!!! Vijay Fans Club !!!: Velayutham HQ Stills Part 1

Vijay - The GHILLI of box office

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born on June 22, 1974), better known mononymously as Vijay(Tamil: விஜய்), is a Tamil film actor and playback singer in Tamil cinema. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing in uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his film debut as a lead role actor in the 1992 filmNaalaya Theerpu. Since then, he acted in several films of action and romance genres. During his career in the Tamil film industry, he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards,Kalaimamani award (1998) and also been nominated for one Filmfare Award.

Vijay has starred in several romance and action films, including the commercially successful films Poove Unakkaga (1996), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), Kushi (2000), Priyamaanavale (2000),Ghilli (2004), Pokkiri (2007), Vettaikaaran (2009). He was the ambassador of the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings in the year 2008 and has also served several commercial companies as a brand ambassador.

Early life

Vijay was born to film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shobha Chandrasekhar, a classical and a playback singer. Vijay went on to do his schooling in Balalok in Virugambakkam. He attended Loyola College, Chennai for a Bachelor of Visual Communication degree which he discontinued later .

Acting career

Romance films: 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-stared withVijayakanth in the film Sendhoorapandi. His following films were Rasigan and Deva. In his fifth film Rajavin Parvaiyile in 1993, he co-starred with actor Ajith Kumar. Also released that year were his romantic comedies Vishnu and Chandralekha. The following year, Vijay acted inCoimbatore Mappillai and the Vikraman-directed Poove Unakkaga. Vijay's tenth film was Vasantha Vasal which was folled by the action filmsMaanbumigu Maanavan and Selva. In 1997, he starred in Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen and Love Today, and Once More. In his next film, theMani Ratnam-produced Nerukku Ner, directed by Vasanth. He wrapped up that year with Kadhalukku Mariyadhai, which was directed byFazil 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, he starred in the film Thulladha Manamum Thullum. The following films were Endrendrum Kadhal, Nenjinile, Minsara Kanna.

At the start of the new millennium he did Kannukkul Nilavu with Fazil. His next venture Kushi was directed by S. J. Suryah. At the end of the year, he acted in Priyamanavale. His work in 2001 included comedy film Friends, directed by Siddique, also starring Surya Sivakumar. Badri, an action and drama flick, was followed by the romance film, Shahjahan. In 2002, he starred in Thamizhan and Youth; with Bagavathi, coming out at the end of the year. The following year he released Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai. The action-romance flick, Thirumalai, followed, with Udhaya, a film which began filming in 2002 but became delayed, finally released at the start of 2004.

Commercial hero: 2003-2010

Ghilli, which was released in 2004. Directed by S. Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam, it was a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu. It was followed by Madhurey. The following year, 2005, the Perarasu-directed masala film Thirupaachi, the romantic flick, Sachein, and another masala film, Sivakasi, again by Perarasu were released. Vijay appeared in Aadhi in 2006, followed by a short hiatus. He later accepted to work in Pokkiri which was directed by Prabhu Deva and released in 2007. Later that year, 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 filmKuruvi, again under Dharani's direction. The year 2009 started off with the action masala film Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva and had 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, was released by Sun Pictures again.

Upcoming projects

Vijay is currently working with Siddique again for Kaaval Kaadhal, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard, after which he will act in Velayudham, which will, after much speculation, be directed by M. Raja.^[2] N. Lingusamy and Ameer Sultan recently confirmed that they will be casting Vijay in their next respective films.^[3] Vijay also expressed his desire to act in the Tamil remake of the 2009 Bollywood film 3 Idiots, for which the remake rights have been purchased by Gemini Films Circuit.

Personal life

Vijay married Sangeetha Sornalingam^[4]^[5] of Sri Lankan Tamil decent on August 25, 1999. They have two children, a son Jason Sanjay born in 2000 in London^[6], 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 January 2009, Vijay was once again chosen as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola products.^[7]In 2008, Vijay was signed up as the star ambassador for the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings, along with actress Nayanthara.

