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Vikramarka Charitre

Vikramarka Charitre (विक्रमार्कचरित्र, "The Story of Vikramarka") is a Sanskrit prose work narrating the birth and leading incidents in the life of Vikramarka, a king said to have reigned in Ujjain.

Vikramarkudu (విక్రమార్కుడు)

Vikramarkudu (విక్రమార్కుడు), 2006 Telugu action drama by S. S. Rajamouli starring Ravi Teja in a dual role as thief Athili Sathi Babu and cop Vikram Singh Rathore; hit remade as Rowdy Rathore, Siruthai, Veera Madakari.

Vikramjeet Virk

Vikramjeet Virk, Indian model turned actor-producer born 1984 in Karnal, Haryana; villain and anti-hero roles in Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam and Hindi film and TV, debut Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), OTT debut Karmma Calling (2024).

Vikramorvashiyam

Vikramorvashiya (विक्रमोर्वशीयम्), meaning Urvashi Won by Valour, is a five-act Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa, generally his second drama, dramatizing King Purūravas's love for the celestial nymph Urvaśī.

Vikrant Massey (विक्रांत मैसी)

Vikrant Massey (विक्रांत मैसी), Indian actor born in Nagpur, moved from TV serials like Balika Vadhu to film leads; breakthrough in A Death in the Gunj; Filmfare Critics Award for 12th Fail (2023).

Vikrant Rona

Vikrant Rona (ವಿಕ್ರಾಂತ್ ರೋಣ), 2022 Kannada action-adventure fantasy by Anup Bhandari, starring Kichcha Sudeepa as an inspector probing child murders in the village Kamarottu; 3D release 28 July 2022, ZEE5 from 2 September 2022.

Vikranth

Vikranth (விக்ராந்த்), Vikranth Santhosh, Tamil film actor born 1984 in Chennai; debuted with Karka Kasadara (2005), known for Goripalayam, Pandiya Naadu, Madharaasi, and Vijay's maternal cousin.

Viktor Astafyev

Viktor Astafyev (Виктор Петрович Астафьев), 1924 to 2001, was a Russian writer and decorated front-line soldier whose works include The Last Bow, Tsar-ryba, and Cursed and Killed.

Viktor Lazlo

Viktor Lazlo (Sonia Dronier, born 1960, Lorient, France) is a French singer, actress, and novelist; stage name from Casablanca; hits "Canoë rose" (1985) and "Breathless" (1987); Eurovision 1987 host; albums Woman (2017), Suds (2021).

Viktor Nekrasov

Viktor Nekrasov (1911–1987) was a Soviet Russian-language writer whose 1946 novella In the Trenches of Stalingrad won a Stalin Prize; he later became a dissident and died in exile in Paris.

Viktor Pelevin

Viktor Pelevin, born in Moscow in 1962, is a Russian novelist and short-story writer whose satire blending Buddhism and consumer culture made him one of post-Soviet Russia's most widely read authors.

Viktor Rydberg

Viktor Rydberg, full name Abraham Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895), was a Swedish novelist, poet, and scholar, known for Singoalla, his Bible-critical theology, and Germanic mythology studies.

Viktor Schreckengost

Viktor Schreckengost (1906–2008) was an American industrial designer and ceramist based in Cleveland, Ohio, known for the Art Deco Jazz Bowl and for mass-produced bicycles and dinnerware.

Viktor Shklovsky

Viktor Shklovsky (1893–1984) was a Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, novelist, and screenwriter, a leading founder of Russian Formalism and originator of ostranenie, or defamiliarization.

Viktor Tsoi (Виктор Робертович Цой)

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Виктор Робертович Цой), 1962-1990, Soviet rock singer-songwriter and actor, founder and frontman of Kino, hero of The Needle (1988), died at 28 in a car crash in Latvia; 'Khochu peremen!' became a post-Soviet protest anthem.

Viktor Vasnetsov

Viktor Vasnetsov (Виктор Михайлович Васнецов, 1848–1926) was a Russian painter who founded the national-romantic trend, known for Bogatyrs, Alenushka, and the frescoes of St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kiev.

Viktoria Leléka (Вікторія Лелека)

Viktoria Leléka (Вікторія Лелека), born 1990 in Shakhtarske, Ukraine, is a Berlin-based jazz and folk singer who leads the quartet LELÉKA, runs DONBA₴GRL, and represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2026 with "Ridnym", finishing ninth.

Vil Ambu (வில் அம்பு)

Vil Ambu (வில் அம்பு, Bow and Arrow) is a 2016 Tamil action thriller directed by Ramesh Subramaniam, presented by Suseenthiran, starring Sri and Harish Kalyan as two young men who never meet yet shape each other's lives; released 12 February 2016.

Vila Rica

Vila Rica is an epic poem by Cláudio Manuel da Costa, written in 1773, narrating the pacification of the Guerra dos Emboabas and the founding of Minas Gerais.

Vilangu

Vilangu (விலங்கு) is a 2022 Tamil ZEE5 crime-mystery web series directed by Prasanth Pandiyaraj, starring Vemal as SI Paridhi investigating murders at Vembur police station near Trichy; seven episodes, IMDb 7.9, ZEE5's most-watched Tamil original, with Warrant (2026) and Vilangu 2 following.

Vilayath Buddha (വിലായത്ത് ബുദ്ധ)

Vilayath Buddha (വിലായത്ത് ബുദ്ധ), also spelled Vilaayath Budha, is a 2025 Malayalam action drama by debutant Jayan Nambiar, adapted from G. R. Indugopan's novel, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran as sandalwood smuggler Double Mohanan opposite Shammi Thilakan's Bhaskaran Master; released 21 November 2025 and a commercial failure.

Vile: Exhumed

VILE: Exhumed is a 2025 FMV horror video game by solo developer Cara Cadaver (Final Girl Games), published by DreadXP; an expanded edition of VILE, banned from Steam in July 2025 and re-released free as shareware.

Vilhelm Ekelund

Vilhelm Ekelund (1880–1949) was a Swedish poet and aphorist, a forerunner of lyrical modernism who wrote seven poetry collections from 1900 to 1906 before turning to aphoristic prose.

Vilhelm Krag

Vilhelm Krag (1871–1933) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, and theater director known as the poet of Southern Norway; his 1890 poem "Fandango" opened the Neo-Romantic movement.

Vilhelm Moberg

Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973) was a Swedish novelist and dramatist, best known for the Emigrant tetralogy, at the center of the 1930s golden age of Swedish working-class literature.

Vilhelms Purvītis

Vilhelms Purvītis (1872–1945) was a Latvian landscape painter and art teacher, the first rector of the Art Academy of Latvia, best known for iconic paintings of snowy winters and early spring.

Vilis Lācis

Vilis Lācis, real name Jānis Vilhelms Lācis (1904–1966), was a Latvian novelist, best known for The Fisherman's Son, and head of government of the Latvian SSR from 1940 to 1959.

Villa (musician)

VILLA is the stage name of Elisa Villafana, an American trap and bass music DJ and producer in Los Angeles who releases on Sable Valley and Bassrush.

Villa Mix Festival

Villa Mix Festival is a Brazilian music festival created in 2011 in Goiânia, the largest sertanejo festival in Brazil, touring more than 20 cities a year.

Village in the Mist (안개 마을)

Village in the Mist (안개마을, Village of Haze) is a 1982 South Korean drama-mystery film by Im Kwon-taek, adapted from Yi Mun-yol's story An Anonymous Island, starring Jeong Yun-hui and Ahn Sung-ki, a Baeksang Best Film winner about a teacher in a village hiding a sexual secret.