Yog Japee

Yog Japee
OccupationActor
Years active2003 – present

Yog Japee is an Indian actor who has appeared in character roles in Tamil films. He has also acted in a few Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films.

Career

Yog Japee entered in the Tamil film industry in Gautham Menon's action drama Kaakha Kaakha in 2003. The following year, he made his first Telegu film appearance in Gharshana (2004). His career is characterized by diverse roles that range from a supporting character in Billa (2007) to police officer and Soodhu Kavvum (2013).[1] He made his first appearance in a Malayalam film in 7th Day (2014).[2] He also made his first Hindi film in X: Past Is Present (2015).[3] He has starred in films like Arima Nambi (2014), Kaaki Sattai (2015), Enakkul Oruvan (2015) and Jumbulingam 3D (2016).

Japee is the founder of Chennai-based theatre company Theatre Y,[4][5][6] 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.[7] Theatre Y strives towards a larger intervention of arts and culture in the education curriculum.[8][9]

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.[10]

He was cast in the epic drama film, Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023) directed by Mani Ratnam.

Filmography

Tamil films

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 [11]
Soodhu Kavvum 2 ACP K. Bramma
TBA Retta Thala † TBA Post-production[12]

Telugu films

Year Film Role Ref.
2004 Gharshana Das
2015 Gaddam Gang Gabbar Singh
Dynamite Police Commissioner Arunraj
2022 Oke Oka Jeevitham Michael Roy

Malayalam films

Year Film Role Ref.
2014 7th Day Charlie [2]
2016 Inspector Dawood Ibrahim Don Akbar Ali
2018 Abrahaminte Santhathikal Commissioner Narayana Sethupathi IPS
2023 Neymar Gabri [13]

Hindi film

Year Film Role Notes
2015 X: Past Is Present Aunty's husband Segment: "Summer Holidays"
contains English and Tamil dialogues

References

  1. ^ "Yog Japee".
  2. ^ a b "Yog Japee to play a villain in Seventh Day". The Times of India. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Yog Japee".
  4. ^ "Bright lights after dark". India Today. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ Indulge, Team (9 June 2023). "Yog Japee talks about his love for theatre, acting, and upcoming training programmes". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. ^ Vipin, Manu (8 June 2023). "Actor Yog Japee to organise theatre training programmes for people across sectors". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ Rajan, Sabrina (16 June 2022). "Actor Yog Japee's acting workshop promises to be relevant to the times". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. ^ archive, From our online (15 May 2012). "Indian mythology on stage". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ^ "I would love to play Silk Smitha on screen". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Yog Japee".
  11. ^ "Jiiva and Priya Bhavani Shankar to headline Black". Cinema Express. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Arun Vijay's 'Retta Thala' shooting wrapped up". The Times of India. 20 October 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  13. ^ "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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