Vijay in 2018 in Nadigar Sangam Protest
Vijay is an Indian actor, playback singer and politician who works in Tamil cinema . He made his cinematic debut in 1984 with Vetri , directed by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar .[ 1] After appearing in Chandrasekhar's films as a child artist, Vijay made his debut as a lead actor with Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) at the age of 18.[ 1] He followed it with a role opposite Vijayakanth in Senthoorapandi (1993).[ 2] Vijay went on to play lead roles in his father's directorial ventures such as Rasigan (1994), Deva (1995) and Vishu(1995) [ 2] [ 3] Most of those films were successful commercially.[ 4] [ 5]
Vijay's first commercial blockbuster was romcom Coimbatore Mappillai in 1996,[ 6] followed by his breakthrough blockbuster romance film , Poove Unakkaga .[ 2] [ 4] His subsequent films, Love Today (1997) and Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), were critically and commercially successful.[ 4] [ 7] His performance in the latter won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor .[ 4] Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), where he played a passionate singer gained him the reputation of a romantic hero .[ 8] [ 9]
Vijay began the new millennium with critically and commercially successful films such as Kushi and Priyamaanavale .[ 10] [ 11] The following year, he appeared in three films: Friends , Badri and Shahjahan . All three were box office successes;[ 12] [ 13] barring successful ventures Thamizhan ,[ 13] Youth and Bagavathi (all three released in 2002),[ 14] [ 15] his subsequent films Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai were released. While Vaseegara was a moderate success and received praise for his comic-timing,[ 16] Puthiya Geethai received negative reviews and underperformed at the box office.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] The success of his masala film Thirumalai (2003),[ 20] changed his on-screen persona to that of an action hero .[ 21] He appeared next as a kabaddi player in Ghilli (2004), which went on to become the most commercially successful Tamil film of the year.[ 4] [ 22] His performance as a sword-smith in the masala film Thirupaachi (2005) earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards .[ 23] [ 24] He continued to achieve commercial success with Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007).[ 25] [ 26] Barring Vettaikaaran and Kuruvi ' s box office successes,[ 27] his subsequent releases Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007), where he played dual roles for the first time in his career,[ 28] and Villu (2009) were average successes;[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] his 50th film, Sura (2010), managed to recover only its production cost.[ 32]
In 2011 Vijay's career prospects improved after he was praised for his role as a bodyguard in Kaavalan , which had a 100-day theatrical run and was a box office hit.[ 33] [ 34] Velayudham in which, he appeared as a masked superhero was commercially successful worldwide.[ 35] The following year he appeared in two films: as a college student in Nanban and an army officer in Thuppakki .[ 36] [ 37] His performances in both films received positive critical feedback.[ 38] He followed that with Thalaivaa (2013) and the multi-starrer Jilla (2014) which was commercially successful.[ 39] [ 40] He teamed up with Murugadoss again for the action film Kaththi (2014). The film, which had Vijay playing dual roles as a thief and an idealist, became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of that year; his performances earned him critics praise.[ 41] [ 42] In his next film, fantasy Puli (2015), he featured again in dual roles;[ 43] it was an overseas success.[ 44] The following year, he played a police officer in Atlee 's Theri to mixed reviews.[ 45] The film had one of the biggest openings in Tamil cinema and was a major commercial success.[ 46] [ 47] [ 48] Vijay's performance won him South Indian International Movie Awards .[ 49] [ 50] He played triple roles for the first time in Mersal (2017).[ 51] In addition to garnering a UK Award for Best Actor,[ 52] [ 53] the film became a box office success.[ 54] Vijay earned critical acclaim for Sarkar (2018).[ 55] [ 56] He also starred in films Bigil (2019), Master (2021), Beast (2022), Varisu , Leo (both 2023) and He played a four roles in The Greatest of All Time (2024), all of which garnered mixed reviews but were commercially successful in the box office, with Leo becoming the highest-grossing film of his career.[ 57] [ 58]
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^ a b c "Vijay & Dharani" . Sify . 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017 .
^ "70 வயது 70 சினிமாக்கள் எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகரன் அன்றும்-இன்றும்" . Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017 .
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^ "Happy Birthday Vijay: 10 best films of Ilayathalapathy as a performer—Kushi (2000)" . India Today . 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017 .
^ "Happy Birthday Vijay: 10 best films of Ilayathalapathy as a performer—Priyamanavale (2000)" . India Today . 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017 .
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^ "Did you know Vijay's 'Sura' director SP Rajkumar was going to team up with Ajith a few years back?" . The Times of India . 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021 .
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^ " 'Varisu' first review out; Vijay's acting receives appreciation" . The Times of India . 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023 .
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^ "Varisu box office collections; Vijay starrer is a Blockbuster, Tops 200 crores in India" . Pinkvilla . 30 January 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023 . The film has also done well overseas with $10.75 million (Rs. 88 crores) to date, for a worldwide gross of Rs. 292 crores.
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