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Vijay
Vijay
Born	Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
Occupation(s)	Film actor, playback singer
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Sangeetha Sornalingam; (1999–present)

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Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born on June 22, 1974)^[2], better known mononymously as Vijay (Tamil: விஜய்), is a Tamil film actor, who has been a performer in Tamil cinema, as well as a playback singer and a spokesperson for companies in India.

Vijay began his career appearing in several of his father's directorial ventures in the early 1990s. He made his film debut in Naalaya Theerpu (1992). Since then, he acted in several films of action and romance genres. During his years in the Chennai film industry, he has been nominated for one Filmfare Award, while winning three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Vijay has starred in several romance and action films, along with the commercially successful films Poove Unakkaga (1996), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Kushi (2000), Ghilli (2004) and Pokkiri (2007). He is the current ambassador for the IPL cricket team Chennai Super Kings and has also served several commercial companies as a brand ambassador.^[3]

Early life

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar was born on June 22, 1974, to film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, a classical and a playback singer. He had a sister named Vidhya Chandrasekhar who died at the age of two.^[4]^{[unreliable source?]} Vijay went on to do his schooling in Balalok in Virugambakkam, Chennai and Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai.^[5]^{[dead link]}

Acting career

Vijay debuted as a lead role actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu, produced by his father. After a few other films, he co-stared with Vijayakanth in the film Sendhoorapandi. This film helped Vijay to become popular in the interior areas of Tamil Nadu. Films like Rasigan, Vishnu, and Deva were low-budget movies established him to audiences. Vijay is also one of the few lead actors of his generation to co-star with veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan. This opportunity came in the film Once More, directed by his father S. A. Chandrasekhar in 1996.

The year 1996 he found his first success in the Vikraman-directed film Poove Unakkaga which helped Vijay to establish as a emerging star in Tamil films. He found some flops and success with films that followed, which had an unorthodox climax like Love Today. In 1997 he acted in the Vasanth film Nerrukku Ner along with Surya Sivakumar. This film was produced by Mani Ratnam. Then he acted in Kadhalukku Mariyadhai directed by Fazil. Kadhalukku Mariyadhai deemed was a blockbuster and made Vijay receive that year's Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.

In 1998, Vijay worked in Priyamudan and Thulladha Manamum Thullum which were well received at box offices. Then the following films Endrendrum Kadhal, Nenjinile, Minsara Kanna failed miscerably at box-office. Then he did Kannukkul Nilavu with Fazil but the movie failed at boxoffice even his acting was praised. He decided not to commit in films that took a year to release, which changed his trend. His next venture was Kushi which was a super hit of 2000. The following films like Priyamanavale, Friends were once again successful for Vijay and Badri another super hit movie.

Later on, he starred in Shahjahan, Thamizhan which all failed at box office and got average success again in Youth, However, the films that followed Bagavathi ,Vaseegara, Pudhiya Geethai, and his delayed film Udhaya became low grossers and flopped. This highly affected Vijay's success rate and he was looked down upon by film critics and producers.

His string of failure films was broken by Thirumalai in 2003 which had Vijay in a new facial appearance. Ghilli, which was released in 2004, is considered to be one of Vijay's biggest hits today. Directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam, it was a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu, and ran for 200 days in theatres in Tamil Nadu. Then came Madhurey which was a average grosser at box office . It was in this year which Vijay began to portray his current mass-hero, stereotypical acting style, giving him a major turning point in his career. The following year had other major successes such as mega hit Thirupaachi, and a typical romantic jolly movie Sachein and a super hit Sivakasi.

Vijay's unsuccessful film since the release of Thirumalai was Aathi , which released in 2006. This film failed miserably at box-office. Later that year he announced Pokkiri, directed by Prabhu Deva, which released in 2007. Pokkiri had met almost the same success as Ghilli did, in which Vijay was given a different style to act as. This made Vijay receive an honourary doctorate title from the M. G. R. University. Later that year, Vijay appeared in Azhagiya Thamizh Magan, and for the first time, he appeared in dual roles. His roles in this film, as the antagonist and protagonist,but flopped badly in the box office. In 2008, he starred in Kuruvi, again under Dharani's direction released with neagative reviews however failing to create a box-office impact, had earned profit for the distributors in some places.

The year 2009 started off with the action mass film Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva who was keen on working with him again after Pokkiri. The film, which had Vijay in dual roles for the second time in his career.

Vijay's next film Vettaikkaaran, directed by Babu Sivan and produced by AVM Productions, which began filming in February 2009 and is set to be released on December 18, 2009.^[6]. The film will be distributed by Sun Pictures.