Awards and honours

Won

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1998)
Kalaimamani Award (1998)
M.G.R Award (2000)
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)^[8]
Tamil Nadu State Film Special Prize for Best Actor for Thirupaachi (2005)
Next super star award(2006)
TVS Star City Superstar of Tomorrow (2006)^[9]
Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year for Pokkiri & Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007)^[10]
Kalaimamani Award (2007)
Mathrubhumi - P.S.S. Best Actor Award for Pokkiri (2007)
Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Best Hero Award for Pokkiri (2007)
Honorary doctorate (2007)
Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Vettaikaaran (2009)^[11]
Isaiaruvi Tamil Music Award for Favourite Hero for Vettaikaaran

Nominated

Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for Pokkiri (2007)
Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Kuruvi (2008)
Vijay Award for Best Actor for Vettaikaran (2009)

Filmography / Audiography of Vijay

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Awards
1992	Naalaya Theerpu	Vijay
1993	Sendhoorapandi	Vijay
	Rasigan	Vijay
	Deva	Deva
1995	Rajavin Parvaiyile	Raja
	Vishnu	Vishnu
	Chandralekha	Rahim
1996	Coimbatore Maaple	Balu
	Poove Unakkaga	Raja
	Vasantha Vasal	Vijay
	Maanbumigu Maanavan	Shiva
	Selva	Selva
1997	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	Kannan
	Love Today	Ganesh
	Once More	Vijay
	Nerrukku Ner	Vijay
	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Jeevanandam	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
1998	Ninaithen Vandhai	Gokulakrishnan
	Priyamudan	Vasanth
	Nilaave Vaa	Seluvai
1999	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Kutty
	Endrendrum Kadhal
	Nenjinile	Karunakaran
	Minsara Kanna	Kannan
2000	Kannukkul Nilavu	Gautham
	Kushi	Shiva
	Priyamaanavale	Vijay
2001	Friends	Aravinth
	Badri	Badri
	Shahjahan	Ashok
2002	Thamizhan	Surya
	Youth	Shiva
	Bhagavathi	Bhagavathi
2003	Vaseegara	Boopathy
	Puthiya Geethai	Saarathy
	Thirumalai	Thirumalai
2004	Udhaya	Udhayakumaran
	Ghilli	Saravanavelu
	Madhurey	Madhuravel
2005	Thirupaachi	Sivagiri	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
	Sachein	Sachein
	Sukran	Sukran	Guest appearance
	Sivakasi	Sivakasi (Muthappa)
2006	Aadhi	Aadhi
2007	Pokkiri	Thamizh (Sathyamoorthy)	Winner, Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year^[12] Nominated: Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
2007	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Guru, Prasad
2008	Kuruvi	Vetrivel
2008	Pandhayam	Himself	Cameo appearance
2009	Villu	Pugazh, Major Saravanan
2009	Vettaikaaran	Ravi	Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2010	Sura	Sura
	Kaaval Kaadhal	Boominathan	Filming
	Velayudham	Velayudham	Pre-production
2011	Pagalavan	Doctor	Pre-production

As playback singer

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	Sang with singer Anuradha Sriram
	Sinnan Chiru	Kannukkul Nilavu
	Iravu Pagalai	Kannukkul Nilavu
1999	Thanganirathuku	Nenjinile
1998	Tic Tic Tic	Thulli Thirintha Kalam	Sang with singer P. Unni Krishnan
	Roddula Oru	Periyanna	Rendered voice for Surya Sivakumar
	Thammadikkira Styla Pathu	Periyanna	Rendered voice for Surya Sivakumar
	Kalathukku Oru Gana	Velai	Rendered voice for actor Vignesh
	Chandira Mandalathai	Nilaave Vaa
	Nilave... Nilave	Nilaave Vaa
	Mowriya Mowriya	Priyamudan
1997	Oh Baby Baby	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai
1997	Oormilaa Oormilaa	Once more
1996	Chicken Karae	Selva
	Anjaam Number Bussil Yeri	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen
	Thiruppathy Ponaa Motta	Maanbumigu Maanavan
1995	Bomboi Party Shilpa Shetty	Coimbatore Maaple
1994	Thottabeta rottumela	Vishnu
1994	Adadaa Alamelu Aavin Pasumpaalu	Deva
1994	Koththagiri Kuppammaa	Deva
1993	Bombai City	Rasigan

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