Vijay's - Profile

Profile:

Name                                      :           Joseph Vijay

Pet Name                                :           Ilayathalapathy

Date of birth                            :           22nd June1974

Birth Place                               :           Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Mother tongue                         :           Tamil

Vijay Height                             :           5’11”

Father                                      :           S.A.Chandrasekharan

Mother                                     :           Shobha Chandrasekharan

Debut Movie                            :           Naalaya Theerpu

Wife                                        :           Sangeetha

Son                                          :           Jason Sanjay

Daughter                                  :           Divya Saasha

Education                                 :           Bachelors Degree of Visual Communications at Loyola College

Address                                   :           S.A.C.Vijay. 64, Kaveri Street. Saligramam. Chennai – 93.

Eye colour                               :           Brown

Vijay Future goals                    :           Producing films

Vijay Sad moment                   :           Vijay  sister’s death

Favourite Tourist Sports           :           London and Los Angeles

Favourite Food                         :          Dosa and Chicken

Favourite Clothes                     :           Jeans and T-shirt

Favourite Colour                      :           Black

Favourite Location                   :           His room

Cricket Star                              :          Sachin

Game                                       :          Tennis

Early life

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born on June 22, 1974), better known by his stage name 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 was born to S. A. Chandrasekhar, a film producer and director and Shobha Chandrasekhar, a Carnatic singer. He attended the Balalok Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Virugambakkam, Chennai. He began his post-secondary studies at Loyola College in Chennai and entered in the acting field.

Career

Early years: 1992–2002

During his childhood, Vijay performed in uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. At the age of 18, Vijay debuted as a lead actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu, also produced by his father. In his second film, he co-starred with Vijayakanth in the film Sendhoorapandi. His following films Rasigan and Deva were all low-budget films. In his fifth film Rajavin Parvaiyile in 1993, he co-starred with actor Ajith Kumar, who, like Vijay, was also a rising young actor then. Also released that year were his romantic comedies Vishnu and Chandralekha.

The following year, Vijay continued to pursue romantic comedy films like Coimbatore Mappillai. The Vikraman-directed Poove Unakkaga helped Vijay to become a recognisable actor. Vijay's tenth film was Vasantha Vasal which was followed by the action flicks Maanbumigu Maanavan and Selva. After more romance films in 1997, like Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen and Love Today, Vijay took up the romantic comedy film, Once More, in which he co-starred with legendary Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan. In his next film, the Mani Ratnam-produced Nerukku Ner, directed by Vasanth, he co-starred with Suriya who happened to make his debut in that film. He wrapped up that year with his first commercial success, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai, which was directed by Fazil and earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.

In 1998, Vijay worked in Ninaithen Vandhai, Priyamudan, and Nilaave Vaa. In 1999, his film Thulladha Manamum Thullum earned him a Special Prize at the following year's Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. This was followed by the films Endrendrum Kadhal, Nenjinile, Minsara Kanna.

At the start of the new millennium he did Kannukkul Nilavu with Fazil. He decided not to commit in films that took a year to release, which changed his trend. His next venture Kushi was directed by S. J. Suryah. At the end of the year, he acted in Priyamanavale. His 2001 comedy film Friends was directed by Siddique and featured him alongside Suriya again. Badri was an action – drama flick which he followed with the romance film, Shahjahan.

In 2002, he starred in Thamizhan alongside the then debutante Priyanka Chopra. Youth and Bagavathi rounded off the year. The following year 2003 began with Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai.

Commercial success: 2003–2007

Vijay then switched gears with the action-romance flick, Thirumalai, which featured him with a new look. Udhaya, a film which began filming in 2002 but became delayed, finally released at the start of 2004.

Ghilli, which was released in 2004, is considered as one of Vijay's biggest commercial successes. Directed by S. 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. It was followed by Madhurey. 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, 2005, had other major films such as the Perarasu-directed Thirupaachi, the romantic flick Sachien, and another masala film, Sivakasi, again by Perarasu.

His next film Aadhi, was released in 2006. He later accepted to work in Pokkiri that year. Directed by Prabhu Deva, it released in 2007 and met almost the same success Ghilli did, in which Vijay played the character of an undercover cop diguised as a local gangster. Vijay's performance was well praised and received an award from actor Kamal Haasan at Nehru Stadium for his performance. He received honorary doctorate from M.G.R University for his philanthropic works.

2007–2010

Late 2007, Vijay starred in the romantic drama film Azhagiya Thamizh Magan, and for the first time, he appeared in dual roles, as both the antagonist and protagonist. In 2008, he starred in the action film Kuruvi, again under Dharani's direction.

