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''This article is about the Indian film actor. For other uses see [[Vijay (disambiguation)]]''
{{Infobox actor
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| birthname = Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
| othername = Ilayathalapathy
| homepage =
| notable role = '''Jeevananadham''' in ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]''<br>'''Saravanavelu''' in ''[[Ghilli]]''<br>'''Sathyamoorty''' in ''[[Pokkiri]]''
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'''Vijay''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: விஜய்), (full name is '''Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar''' born on [[June 22]], [[1974]]) is an [[India]]n [[film]] [[actor]]. His mother tongue is [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. He began his career doing minor roles as a child artist in [[Kollywood|the Tamil cinema industry]].He is a mass film hero who entertains people with his stereotype acting, dialogues, songs & dances, fights and other antics.

==Personal background==
Vijay has a son Jason Sanjay, born on [[August 26]], [[2000]] in [[London]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/aug/26tt.htm]</ref>

==Entry in films==
Vijay has acted as a child actor in some of his father's films, got a break as a hero in his father's film "Naalaya Theerpu" which went unnoticed. But actor [[Vijayakanth]] , a close family friend of S.A.Chandrasekhar, helped Vijay by co-starring in a film called "Senthoorappandi". The same film helped Vijay to become popular in the interior areas of Tamil Nadu. Films like Rasigan, Vishnu, Deva followed, all helped to increase Vijay's star value among B and C classes.

==A-grade promotion==
1996 saw a blockbuster hit in the Vikraman-directed film "Poove Unakkaga" which helped Vijay to establish as a bankable star in Tamil Films. The same film gave him the mileage and image make over which Vijay was looking forward. Soon hit films followed one another with unorthodox climax like "Love Today", "Kadhalukku Mariyadhai" and "Priyamudan".

==Rise to superstardom==
1997 was a year that gave Vijay his all-record smashing hit "Kadhalukku Mariyadhai" which pushed Vijay to new heights. The film ran for 225 days and bagged him the Tamil Nadu's State award for Best Actor. Series of hits followed like "Ninaithen Vandhai" , "Priyamudan" and another blockbuster "Thullatha Manamum Thullum" which ran for 175 days.

==Aftermath==
Following "Thullatha Manamum Thullum", Vijay acted in "Endrendrum Kadhal", "Nenjinilae" and "Minsara Kanna", where all the 3 films flopped. His next venture the much awaited [[Fazil]] directed "Kannukkul Nilavu" was also a flop which disappointed his fans as well as Vijay.

His next venture was "[[Kushi]]" which was a block-buster of 2000. Hits followed like "Priyamanavale", "Friends" and "Badri". His next string of films were "Shah Jahan", "Thamizhan", "Youth", "Bagavathi", "Vaseegara" and "Pudhiya Geethai"; Out of these "Shahjahan" and Youth were average grossers while "Thamizan", "Bagavathi", "Vaseegara" and "Pudhiya Geethai" didn't do well at the box office.

==Rise to action hero==
Thirumalai was a turning point in the career of Vijay as he donned a new look and went on to act in action movies thereafter. The film which released alongwith Bala's much acclaimed [[Pithamagan]] and Thirumalai was declared as a Blockbuster. The year 2004 was a major year of Vijay as his mega hit blockbuster film [[Ghilli]] was released. The film went to shatter all the records earning him the nickname Ghilli and made Vijay the undisputed numero uno among the Tamil film industry only after superstar Rajnikanth. The successful ventures made Vijay the minimum-guarantee hero amongst the film-makers. Notable films are [[Madurey]],[[Thirupachi]] and [[Sivakasi]].

The following venture was [[Aathi]] which was a flop. Vijay didn't commit in any other projects until Prabhu Deva joined hands with Vijay and gave the blockbuster of 2007 [[Pokkiri]], after a year from the release of "Aathi". The film was praised by all for his dynamic performance as an undercover cop.

2008 started with new director Bharathan directed movie [[Azhagiya Tamil Magan]] which was an average grosser in Tamil Nadu, but was a hit in Kerala. But the film made a avg opening.

His latest venture Kuruvi with Trisha as his pair and Dharani as director has opened in a big way to mixed reviews all over the world. The movie has been showing bad response and a very flop all over the world.

Kerala is one of the major market of Vijay as he has a very large fan base there and his films gets tremendous opening on par with [[Mohan Lal]] and [[Mammootty]] films in Kerala.

==Awards==
* [[Tamil Nadu]] state's Best Actor award for ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]'' in 1997.
* [[Tamil Nadu]] state's "Kalaimamani" award in 1998.