Vijay is currently acting in Sura, in which he will co-star Tamanna Bhatia, directed by Rajakumaran and produced by Sangili Murugan. Directors M. Raja Thalapathy^[7] and Lingusamy have confirmed that they will be casting Vijay in their next respective films.

Brand endorsement

In the year 2002, Vijay was chosen as Coca Cola's brand ambassador in Tamil Nadu. He had acted in a variety of South Indian Coca Cola advertisements, along with Katrina Kaif. In January 2009, Vijay was once again chosen as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola products.^[8]

In 2008, Vijay was signed up as the star ambassador for the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings, along with actress Nayantara.

Awards and honours

Vijay won his first film award at the 1997 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, where he was given the Special Prize for Best Actor. He later went on to receiving more awards in the same category for the films Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999) and Thirupaachi (2005).

In 2007, Vijay was given an Honorary doctorate diploma from the M. G. R. University, Chennai along with S. Shankar and was nominated for a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for Pokkiri which released that year.

During the Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards 2007, Vijay won the "Entertainer of the Year Award" for his performance in the films Pokkiri and Azhagiya Thamizh Magan.^[9]^{[unreliable source?]}

Personal life

Vijay married London-based Sri Lankan Tamil Sangeetha Sornalingam on August 25, 1999.^[5]^{[dead link]} They have two children, a son born in 2001 in London, and a daughter born in 2005 in Chennai.^[2]

