Ilayathalapathi Vijay Profile

Ilayathalapathi Vijay Life History and Achievements

Ilayathalapathi Vijay Biography:

Actor Name : Dr.Vijay

Real Name :  Joseph VIJAY

Title Won : Ilayathalapathy

Profession : Actor and Singer                          

Date of Birth : 22 Jun 1974

Mother Tongue - Tamil

Height : 176CM

Father Name : S.A.Chandasekaran

His Profession : Writer, Producer, Director)

Mother' Name - Shobhana ChandraSekar

Her Profession : Singer, Writer And Director

Uncle Name - S.N Surendar

His Profession: Play Back Singer And Dubbing Voice for Actor Mohan Over 85 Film

Education - Bsc.Visual Communications complete at Loyola

Wife - Dr.Sangeetha(Ilankai Tamilar)

Marriage Date: Aug 25 1999

His Child - Jason Sanjay,Divya Saasha

Thick Friends - Sanjai, Srinath, Sanjeev, Manoj and Ram Kumar

His Best friend in cine industry - Vikram, Surya

Debut as child artist - “Vetri”

Act As action hero - Nalaya Therpu Directed by His Father

Aa a person - Intorvert, Famous for on - Line Answers

Vijay's Favourties:

Tourist spots - London and Los Angels

Food - Non-Vegetrian(Chicken,Mutton Briyani Prepared by his Mother and Tandoori Items)

Clothes - Jeans and T-Shirt(Collections)

Color - Blue and Black

Crazy About - Cars(Owns a Black BMW)

Vijay's Film and Release Dates : 

Nalaya Theerpu- Dec 4th, 1992
Senthoorapandi- Dec, 1993
Rasigan- Jan, 1994
Deva - Feb, 1994
Rajavin Parvailae- Aug, 1995
Vishnu- Sep, 1995
Chandralekha- Sep, 1995
Coimbatore Mapple- Jan 14th, 1996
Poove Unakkagha- Feb 15th, 1996
Vasantha Vasal- Jun, 1996
Manbumigu Manavan- Jul, 1996
Selvaa- Dec, 1996
Kalamelam Kathiruppen- Jan 14th,1997
Love Today- May 1997
Once More- Jun 4th, 1997
Neeruku Ner- Sep 5th, 1997
Kadalukku Mariyadhai- Dec 19th, 1997
Ninaithen Vandai- Apr 10th, 1998
Priyamudan-Jun 12th, 1998
Nilaave Vaa- Augt 14th, 1998
Thulladhamanamum Thullum- Jan 29th, 1999
Endrendrum Kaadhal- Mar 05th, 1999
Nenjinile- Jun 25th, 1999
Minsara Kanna- Sep 09th, 1999
Kanukkul Nilavu- Jan 14th, 2000
Kushi- May 19, 2000
Priyamanavale- Nov 26th, 2000
Friends- Jan 14th, 2001
Badri- Apr 16th, 2001
Shahjahan- Nov 14th, 2001
Tamizhan- Apr 14th, 2002
Youth- July 19th, 2002
Bagavathi- Nov 04th, 2002
Vaseegara- Jan 15th, 2003
Pudhiya Geethai- 2003
Thirumalai- Oct 24th, 2003
Udhaya- Mar 28th, 2004
Gilli- Apr 17th, 2004
Madura- Aug 27th, 2004
Thirupachi- Jan 14th, 2005
Sachien- Apr 14th, 2005
Sivakasi- Nov 1st, 2005
Aadhi- Jan 15th, 2006
Pokkiri- Jan 14th, 2007
Azhagiya Thamizh Magan- Nov 8th, 2007
Kuruvi- May 3rd, 2008
Villu- Jan 12th, 2009
Vettaikaran- Dec 18th, 2009
Sura- Apr 30th, 2010
Kavalan - Jan 15 2011
Velayudham -Shootingat Final Stage

Best films :

' Poove Unakkaga', 'Love Today', 'Nerukku Naer', 'Kaadalukku Mariyathai' 'Thulladhamanamum Thullum' and 'Ghilli'

Awards and Honors :

* Kalaimamani award(1998)
* Tamil nadu state Best Hero award (1997) for "Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai"

Social Activities:

* Educating 32 children every year
* Conducted many free weddings
* Issued notebooks to children
* Donated upto 3 lakhs to put streetlights for a famous shiva temple in Kaveripattinam

Influential person in his life : Father

Influential person in movies : Rajinikanth

Moments :

* Happy- marriage
* Sad- sister's death

Facts :

