Vijilesh Karayad

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.