The year 2009 started off with the action masala film Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva who was keen on working with him again after Pokkiri. The film featured Vijay in dual roles for the second time in his career. Vijay's next film, Vettaikaaran was directed by Babu Sivan, produced by AVM Productions and distributed by Sun Pictures.

In 2010, Vijay's 50th film Sura released, which was also distributed by Sun Pictures.

2011 onwards

He associated with director Siddique again for Kaavalan, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard.[4] It received a positive response from both viewers and critics and was declared a successful venture at the box office.  As of late-2010, he was working with M. Raja for Velayudham, which is being produced by Venu Ravichandran. He is currently working with S. Shankar for the film Nanban which features Vijay as the main character alongside Jeeva, Srikanth and Ileana D'Cruz. Sources have claimed that his upcoming projects include films with A. R. Murugadoss and Gautham Menon as well.

Personal life

Family

Vijay married Sangeeta Sornalingam of Sri Lankan Tamil descent on August 25, 1999. They have two children, a son Jason Sanjay born in 2000 in London, and a daughter Divya Saasha born in 2005 in Chennai.

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 2008, Vijay was signed up as the star ambassador for the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings, along with actress Nayanthara. In January 2009, Vijay was once again chosen as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola products. As of August 2010, Vijay was signed by Jos Alukkas as their brand ambassador for Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Awards and honours

Honours

1998 – Kalaimamani from the Government of Tamil Nadu

2000 – M.G.R Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu

2007 – Honorary doctorate

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

1998 – Best Actor for Kadhalukku Mariyadhai

2005 – Special Prize for Best Actor for Thirupaachi

Vijay Awards

2006 – TVS Star City Superstar of Tomorrow

2007 – Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year for Pokkiri/Azhagiya Tamil Magan

2009 – Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Vettaikaaran

Other Awards

Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award for Ghilli (2004)

Dinakaran Best Actor Award for Ghilli (2004)

Film Today Best Actor Award for Ghilli (2004)

Silver award for Public Service Announcement (2005)

Amrita Mathrubhumi Award for Best Actor in Tamil for Pokkiri (2007)

Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Award – Best Hero for Pokkiri (2007)

Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Award – Favorite Actor (2009)

Asianet Film Awards – Best Popular Tamil Actor (2010)

Nominated

Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for Pokkiri (2007)

Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Kuruvi (2008)

Filmography

No.	Year	Film	Role
1	1992	Naalaiya Theerpu	Vijay
2	1994	Sendhoorapandi	Vijay
3	1994	Rasigan	Vijay
4	1995	Deva	Deva
5	1995	Rajavin Parvaiyile	Raja
6	1995	Vishnu	Vishnu
7	1995	Chandralekha	Rahim
8	1996	Coimbatore Maaple	Balu
9	1996	Poove Unakkaga	Raja
10	1996	Vasantha Vasal	Vijay
11	1996	Maanbumigu Maanavan	Shiva
12	1996	Selva	Selvan
13	1997	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	Kannan
14	1997	Love Today	Ganesh
15	1997	Once More	Vijay
16	1997	Nerrukku Ner	Vijay
17	1997	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Jeevanandam
18	1998	Ninaithen Vandhai	Gokulakrishnan
19	1998	Priyamudan	Vasanth
20	1998	Nilaave Vaa	Seluvai
21	1999	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Kutty
22	1999	Endrendrum Kadhal	Vijay
23	1999	Nenjinile	Karunakaran
24	1999	Minsara Kanna	Kannan
25	2000	Kannukkul Nilavu	Gautham
26	2000	Kushi	Shiva
27	2000	Priyamaanavale	Vijay
28	2001	Friends	Aravinth
29	2001	Badri	Badrinathamoorthy
30	2001	Shahjahan	Ashok
31	2002	Thamizhan	Surya
32	2002	Youth	Shiva
33	2002	Bhagavathi	Bhagavathi
34	2003	Vaseegara	Boopathy
35	2003	Puthiya Geethai	Saarathy
36	2003	Thirumalai	Thirumalai
37	2004	Udhaya	Udhayakumaran
38	2004	Ghilli	Saravanavelu
39	2004	Madhurey	Madhuravel
40	2005	Thirupaachi	Sivagiri
41	2005	Sachein	Sachein
42	2005	Sukran	Sukran
43	2005	Sivakasi	Sivakasi (Muthappa)
44	2006	Aadhi	Aadhi
45	2007	Pokkiri	Thamizh (Sathyamoorthy)
46	2007	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Gurumoorthy, Prasad
47	2008	Kuruvi	Vetrivel
48	2008	Pandhayam	Himself
49	2009	Villu	Pugazh, Major Saravanan
50	2009	Vettaikaaran	Ravi
51	2010	Sura	Sura
52	2011	Kaavalan	Bhoominathan
53	2011	Velayudham	Vetrivel
54	2011	Nanban	Arjun