Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar
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 Vijay at Puli Audio Launch
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Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar 22 June 1974 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (now Chennai) |
| Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Occupation | Film actor, playback singer |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | See Chandrasekhar family |
Joseph Vijay, better known mononymously as Vijay, is an Indian film actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. Vijay is referred to by the media as Thalapathy (commander).
Vijay initially appeared as an uncredited child artist in films under his father S. A. Chandrasekhar's direction, starting with Vetri (1984) to Ithu Engal Neethi (1988). He also made his debut under his father's direction as a teen-age lead actor in Naalaya Theerpu (1992), but his first successful film as lead actor was Poove Unakkaga (1996), which was directed by Vikraman. To date, he has acted in 61 movies as a lead actor and has won 50 awards including notable three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, one Cosmopolitan Award, one Indiatoday Award, one SIIMA Award, eight Vijay Awards, three Edison Awards, two Vikatan Awards and was nominated for one National Award UK. As a playback singer, Vijay has sung 32 songs to date, starting with Bombay City (1994) to Papa Papa (2017).
Vijay was born on 22 June 1974 as Joseph Vijay in Madras (now Chennai). His father S. A. Chandrasekhar is a Tamil film director and his mother Shoba is a playback singer and carnatic vocalist. He had a sister Vidhya, who died when she was two years old. Vidhya's death affected Vijay very much. It has been said by his mother that Vijay, who was very talkative, naughty and hyperactive as a child, became silent after Vidhya's death. His sibling Vidhya's story is depicted in the 2005 film Sukran, where Vijay played an extended cameo.
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