* ''[[Dinakaran Best Actor Award]]'' in 2004 for ''[[Ghilli]]''.
* ''[[Film Today Best Actor Award]]'' in 2005 for ''[[Ghilli]]''.
* ''[[Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award]]'' for ''[[Ghilli]]''
* The recipient of ''[[M.G.R. Award]]'' in 2000
* [[Tamil Nadu]] [[state Best Actor Award]] for ''[[Thirupaachi]]'' in 2007
* Mathrubhumi's "[[Best Actor Award]]" for ''[[Pokkiri]]''

==Filmography==
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! Year !! Film !! Role !! Co-Stars !! Director !! Other Notes
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|[[2009 in film|2009]] || ''[[Untitled-Vijay-Prabhudeva Project]]'' || ||[[Nayanthara]] vadivelu manivanan || [[Prabhu Deva]] ||
|-
|[[2008 in film|2008]] || ''[[Kuruvi]]'' || Vetrivel || [[Trisha Krishnan]], [[Malavika]] || [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]] ||
|-
||[[2007 in film|2007]] || ''[[Azhagiya Tamil Magan (Tamil film)|Azhagiya Tamil Magan]]'' ||Guru/Prasad ||[[Shriya Saran]], [[Namitha]] || Bharathan ||
|-
|[[2007 in film|2007]] || ''[[Pokiri (Tamil film)|Pokkiri]]'' || Sathyamoorthy/a.k.a. Tamil || [[Asin Thottumkal]], [[Mumaith Khan]] || [[Prabhu Deva]] ||
|-
|[[2006 in film|2006]] || ''[[Aathi (film)|Aathi]]'' || Aathi || [[Trisha Krishnan]] || Ramana ||
|-
|[[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Sivakasi (film)|Sivakasi]]'' || Muthappa || [[Asin Thottumkal]], [[Nayanthara]] || [[Perarasu]]||
|-
|[[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Sukran]]'' || Sukran || [[Ravi Krishna]], [[Natassha]], [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] || Cameo appearance
|-
|[[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Sachien]]'' || Sachein || [[Genelia D'Souza]], [[Bipasha Basu]], [[Linda Arsenio]] || John Mahendran ||
|-
|[[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Thirupachi]]'' || Sivagiri || [[Trisha Krishnan]], [[Mallika]] || [[Perarasu]] ||
|-
|[[2004 in film|2004]] || ''[[Madhurey]]'' || Madhureyvel || [[Sonia Agarwal]], [[Rakshita]], [[Tejashree]] || R. Madhesh ||
|-
|[[2004 in film|2004]] || ''[[Ghilli]]'' || Saravanavelu|| [[Trisha Krishnan]] || [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]] ||
|-
|[[2004 in film|2004]] || ''[[Udhaya]]'' || Udhayakumaran || [[Simran Bagga]] || Alagam Perumal ||
|-
|[[2003 in film|2003]] || ''[[Thirumalai]]'' || Thirumalai || [[Jyothika Saravanan]] || Ramana ||
|-
|[[2003 in film|2003]] || ''[[Pudhiya Geethai]]'' || Sarathy || [[Meera Jasmine]], [[Amisha Patel]] || K. P. Jegan ||
|-
|[[2003 in film|2003]] || ''[[Vaseegara]]'' || Boopathy || [[Sneha]] ||K. Selvabharathi ||
|-
|[[2002 in film|2002]] || ''[[Bhagavathi]]'' || Bagavathi || [[Reema Sen]] ||A. Venkatesh ||
|-
|[[2002 in film|2002]] || ''[[Youth (film)|Youth]]'' || Shiva || Sandhiya, [[Simran Bagga]] || Vincent Selva ||
|-
|[[2002 in film|2002]] || ''[[Thamizhan]]'' || Surya || [[Priyanka Chopra]] || A.Majith ||
|-
|[[2001 in film|2001]] || ''[[Shahjahan (film)|Shahjahan]]'' || Ashok || [[Richa Pallod]], [[Meena]] || Ravi ||
|-
|[[2001 in film|2001]] || ''[[Badri (2001 film)|Badri]]'' || Badri || [[Bhoomika Chawla]], [[Monal]] || Arun Prasad ||