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Heroine	Co-Stars	Award(s)	Notes
1992	Naalaya Theerpu		Keerthana, Vaijeyanthi	Srividya, Radha Ravi
1993	Sendhoorapandi		Yuvarani	Vijaykanth, Manorama
1994	Rasigan	Vijay	Sangavi	Vijaykumar, Manorama
1994	Deva	Deva	Swathi	Sivakumar
1995	Rajavin Parvaiyile		Indraja	Ajith, Vadivukarasi
	Vishnu	Vishnu	Sangavi	Jai Shankar, Senthil
	Chandralekha	Rahim	Vanitha Vijaykumar	Srividya, Sarath Babu
1996	Coimbatore Maaple	Balu	Sangavi	Goundamani
	Poove Unakkaga	Raja	Anju Aravind, Sangeetha	Nagesh, Nambiar	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer - Shivashankar Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer - Vikraman	Blockbuster Remade into Hindi as Badhaai Ho Badhaai
	Vasantha Vaasal		Swathi	Mansur Ali Khan, Kovai Sarala
	Maanbumigu Maanavan	Shiva	Sapna Bedi	Srividya
	Selva	Selva	Swathi	Reeva, Raghuvaran
1997	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	Kannan	Dimple	Srividya, Jai Shankar
	Love Today	Ganesh	Suvalakshmi	Raghuvaran, Karan, Sreeman		Super Hit Remade into Telugu as Suswagatham
	Once More	Vijay	Simran	Sivaji Ganesan, Saroja Devi, Manivannan
	Nerrukku Ner	Vijay	Kausalya	Surya, Simran	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Star - 'Baby' Jeniffer Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback - Harini - Manam Virumbuthe	Surya's 1st film Super Hit
	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Jeevanandam	Shalini	Dhamu, Charlie, Sivakumar, Srividya	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor - Vijay Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist - Pazhani Barathi	Blockbuster Remake of Malayalam Blockbuster Aniyathipravu
1998	Ninaithen Vandhai	Gokulakrishnan	Rambha	Deivayani, Manivannan
	Priyamudan	Vasanth	Kousalya	Manivannan	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator - Jaguar Thangam	Super Hit
	Nilaave Vaa	Seluvai	Suvalakshmi	Sanghavi, Raghuvaran, Sanjeev
1999	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Kutty	Simran	Dhamu, Manivannan	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress - Simran Nominated: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film - Thulladha Manamum Thullum - 2nd place	Blockbuster
	Endrendrum Kadhal	Vijay	Rambha	Bhanupriya, Nambiar, Radha Ravi
	Nenjinile	Karunakaran	Isha Gopikar	Manivannan, Sreeman
	Minsara Kanna	Kannan	Monica	Ramba, Khooshbu	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Audiographer - G. Ravi
2000	Kannukkul Nilavu	Gautham	Shalini	Raghuvaran, Srividya, Dhamu, Charlie	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator - Stunt Shiva Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer - Ananda Kuttan	Vijay's 25th film Flop
	Kushi	Shiva	Jothika	Vivek, Nagendra Prasad	Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award - Jyothika Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director - Deva	Blockbuster Remade into Hindi and Telugu as Kushi
	Priyamaanavale	Vijay	Simran	S.P. Balasubramaniam, Vivek	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist - Savitha Reddy	Blockbuster
2001	Friends	Aravinth	Deviyani	Surya, Ramesh Kanna, Vadivelu, Sreeman		Super Hit
	Badri	Badri	Bhoomika	Vivek, Monal, Riyaz Khan, Sanjeev		Super Hit Remake of Telugu-language film Thammudu wich was a remake of English-language film Kickboxer
	Shahjahan	Ashok	Richa Palod	Vivek		Average
2002	Thamizhan	Surya	Priyanka Chopra	Vivek, Nassar, Revathi		Priyanka Chopra's debut in cinema and only film in Kollywood Average
	Youth	Shiva	Sandhya	Vivek, Vijaykumar, Manivannan		Average
	Bhagavathi	Bhagavathi	Reema Sen	Vadivelu, Jai, Ashish Vidyarthi, Monica	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator - Jaguar Thangam	Hit Dubbed in Telugu as Bhagavathi
2003	Vaseegara	Boopathy	Sneha	Vadivelu, Nassar, Suhasini, Manivannan		Average
	Puthiya Geethai	Sarathy	Meera Jasmin	Amisha Patel, Karunas, Sarath Babu, Sanjeev		Flop
	Thirumalai	Thirumalai	Jothika	Raghuvaran, Kausalya, Karunas, Manoj K. Jayan		Blockbuster Remade into Telugu as Gowri
2004	Udhaya	Udhayakumaran	Simran	Vivek, Nassar		Flop
	Ghilli	Saravanavelu	Trisha Krishnan	Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu	Winner: Dinakaran Best Actor Award - Vijay Winner: Film Today Best Actor Award - Vijay Winner: Dinakaran Best Villain Award - Prakash Raj Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Vilain Award - Prakash Raj Winner: Filmfare Best South Choreography Award - Raju Sundaram	Blockbuster Remake of Telugu Blockbuster Okkadu
	Madhurey	Madhurevel	Rakshitha, Sonia Agarwal	Vadivelu, Pasupathy	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor - Anthony	Super Hit
2005	Thirupaachi	Sivagiri	Trisha Krishnan	Pasupathy	Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor - Vijay	Blockbuster Remade into Telugu as Annavaram Perarasu's debut
	Sukran	Sukran		Ravikhrishna, Natasha, Sreeman		Guest appearance
	Sachien	Sachien	Genilia D'Souza	Bipasha Basu, Vadivelu, Santhanam, Raghuvaran		Bipasha Basu's first and only Tamil film Super Hit
	Sivakasi	Sivakasi (Muthappa)	Asin Thottumkal	Prakash Raj, M.S. Baskar, Geetha	Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Vilain Award - Prakash Raj	Super Hit Remade into Telugu as Vijayadasami
2006	Aadhi	Aathi	Trisha Krishnan	Vivek, Prakash Raj, Vijaykumar, Sai Kumar		Flop Remake of Telugu Hit Athanokkade
2007	Pokkiri	Thamizh (Sathyamoorthy)	Asin Thottumkal	Nassar, Sreeman, Vadivelu, Prakash Raj, Anandha Raj, Napoleon	Winner: Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year - Vijay Winner: Vijay Award for Favourite Film - Pokkiri Winner: Vijay Award for Favourite Director - Prabhu Deva Winner: Vijay Award for Best Choreographer - Dinesh Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Villain - Prakash Raj Nominated: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award - Vijay	Blockbuster Remake of Telugu Blockbuster Pokiri Remade into Hindi as Wanted
2007	Azhagiya Thamizh Magan	Guru, Prasad	Shriya Saran, Namitha Kapoor	Santhanam, Ashish Vidyarthi, Geetha	Winner: Filmfare Best South Choreography Award - Prem Rakshit	Flop Dubbed in Telugu as Maha Muduru
2008	Kuruvi	Vetrivel	Trisha	Vivek, Suman, Manivannan, Ashish Vidyarthi	Winner: ITFA Best Comedian Award - Vivek Nominated: Vijay Award for Favourite Film - Kuruvi Nominated: Vijay Award for Favourite Hero - Vijay Nominated: Vijay Award for Favourite Director - Dharani Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Comedian - Vivek Nominated: Filmfare Best Tamil Female Playback Award - Shreya Goshal	Flop
2008	Pandhayam	As himself		Nithin Sathya		Guest appearance
2009	Villu	Pugazh, Major Saravanan	Nayanthara	Vadivelu, Prakash Raj, Geetha, Sreeman, Anandha Raj		Flop
2009	Vettaikaran		Anushka Shetty			Completed To be realese on December 18 AVM's Production Anushka's 2nd film in Kollywood
2010	Sura	Unknown	Tamanna	Vadivelu, Sreeman, Dev Gill		Filming Vijay's 50th film Sreeman's 100th film
2010	Thalapathi 2010	Unknown	Asin			First project with "Jeyam" Raja Produced by Aascar Films.

