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Virtuosity
Virtuosity (1995) is a Brett Leonard sci-fi action film starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, about VR serial-killer program SID 6.7 escaping into 1999 Los Angeles; it grossed about $24 million domestically for Paramount.
Virtuoso
Virtuoso: a person of exceptional skill, especially in music; from Italian via Late Latin virtuosus. Originally a scholar or connoisseur (1610s); musical sense by 1743; defined by Paganini and Liszt.
Virumaandi (விருமாண்டி)
Virumaandi (விருமாண்டி) is a 2004 Tamil action drama written, directed, produced by, and starring Kamal Haasan, released 14 January 2004 with Ilaiyaraaja's music. Renamed from Sandiyar after protest, it uses a Rashomon-style narrative about a village feud and the death penalty.
Viruman (விருமன்)
Viruman (விருமன்) is a 2022 Tamil action drama directed by M. Muthaiah, starring Karthi, Prakash Raj, and debutante Aditi Shankar, produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment, released 12 August 2022 with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Virunnu (വിരുന്ന്)
Virunnu (വിരുന്ന്), Tamil title Virundhu, is a 2024 Malayalam action thriller directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam, starring Arjun Sarja and Nikki Galrani, about deaths tied to a Satanic cult; released 29 August 2024.
Virupaksha (విరూపాక్ష) (film)
Virupaksha (విరూపాక్ష) is a 2023 Telugu supernatural mystery thriller directed by Karthik Varma Dandu, starring Sai Dharam Tej and Samyuktha Menon, set in the village Rudravanam in 1979 and 1991; released 21 April 2023, it crossed ₹100 crore and streams on Netflix.
Virus (1999 film)
Virus is a 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by John Bruno, in which a tugboat crew boards a Russian research vessel taken over by an alien intelligence, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.
Virus (2019 film)
Virus (വൈറസ്) is a 2019 Malayalam medical thriller directed by Aashiq Abu about the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, released 7 June 2019, starring Kunchacko Boban, Tovino Thomas, Revathi, and Parvathy.
Virus (2025 film)
Virus (바이러스) is a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy-drama by Kang Yi-kwan, starring Bae Doona, Kim Yun-seok, Chang Ki-ha, and Son Suk-ku, about a translator infected by a fatal love-inducing virus; filmed in 2019, released May 7, 2025.
Virusi Mbaya
Virusi Mbaya is the stage name of Peter Waweru, a Kenyan hip-hop artist from Kibera, Nairobi, whose 2025 and 2026 releases, including "Have Mercy" with Scar Mkadinali, brought wider visibility.
Viruttam
Viruttam (விருத்தம்), from a word meaning "expansion", is a rhymed stanza verse form of classical Tamil prosody, favored in Pallava-period bhakti poetry and later epics like the Kampa Ramayanam.
Vis and Ramin
Vis and Ramin (Persian: ویس و رامین) is an 11th-century Persian verse romance by Fakhr al-Din As'ad Gorgani, telling of the love between Vis, a queen of Media, and Ramin.
Visa for Music
Visa for Music is an annual four-day music showcase festival and professional market held each November in Rabat, Morocco, founded in 2014 by Brahim El Mazned.
Visage (band)
Visage were a British New Romantic synth-pop band formed in 1978 by Steve Strange and Rusty Egan of London's Blitz Club; their 1980 single "Fade to Grey" topped charts in 17 countries, and the band recorded albums including The Anvil (1982) and posthumous Demons to Diamonds.
Visage (ヴィサージュ) (2009 film)
Visage (臉, ヴィザージュ) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2009 Louvre-commissioned film about a Taiwanese director shooting a Salomé film in Paris, in Cannes competition, the first film in the Louvre's permanent collection; distinct from Kagawa Takayuki's 2009 Japanese action film ヴィサージュ.
Visão do Paraíso
Visão do Paraíso is a 1959 book by Brazilian historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda on the Edenic myths shaping Portuguese and Castilian accounts of the Americas.
