Name: Vijay
Born: June 22, 1974
Other Name: illaya Thalapathy
Vijay 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 began his career appearing in several of his father's directorial ventures in the early 1990s. He made his film debut in Naalaya Theerpu (1992).
Since then, he acted in several films of action and romance genres. During his years in the Chennai film industry, he has been nominated for one Filmfare Award, while winning three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Vijay has starred in several romance and action films, along with the commercially successful films Poove Unakkaga (1996), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Kushi (2000), Ghilli (2004) and Pokkiri (2007). He is the current ambassador for the IPL cricket team Chennai Super Kings and has also served several commercial companies as a brand ambassador.
Upcoming films are Vettaikaran Completed
Upcoming films are Vettaikaran Completed
Remake of Malayalam Film Chotta Mumabi Untitled project with M. Raja Produced by Aascar Ravichandran Untitled project with Lingusamy Yet to be Confirmed Untitled project with Siddique Yet to be Confirmed.
Awards and Honours:
Vijay won his first film award at the 1997 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, where he was given the Special Prize for Best Actor. He later went on to receiving more awards in the same category for the films Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999) and Thirupaachi (2005).
In 2007, Vijay was given an Honorary doctorate diploma from the M. G. R. University, Chennai along with S. Shankar and was nominated for a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for Pokkiri which released that year.
During the Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards 2007, Vijay won the "Entertainer of the Year Award" for his performance in the films Pokkiri and Azhagiya Thamizh Magan.