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As playback singer

Vijay has also sang several dappan koothu songs in his own films. He has also lent his voice for songs for other actors, which were films produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar.

Year	Song	Film	Other notes
2005	Vaadi Vaadi	Sachein
2002	Coca Cola	Bagavathi
2002	Ullathai Killadhae	Thamizhan	Sang with co-star, Priyanka Chopra
2001	Ennoda Laila	Badri
2000	Mississippi Nadhi Kulunga	Priyamanavale
2000	Iravu Pagalai	Kannukkul Nilavu	In movie version
2000	Sinnan Chiru	Kannukkul Nilavu	In movie version
1999	Thanganirathuku	Nenjinile
1998	Tic Tic Tic	Thulli Thirintha Kalam	Sang with singer P. Unni Krishnan
1998	Roddula Oru	Periyanna	Rendered voice for Surya Sivakumar
1998	Juddadi Laila	Periyanna	Rendered voice for Surya Sivakumar
1998	Thammadikkira Styla Pathu	Periyanna	Rendered voice for Surya Sivakumar
1998	Kalathukku Oru Gana	Velai	Rendered voice for actor Vignesh
1998	Chandira Mandalathai	Nilaave Vaa
1998	Nilave... Nilave	Nilaave Vaa
1998	Mowriya Mowriya	Priyamudan
1997	Oh Baby Baby	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai
1997	Oormilaa Oormilaa	Once more
1996	Chicken Karae	Selva
1996	Anjaam Number Bussil Yeri	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen
1996	Thiruppathy Ponaa Mottai	Maanbumigu Maanavan
1995	Bomboi Party Shilpa Shetty	Coimbatore Maaple
1994	Thottabettaa Rottu Melae	Vishnu
1994	Adadaa Alamelu Aavin Pasumpaalu	Deva
1994	Koththagiri Kuppammaa	Deva
1994	Bomboi City Sukkha Rotti	Rasigan

References

External links

Vijay at IMDb

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[webindia123-2] ttp://movie.webindia123.com/movie/asp/artist.asp?a_id=13

[3] ttp://ibnlive.in.com/news/actor-vijay-dhoni-form-mutual-admiration-society/63785-8.html

[4] ttp://celebrity.psyphil.com/vijay-biography-movies-interesting-facts/

[actorvijay.net-5] ttp://actorvijay.net/vijay_biography.htm

[6] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45228.html

[7] ttp://www.haihoi.com/tamil-movies/gallery/tamil-actors-Vijay-gallery-stills-photos-pictures.php

[8] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45325.html

[9] ttp://www.starboxoffice.com/kollywood/vijayawards/about.html

[10] ttp://www.ayngaran.com/frame.php?iframepath=home.php

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 Vijay's next film ''[[Vettaikkaaran (2009 film)|Vettaikkaaran]]'', directed by Babu Sivan and produced by [[AVM Productions]], which began filming in [[February 2009]] and is set to be released on December 18, 2009.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45228.html</ref>. The film will be distributed by [[Sun Pictures]].
-Vijay is currently acting in ''[[Sura (film)|Sura]]'', in which he will co-star [[Tamanna Bhatia]], directed by Rajakumaran and produced by [[Sangili Murugan]]. Directors [[M. Raja]] and [[Lingusamy]] have confirmed that they will be casting Vijay in their next respective films.
+Vijay is currently acting in ''[[Sura (film)|Sura]]'', in which he will co-star [[Tamanna Bhatia]], directed by Rajakumaran and produced by [[Sangili Murugan]]. Directors [[M. Raja]] Thalapathy<ref>http://www.haihoi.com/tamil-movies/gallery/tamil-actors-Vijay-gallery-stills-photos-pictures.php</ref> and [[Lingusamy]] have confirmed that they will be casting Vijay in their next respective films.
 ==Brand endorsement==