|-
|[[2001 in film|2001]] || ''[[Friends (tamil film)|Friends]]'' || Aravind || [[Devayani]] ,[[Surya Sivakumar]] || Fazil || Dubbed into [[Telugu]] as ''Deviputrulu''
|-
|[[2000 in film|2000]] || ''[[Priyamanavale]]'' || Vijay || [[Simran Bagga]] || K.Selva Bharathy ||
|-
|[[2000 in film|2000]] || ''[[Kushi(tamil movie)|Khushi]]'' ||Shiva || [[Jyothika Saravanan]], [[Shilpa Shetty]] || [[S. J. Suryah]] ||
|-
|[[2000 in film|2000]] || ''[[Kannukkul Nilavu]]'' || Gautham || [[Shalini Kumar]] || [[Fazil]] ||
|-
|[[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Minsara Kanna]]'' || Kannan || [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] || [[K. S. Ravikumar]] ||
|-
|[[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Nenjinile]]'' || Karunakaran || [[Isha Koppikar]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Endrendrum Kadhal]]'' || Vijay || [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] || Manojh Bhatnagar ||
|-
|[[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Thulladha Manamum Thullum]]'' || Kutty || [[Simran Bagga]] || S. Ezhil ||
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Nilaave Vaa]]'' || Seluvai || [[Suvalakshmi]] || A.Venkatesan ||
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Priyamudan]]'' || Vasanth || [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] || Vincent Selva ||
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Ninaithen Vandhai]]'' || Gokulakrishnan || [[Devayani]], [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] || K.Selva Bharathy ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]'' || Jeevanandam || [[Shalini Kumar]] || [[Fazil]] ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || ''[[Nerrukku Ner]]'' || Vijay || [[Surya Sivakumar]], [[Simran Bagga]], [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] || [[Vasanth]] ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || ''[[Once More (film)|Once More]]'' || Vijay || [[Simran Bagga]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || ''[[Love Today (film)|Love Today]]'' || Ganesh || [[Suvalakshmi]] || [[Balasekaran]] ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || ''[[Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen]]'' || Kannan || Dimple || R. Sundarrajan ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Selva (film)|Selva]]'' || Selva ||[[Swathi]] || A. Venkatesan ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Maanbumigu Maanavan]]'' || Shiva || [[Keerthana]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Vasantha Vaasal]]'' || || [[Swathi]] ||M. R. Sachudevan ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Poove Unakkaga]]'' || Raja || Sangeetha, Anju Aravind || [[Vikraman]] ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Coimbatore Maaple]]'' || || [[Sanghavi]] || C. Ranganathan ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || ''[[Chandralekha]]'' || Rahim || Vaneetha Vijayakumar || Nambirajan ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || ''[[Vishnu (film)|Vishnu]]'' || Vishnu || [[Sanghavi]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || ''[[Rajavin Parvaiyile]]'' || Vijay || Indraja|| Janaki Soundar || Dubbed into Telugu as ''Yuva Raktam''
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || ''[[Deva (film)|Deva]]'' || Deva || [[Swathi]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1994 in film|1994]] || ''[[Rasigan]]'' || Vijay || [[Sanghavi]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1993 in film|1993]] || ''[[Sendhoorapandi]]'' || Vijay || Yuvarani || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|-
|[[1992 in film|1992]] || ''[[Naalaya Theerpu]]'' || Vijay || [[Keerthana]] || [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] ||
|}

==Singing career==
Vijay is also playback singerfor his own films predominatly, however he has also sung for other stars.

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! Year !! Song !! Movie !! Other notes
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|-
|[[2005 in film|2005]] || Vaadi Vaadi || ''[[Sachein]]'' ||
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|[[2002 in film|2002]] || Coca Cola || ''[[Bagavathi]]'' ||
|-
|[[2002 in film|2002]] || Ullathai Killadhae || ''[[Thamizhan]]'' || Sung with co-star, [[Priyanka Chopra]]
|-
|[[2001 in film|2001]] || Ennoda Laila || ''[[Badri]]'' ||
|-
|[[2000 in film|2000]] || Mississippi Nadhi Kulunga || ''[[Priyamanavale]]'' ||
|-
|[[1999 in film|1999]] || Thanganirathuku || ''[[Nenjinile]]'' ||
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Roddula Oru || ''[[Periyanna]]'' ||Vijay did playback singing for this song for [[Surya Sivakumar]]
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Juddadi Laila || ''[[Periyanna]]'' ||Vijay did playback singing for this song for [[Surya Sivakumar]]
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Thammadikkira Styla Pathu || ''[[Periyanna]]'' ||Vijay did playback singing for this song for [[Surya Sivakumar]]
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Kalathukku Oru Gana || ''[[Velai]]'' || Vijay did playback singing for this song for [[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]]
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Chandira Mandalathai || ''[[Nilaave Vaa]]'' ||
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Nilave... Nilave || ''[[Nilaave Vaa]]'' ||
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]] || Mowriya Mowriya || ''[[Priyamudan]]'' ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || Oh Baby Baby || ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]'' ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || Akhila Akhila || ''[[Nerrukku Ner]]'' ||
|-
|[[1997 in film|1997]] || Oormilaa Oormilaa || ''[[Once More (film)|Once more]]'' || Vijay sung this song together with his mother Shoba
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || Chicken Karae || ''[[Selva (film)|Selva]]'' ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || Anjaam Number Bussil Yeri || ''[[Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen]]'' ||
|-
|[[1996 in film|1996]] || Thiruppathy Ponaa Mottai || ''[[Maanbumigu Maanavan]]'' ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || Bomboi Party Shilpa Shetty || ''[[Coimbatore Maaple]]'' ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || Thottabettaa Rottu Melae || ''[[Vishnu (film)|Vishnu]]'' || Vijay sung this song together with his mother Shoba
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || Adadaa Alamelu Aavin Pasumpaalu || ''[[Deva (film)|Deva]]'' ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || Koththagiri Kuppammaa || ''[[Deva (film)|Deva]]'' ||
|-
|[[1995 in film|1995]] || Oru Kaditham || ''[[Deva (film)|Deva]]'' ||
|-
|[[1994 in film|1994]] || Bomboi City Sukkha Rotti || ''[[Rasigan]]'' ||
|-
|}
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0897201|name=Ilaythalapathy Vijay}}
* [http://www.cinetamil.info/ Interview with Vijay]

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==References==
{{reflist}}

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