Visaranai (விசாரணை)
Visaranai (விசாரணை), aka Visaaranai, is a 2015 Tamil crime drama directed by Vetrimaaran, adapted from M. Chandrakumar's novel Lock Up; produced by Dhanush, it won three 63rd National Film Awards and was India's 89th Academy Awards entry.
Viserys I Targaryen (House of the Dragon)
King Viserys I Targaryen, played by Paddy Considine, is the ailing central monarch of House of the Dragon season 1 (2022); his naming of Rhaenyra as heir and his Episode 8 death spark the Dance of the Dragons.
Viserys Targaryen
Viserys Targaryen (Viserys III, the Beggar King) is the exiled Targaryen prince in A Song of Ice and Fire, brother of Daenerys, killed by molten gold at Vaes Dothrak; distinct from kings Viserys I and II.
Visfot
Visfot (विस्फोट, "Explosion") is a 2024 Hindi crime thriller directed by Kookie Gulati, starring Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan; an official remake of the Venezuelan film Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012), it premiered on JioCinema on 6 September 2024 and now streams on JioHotstar.
Vishakha
Vishakha (विशाखा) is a landmark 1942 collection of Marathi poetry by Kusumagraj, whose patriotic poems, written against the Quit India Movement, made him a major literary force.
Vishakha Singh
Vishakha Singh (born 1986) is an Indian actress turned film producer and entrepreneur, known for Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey and Fukrey, founder of Lokaa Entertainment, and producer of Peddlers, Haraamkhor, and Real Kashmir Football Club.
Vishal (actor)
Vishal (விஷால்), full name Vishal Krishna Reddy, born 1977, is a Tamil cinema actor, producer, and director known as Puratchi Thalapathy; debut Chellamae (2004), over 40 lead films, Vishal Film Factory founder, and directorial debut Magudam (2026). Not the TV actor Vishal Vashishtha.
Vishal Aditya Singh (विशाल आदित्य सिंह)
Vishal Aditya Singh (विशाल आदित्य सिंह), Indian television actor and model born 1988 in Arrah, Bihar; known for Begusarai, Chandrakanta, Chand Jalne Laga, and reality shows Nach Baliye 9, Bigg Boss 13, and Khatron Ke Khiladi.
Vishal Bharat
Vishal Bharat (विशाल भारत) was a prominent Hindi monthly magazine published in Calcutta from 1928, founded by Ramanand Chatterjee and known for its themed special issues and coverage of overseas Indians.
Vishal Bhardwaj (विशाल भारद्वाज)
Vishal Bhardwaj (विशाल भारद्वाज), Indian Hindi-cinema director, composer, and screenwriter; Gulzar's lyricist partner; Makdee debut; Shakespeare trilogy Maqbool, Omkara, Haider; seven National Awards.
Vishal Chandrasekhar
Vishal Chandrasekhar, also spelled Vishal Chandrashekhar, is an Indian film composer working in Tamil and Telugu cinema, best known for the 2022 hit Sita Ramam.
Vishal Dadlani (विशाल ददलानी)
Vishal Dadlani (विशाल ददलानी), born 1973, is an Indian singer-composer: Pentagram vocalist, half of the Bollywood duo Vishal–Shekhar (Pathaan, Ra.One), Indian Idol judge, and OML co-founder.
Vishal Karwal
Vishal Karwal, Indian television actor from Himachal Pradesh; MTV Roadies 4 and Splitsvilla winner; Krishna in Dwarkadheesh Bhagwaan Shree Krishn; Bigg Boss 6 wildcard; film 1920 London (2016); married Heena Suri.
Vishal Mishra (composer)
Vishal Mishra (born 1990) is an Indian film music composer and singer, known for "Kaise Hua" (Kabir Singh) and "Pehle Bhi Main" (Animal), two shared Filmfare Best Music Album wins, heartbreak singles, and the debut album Pagalpan.