* Had been in coco-cola commercial
* Had a sister by name Vidya who died when she was very young
* Has built a kalyana mandapam called J.S.Kalyana mandapam
* 'Kadhalukku Mariyathai' a film with shalini made people recognise him

Salary : More than one crore

Vijay is a Tamil film actor and playback singer. He began his acting career doing many minor uncredited roles as a child artist in films produced by his father S. A. Chandrasekhar. Post-Thirumalai, he began portraying a stereotypical acting manner, much like Rajinikanth and M. G. Ramachandran. Vijay has more recently become a charismatic film star and has thus developed a large fan-following for himself. Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar was born on June 22, 1974, to film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, a playback singer. He had a sister named Vidhya Chandrasekhar who died at the age of two. The story of Vidhya Chandrasekhar was pictured in the film, Sukran. Vijay went on to do Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai & was classmates with fellow actor Surya Sivakumar, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, and Vishnuvardhan. He married the Sri Lankan Tamil, Sangeetha Sornalingam, on August 25, 1999. She was a die-hard fan of Vijay and sought interest in marrying him. She flew down and visited him personally in India. They eventually got engaged with the blessings of both their parents. They have two children, a son named Jason Sanjay, born on August 26, 2000 in London, and a daughter named Divya Saasha, born on September 9, 2005 in Chennai. Career: Vijay debuted as a lead role actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu, produced by his father, then 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 followed, which all helped to Vijay to stay in the industry. 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 S. A. Chandrasekhar in 1994. The year 1996 saw a blockbuster hit in the Vikraman-directed film Poove Unakkaga which helped Vijay to establish as a bankable star in Tamil films. He found more success with films that followed, which had an unorthodox climax like Love Today and Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. Kadhalukku Mariyadhai made Vijay receive that year's Tamil Nadu state Best Actor Award. Thulladha Manamum Thullum came as a blockbuster in 1999. Then he came back with successes of Khushi, Priyamaanavale and Friends in 2000. His string of failure films during 2001 and 2002 was ended 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 hit in Kollywood. Another hit had followed, which was Madhurey, later that year. It was in this year which Vijay began to portray his current mass-hero, stereotypical acting style. The following year he had stumbling time with movies such as Thirupaachi was a major hit and Sachein was average grosser. Sivakasi was a super hit. 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 film Kuruvi, 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, another Sun Pictures distribution, released with mixed reviews and fails in Boxoffice. In the year 2002, Vijay was chosen as Coca Cola's brand ambassador in Tamil Nadu. In 2008, Vijay was signed up as the star ambassador for the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings. In 2010, Vijay was signed by Jos Alukkas as their brand ambassador for Tamil Nadu. Vijay also sang several ghaana songs in his own films. He has also lent his voice for songs for other actors, which were films produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijay's songs are often of gaana-style folk beat type. The last song Vijay sang was Vaadi Vaadi from Sachien in 2005. Vijay inaugurated 'Makkal Iyakkam' (People Movement) on his birthday in 2009, its motive is to do social work. In the start of 2011 the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard also co-starring Asin directed by Siddque. It received a positive response from both viewers and critics and was deemed to be a box office hit, in spite of the ruling DMK stalling its release in many theatres which forced Vijay to shell out his salary and spend an extra 4 crore (US$728,000) for the release of the film His next release was Nanban, the Tamil remake of the Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots, where he essayed the role played by Aamir Khan in the original. Directed by acclaimed director S. Shankar, it released during the Pongal weekend of 2012 and was a box office blockbuster. Made a friendly appearance in the 2012 Bollywood film Rowdy Rathore starring Akshay Kumar, directed by Prabhu Deva. The action thriller film Thuppakki, directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by S. Dhanu, released on Diwali 2012 to highly positive reviews and was a commercial success across the globe. After 7 years he has sung "Google Google" for Harris Jayaraj for his film Thuppakki. The movie again box office hit after Nanban. "Thuppakki was declared as a historic blockbuster. The film also became the fourth south indian film(third in Tamil cinema) to enter the 100 crore (US$16 million) club after Sivaji, Magadheera and Endhiran and is the biggest blockbuster in Vijay's career. Eros International announced that Thuppakki made a domestic nett collection of 185 crore (US$29 million). His most recent flim Thalaivaa co-starring Amala Paul and directed by A. L. Vijay released on August 9, 2013 worldwide. This movie went into controversial finally this movie wins Boxoffice. He recently began filming Jilla co-starring Kajal Aggarwal alongside Mohanlal, directed by debutante Nesan who was an assistant director in Velayudham.