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Actor Joseph “Vijay” Chandrasekhar(Tamil: விஜய்) was born on June 22, 1974 to famous tamil film producerand director S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, a classicaland a playback singer. Vijay had a sister named Vidhya Chandrasekharwho died at the age of two.
Vijay did Visual Communications atLoyola College, Chennai. Vijay’s classmates during college arepresent-day film artistes Surya, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, andVishnuvardhan.
Vijay debuted as a lead role actor inthe 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu, produced by his father. After a fewother films, he co-starred with Vijayakanth in the film Sendhoorapandi.Films like Rasigan, Vishnu, and Deva followed. Vijay co-starred withSivaji Ganesan in the film Once More, directed by S. A. Chandrasekharin 1994. In 1995, Vijay was in the lead role in the film RajavinParvaiyile which also starred Ajith Kumar, another currently reigningfilm actor in Tamil cinema.
In 1996 Vijay starred in theVikraman-directed film Poove Unakkaga. He also starred in Love Today,Priyamudan, as well as Kadhalukku Mariyadhai for which he receive thatyear’s Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.
Following Thulladha Manamum Thullum,the films Endrendrum Kadhal, Nenjinile, Minsara Kanna and KannukkulNilavu failed to meet his previous success.[citation needed] He decidednot to commit in films that took a year to release.[citation needed]His next venture was Kushi in 2000 which was followed by films likePriyamanavale, Friends and Badri.
Later on, he starred in Shahjahan,Thamizhan, Youth, and Bagavathi which were followed by Vaseegara,Pudhiya Geethai, and his delayed film Udhaya. The films Thirumalai andGhilli were released in 2004. Ghilli, directed by Dharani and producedby A. M. Rathnam, it was a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu, and ranfor 200 days in theatres in Tamil Nadu.[citation needed] The followingyear had other releases such as Thirupaachi, Sachein and Sivakasi.
Vijay’s Aathi was released in 2006. In2007 Pokkiri, directed by Prabhu Deva, was released in 2007 and Vijanrecieved an honourary doctorate title from the M. G. R.University.[citation needed] Later that year, Vijay appeared inAzhagiya Thamizh Magan, and for the first time, he appeared in dualroles. His roles in this film, as the antagonist and protagonist, madehim to be considered for a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. In 2008, hestarred in Kuruvi, again under Dharani’s direction.
The year 2009 started off with the spyand action film Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva. The film,which had Vijay in dual roles for the second time in his career,released in January 2009. Vijay will be acting in his next film titledVettaikkaaran, directed by Babu Sivan, an associate director ofDharani, and produced by AVM Productions, which was launched inFebruary 2009.
Vijay got married SangeethaSornalingam, of Sri Lankan Tamil descent, on August 25, 1999. They havetwo children, a son born in 2000 in London, and a daughter born in 2005in Chennai
Actor Vijay Awards:* Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor and the Roja Duke’s Best Actor Award in Kadhalukku Mariyadhai in 1997
* M. G. R. Award for best acting in 2000
* Dinakaran Best Actor Award and the Film Today Best Actor Award for Ghilli in 2004
* Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor for Thirupaachi in 2006
* Vijay was given an Honorary doctorate title in 2007
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