Wednesday 24 July 2013

INDIYAN BEST ACTOR

Vijay (actor)


Vijay
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Born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
22 June 1974 (age 39)[1]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation Film actor, Playback singer, Dancer, Producer, Promotional model
Years active 1992–present
Spouse(s)
  • Sangeeta Sornalingam
(1999–present)
Children 2[2] Jason Sanjay
Divya Saasha
Parents
Relatives Vikranth
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), mononymously known as Vijay is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. Son of film director and producer S. A. Chandrasekhar, he started his career as a child actor and later made his debut as a lead actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu helmed by S. A. Chandrasekhar.
He has been awarded two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, nominated for two Filmfare Award and conferred honorary doctorate by MGR University for his extensive philanthropic works in 2007. He launched the Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, a social welfare organisation in 2009.He was listed #28 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012[3] and he is top among all the south indian celebrities.

Early life

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar was born on 22 June 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. Vijay went on to do Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai. He was interestingly classmates with present-day film artistes Surya Sivakumar, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, and Vishnuvardhan.[4] He entered film industry in 1992 at the age of 18 against the wishes of his parents who initially wanted him to become doctor. Now he is a star in Tamil film industry.[5]

Career

1992–96

During his childhood, Vijay performed in more number of minor roles with Vijayakanth directed by his father. Vijay debuted as a lead role actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu, produced by his father.[4] After a few other films, he co-starred with Vijayakanth in the film Sendhoorapandi. After films like Rasigan and Deva, In his fifth film Rajavin Parvaiyile in 1993, he co-starred with another leading actor Ajith Kumar, who played supporting role in that film. He further went on to act in the romantic comedy Vishnu and romantic tragedy Chandralekha later. In early 1996, he starred in Coimbatore Mappillai a romantic comedy film. Before Poove Unakkaga, most of his films during this period was criticized of having double meaning dialogues and sexual innuendos.

1996–03

His next film was the Vikraman-directed Poove Unakkaga which was his first commercial success and made Vijay a recognizable star. Vijay's tenth film Vasantha Vasal was followed by the action flicks Maanbumigu Maanavan and Selva and the romantic film Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen. In 1997 Vijay acted in the commercially successful movies Love Today,Once More, where he co-starred with the legendary Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan and leading actress Simran, the Mani Ratnam-produced Nerukku Ner, directed by Vasanth, where he co-starred with another leading actor Suriya who made his debut in that film and the romantic drama Kadhalukku Mariyadhai,co-starring Shalini Kumar which was directed by Fazil and earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. In 1998, Vijay worked in romantic films Ninaithen Vandhai, Priyamudan which was his first negative role, and Nilaave Vaa. In 1999 Vijay acted in the successful Thulladha Manamum Thullum again with Simran. This was followed by Endrendrum Kadhal, Nenjinile and the K.S.Ravikumar directed Minsara Kanna.
From the start of the new millennium Vijay began to commit to entertaining and commercial ventures, which marked a change in his trend. In 2000 he did Kannukkul Nilavu with Fazil. His next venture Kushi, a romantic comedy co-starring Jyothika was directed by S. J. Suryah and became a box office hit. At the end of the year, he acted in a romantic drama, Priyamanavale, which was also a box office hit. His 2001 romantic comedy film Friends was directed by Siddique and featured him in the leading role alongside Suriya again, this film topped the years box office and became a blockbuster. Followed by Badri an action–drama film which was the remake of the Telugu film Thammudu a super hit and Shahjahan, a romantic drama film which was moderately successful at the box office. In 2002, he starred in Thamizhan alongside Priyanka Chopra who made her acting debut in that film before her establishment as the leading Bollywood actress. The film was a box office hit, giving Vijay his only hit film of the that time.[6][7] Later, he featured in the romantic drama Youth and action drama Bagavathi there by rounded off the year with 1 hit and 2 average successes. Vijay began 2003 with the films Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai, both failures at the box office.

2003–07

In late 2003, Vijay transformed from a romantic hero to an action hero, with the action-romance flick, Thirumalai opposite to Jyothika directed by debutant Ramana and produced by K.Balachander's Kavithalaya Productions, which featured him in a new look and was a box office hit. Thirumalai was a turning point in Vijay's career.[8] His new commercial mass acting style and punch dialogue delivery coupled with his comic timing endeared him to all types of audiences and he soon achieved leading status in Kollywood. Udhaya, a film which began filming in 2002 but became delayed, finally released at the start of 2004. Ghilli,a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu released next in 2004, and became Vijay's biggest blockbuster at the time completing 200 days in theatres in Tamil Nadu. Directed by S. Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam, it co-starred Trisha and Prakash Raj, and was the biggest hit for Vijay at that period.Ghilli is the highest grossing film in Tamilnadu at that time of release.[9]
It was followed by Madhurey (2004), an average grosser, directed by R.Madesh. In 2005, he starred in the Perarasu-directed action film Thirupaachi which became a hit, followed by a guest appearance in Sukran,the romantic comedy Sachien co-starring Genelia which became an average venture, and the successful commercial film Sivakasi co-starring Asin, which was directed again by Perarasu. His next film Aadhi was produced by his father S.A.Chandrashekar and directed by Ramana again released in 2006, and was not well received and flopped at box office despite its huge expectations.In early 2007, Vijay starred in the gangster film Pokkiri, the remake of the another Telugu film of the same name. Directed by Prabhu Deva, it became a box office blockbuster and the third highest grossing Tamil film of 2007. Vijay's character in the film, a reprisal of Mahesh Babu's role in the original, was well praised by critics.

2007–10

In late 2007, Vijay starred in the extrasensory perception thriller film Azhagiya Thamizh Magan, and for the first time in his career, he appeared in dual roles as both the antagonist and protagonist. The film was an average success, despite the initial hype and expectations. In 2008, he starred in the action film Kuruvi, again under Dharani's direction, which was a failure at box office produced by Red Gaint Movies. The year 2009 started off with the action masala film Villu, in which Vijay teamed up with Prabhu Deva after the successful Pokkiri. The film earned mixed reviews and became a huge disaster. But, the actor's next film Vettaikaaran which was directed by Babu Sivan, produced by AVM Productions and distributed by Sun Pictures was an average success. In 2010, he acted in his 50th film, Sura, also distributed by Sun Pictures. Sura released amidst huge fanfare and expectations, but was a box office disaster. Vijay was forced to give a compensation of INR6 crore (US$1.0 million) to the theatre owners who had suffered losses due to the screening of his recent films.[10] Most of his films during this period did not do well at the box office and Vijay's status as a leading star was questioned by critics. In late 2010 Vijay fell out with the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, following which he aligned with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and featured in its success in the 2011 assembly election.

2011–present

In the start of 2011 he associated with director Siddique again, for the romantic drama Kaavalan, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard also co-starring Asin. 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 INR4 crore (US$690,000) for the release of the film.[11][12] During Diwali the same year, his next film, the action film Velayudham directed by M. Raja and produced by Venu Ravichandran released and was a box office blockbuster and completed 100 days run.[13] Velayudham became one of the top grossing films of 2011.
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 emerged a major financial success. Vijay's performance in the film was praised by critics, including leading Indian actor Kamal Haasan.[14] Nanban went on to complete its 100th day theatrical run.[15][16] Nanban was the biggest hit for Vijay at the time of release.[17] He made a special appearance in the 2012 Bollywood film Rowdy Rathore starring Akshay Kumar, directed by Prabhu Deva.[18]
His next film, the action thriller Thuppakki, directed by A. R. Murugadossand produced by S. Dhanu, released on Diwali 2012 to mostly positive reviews and was a commercial success across the globe.[19] Thuppaki was declared as a blockbuster.[20] The film also became the fourth film to enter the INR100 crore (US$17 million) club in Tamil cinema and is the biggest hit in Vijay's career.[21] Eros International announced that Thuppakki made a domestic nett collection of INR185 crore (US$32 million).[22]
His next flim Thalaivaa co-starring Amala Paul and directed by A. L. Vijay is complete. He will soon be joining the sets of Jilla co-starring Kajal Aggarwal alongside Mohanlal, directed by debutante Nesan who was an assistant director in Velayudham.[23] and he is joining again with A. R. Murugadoss for a film in 2014.

Personal life

Family

Vijay married Sangeetha Sornalingam of Sri Lankan Tamil descent on 25 August 1999.[24] They have two children, a son Jason Sanjay born in 2000 in London,[25] and a daughter Divya Saasha born in 2005 in Chennai.

Brand endorsement

In the year 2002, Vijay appeared as Coca Cola's brand ambassador in Tamil Nadu[26][27]. He acted in a variety of South Indian Coca Cola advertisements, along with Katrina Kaif. In 2008, Vijay was signed up as the star ambassador for the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings, along with actress Nayanthara.[28] In January 2009, Vijay was approached as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola products.[29] As of August 2010, Vijay was signed by Jos Alukkas as their brand ambassador for Tamil Nadu and Kerala.[30] Vijay also signed for Tata Docomo, who will be seen for the first time for an Ad with Tata Docomo who are known for their innovative promotions all over.[31]

Political and social activism

In 2009, Vijay was speculated joining the Indian National Congress after he met with Rahul Gandhi.[32] In 2010, he fell out with then ruling DMK party owing to the delay of the release of his film Kaavalan in order to release the dhanush starrer aadukalam distributed by sun pictures, then Vijay supported AIADMK in next assembly elections and also passed the message to his fans.
In early 2011, Vijay openly expressed his desire to enter politics and his father S.A. Chandrasekhar confirmed it, saying that Vijay will officially enter politics at the age of 40.[33] Following which he declared his support for the AIADMK led alliance in the 2011 state assembly election, and the AIADMK welcomed him by providing 3 seats to his fan club, Vijay Makkal Iyakkam[34] He campaigned extensively for the AIADMK during the election campaign. He made a speech in Nagapattinam, condemning the attack on the fishermen by the Sri Lankan Government, thus marking his political visionnage.[35]
On 25 August 2011, Vijay went to the Ramlila Maidan to meet Anna Hazare and expressed support to the anti-corruption movement for the Lokpal. He lauded that the movement is getting public support without any political background and said that "the Gandhian's stir has triggered a nationwide debate on uprooting corruption".[36]
The 2013 film Thalaivaa was speculated to be a political film, Vijay denied during an interview.[37] In response to a question several months later about the possibility of his entry into politics, he said he has no time to think of politics now.[38]

Philanthropy

Vijay converted his fan clubs into a people's movement called Vijay Makkal Iyakkam which was officially launched at Pudukottai on 26 July 2009.[39] His Makkal Iyakkam is responsible for most of the philanthropic activities conducted by the star. After Cyclone Thane his Makkal Mandram administrators arranged for a function at Kammiyampettai, Cuddalore where the star distributed five kilos of rice to the affected people. Cuddalore was the worst affected area in floods and Vijay reached out to help these people out by rendering some assistance. The area in which the function happened soon wore a festive look with thousands of people gathering to catch a glimpse of their favorite star.[40] Vijay has appeared along with Suriya, R. Madhavan and Jyothika in a short commercial video about child poverty, labour and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova? produced by Surya in an effort to eliminate children who drop out of school at an early age, made in association with Vishnuvardhan Induri the founder of CCL and the Ministry of Education of Tamil Nadu[41]. The Ilayathalapathy Vijay Educational Awards 2012 was conducted at JS Kalyana Mandapam in Chennai on 8 July 2012 by his Vijay Makkal Iyakkam to honour the students topped in 2012 SSLC and 12th board exams and the awards were distributed by Vijay himself. On his every birthday, Vijay presents golden rings to the new born babies at the Egmore Government General Hospital.[42]

Awards and honours

Honours

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Won
Nominated

Filmfare Awards South

Nominated

Vijay Awards

Won
Nominated

Edison Awards (India)

Won
Nominated

South Indian International Movie Awards

Pending

Other Awards

Won

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1984 Vetri Child Artist
1984 Kudumbam Child Artist
1985 Naan Sigappu Manithan Child Artist
1986 Vasantha Raagam Child Artist
1987 Sattam Oru Vilayattu Child Artist
1988 Idhu Engal Needhi Child Artist
1992 Naalaiya Theerpu Vijay
1993 Sendhoorapandi Vijay
1994 Rasigan Vijay
1995 Deva Deva
1995 Rajavin Parvaiyile Raja
1995 Vishnu Vishnu
1995 Chandralekha Rahim
1996 Coimbatore Maapillai Balu
1996 Poove Unakkaga Raja
1996 Vasantha Vasal Vijay
1996 Maanbumigu Maanavan Shiva
1996 Selva Selvan
1997 Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen Kannan
1997 Love Today Ganesh
1997 Once More Vijay
1997 Nerrukku Ner Vijay
1997 Kadhalukku Mariyadhai Jeevanandam Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
Roja Duke Best Actor Award
1998 Ninaithen Vandhai Gokulakrishnan
1998 Priyamudan Vasanth
1998 Nilaave Vaa Seluvai
1999 Thulladha Manamum Thullum Kutty
1999 Endrendrum Kadhal Vijay
1999 Nenjinile Karunakaran
1999 Minsara Kanna Kannan
2000 Kannukkul Nilavu Gautham
2000 Kushi Shiva
2000 Priyamaanavale Vijay
2001 Friends Aravinth
2001 Badri Sri Badrinathamoorthy
2001 Shahjahan Ashok
2002 Thamizhan Surya
2002 Youth Shiva
2002 Bhagavathi Bhagavathi
2003 Vaseegara Boopathy
2003 Puthiya Geethai Saarathy
2003 Thirumalai Thirumalai
2004 Udhaya Udhayakumaran
2004 Ghilli Saravanavelu Dinakaran Best Actor Award
Film Today Best Actor Award
Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award
2004 Madhurey Madhuravel
2005 Thirupaachi Sivagiri Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
2005 Sukran Sukran Guest Appearance
2005 Sachein Sachein
2005 Sivakasi Sivakasi (Muthappa) Nominated—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2006 Aadhi Aadhi
2007 Pokkiri Thamizh (Sathyamoorthy) Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (also for Azhagiya Tamil Magan)
Mathrubhumi Film Award for Best Actor - Tamil
Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Award for Best Hero
Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2007 Azhagiya Tamil Magan Gurumoorthy,
Prasad		 Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (also for Pokkiri)
2008 Kuruvi Vetrivel Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2008 Pandhayam Himself Cameo appearance
2009 Villu Pugazh,
Major Saravanan
2009 Vettaikaaran Ravi Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2010 Sura Sura
2011 Kaavalan Bhoominathan Variety Award for Hero of the Year (also for Velayudham)
2011 Velayudham Velayudham Edison Award for Best Actor
Superstar Rajini Award
Variety Award for Hero of the Year (also for Kaavalan)
Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2012 Nanban Panchavan Parivendhan/
Kosaksi Pasapugazh		 Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (also for Thuppakki)
Vikatan Award for Best Actor (also for Thuppakki)
2012 Rowdy Rathore
Special Appearance
2012 Thuppakki Jagdeesh Dhanapal Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (also for Nanban)
Techofes Award for Best Actor
Cosmopolitan Award for Best Actor - Tamil
Vikatan Award for Best Actor (also for Nanban)
Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Edison Award for Best Actor
Pending—SIIMA Award for Best Actor
Pending—SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2013 Thalaivaa
Post-production
2014 Jilla
Filming
2014 Vettaiyadu Mannan
Filming

Discography

Vijay is also a playback singer and has sung for composers like Ilaiyaraaja, Deva, Vidyasagar, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Devi Sri Prasad.[43] He sang most of his songs in films he acted and a few for fellow actors. His first song was "Bombay City" from Rasigan.[44] Later on he sang "Naa Dhum Adhikkura" for actor Suriya for the film Periyanna. He then sang "Vaadi Vaadi" in the film Sachein. After 7 years he sang "Google Google" for Harris Jayaraj for his film Thuppakki. He recently sung his 26th song in Thalaivaa with G. V. Prakash Kumar composing the music.[45]

 Song Title Film
01 "Bomboi City Sukkha Rotti" Rasigan
02 "Oru Kaditham" Deva
03 "Aiyaiyoo Alamelu Aavin Pasumpaalu" Deva
04 "Kottagiri Kuppamma" Deva
05 "Thottabettaa Rottu Melae" Vishnu
06 "Bomboi Party Shilpa Shetty" Coimbatore Mappillai
07 "Thiruppathy Ponaa Mottai" Maanbumigu Maanavan
08 "Chicken Karae" Selva
09 "Anjaam Number Bussil Yeri" Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen
10 "Oormilaa Oormilaa" Once More
11 "Oh Baby Baby" Kadhalukku Mariyadhai
12 "Mowriya Mowriya" Priyamudan
13 "Kaalathuketha Oru Gana" Velai
14 "Nilave... Nilave" Nilaave Vaa
15 "Chandira Mandalathai" Nilaave Vaa
16 "Thammadikkira Styla Pathu" Periyanna
17 "Juddadi Laila" Periyanna
18 "Roddula Oru" Periyanna
19 "Thanganirathuku" Nenjinile
20 "Mississippi Nadhi Kulunga" Priyamanavale
21 "Ennoda Laila" Badri
22 "Ullathai Killadhae" Thamizhan
23 "Coca Cola" Bagavathi
24 "Vaadi Vaadi" Sachein
25 "Google Google" Thuppakki
26 "Vaanganna Vanakkanganna" Thalaivaa
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