 Vikram met his wife , Shailaja Balakrishnan , for the first time when he was in crutches , following three years of being hospital @-@ ridden after his broken leg in the late 1980s . Vikram got married to Shailaja in 1992 at Guruvayoor in an event which saw dozens of other couples get married at the same time at the same place . The pair also then had a low @-@ key wedding ceremony conducted at the church at Loyola College , Chennai . She originates from Thalassery , Kerala and now works as a psychology teacher at a leading Chennai school . Shailaja also worked in the team of Deiva Thirumagal by giving professional advice on how people with special needs are treated and helping develop the characteristics of the character played by Vikram . Vikram has a daughter , Akshita and a son Dhruv , with Vikram suggesting that his son is a keen actor . He resides near the beach in Besant Nagar , Chennai and has stated that he would remain based in Chennai regardless of any offers in other regional films . 
