Vijilesh Karayad is an Indian actor works in malayalam cinema, known for his performances in Maheshinte Prathikaaram, Varathan, kothth and Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi.^[1][2]

Vijilesh grew up in Karayad, Perambra in the Kozhikode district of Kerala and attended Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady,^[3] and he also studied in School of letters Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam where he received his Master of Philosophy degree in theatre studies.^[4] He married Swathi Haridas, a trained high school teacher in sociology.^[1] His first noteworthy role was in Dileesh Pothan’s Maheshinte Prathikaaram, as a timid man who learns kung fu to protect his sister from eve-teasers. He played a notable supporting role in the 2021 rape and revenge horror film Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi.