Q: You did start as an action hero. Somewhere along the way you changed track.

Vijay: It is true. Then came Poove Unakkaga where I had this soft role. The film and my role were appreciated. Then, all the films that came my way were similar ones. I did do Selva an action oriented film. It didnt do well, so people never knew about it. My next success was again in a soft romantic role, Love Today. So people got this general impression that I was doing only the softer kind of roles. That was the reason I chose an anti-hero subject like Priyamudan.

Q: How do you react to success and failure?

Vijay: I react the same way to both success and failure, because these things are not in our hands. I do my part to the best of my ability. The rest is in the hands of the audience So, I dont worry much when my films flop nor get unduly excited when they are successful.

Vijays forthcoming films are Khushi where he is paired with Jotika. Produced by A. M. Ratnam (Indian, Kadhalar Dinam) this film is lavishly budgeted. S.J. Surya (of Vaali fame directs it. Another film on the floors is Udaya starring him and Simran. It has music by A. R. Rehman. