brilliance". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Jiiva and Priya Bhavani Shankar to headline Black". Cinema Express. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Arun Vijay's 'Retta Thala' shooting wrapped up". The Times of India. 20 October 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Hit duo Mathew Thomas and Naslen K Gafoor set to return with Neymar". The Indian Express. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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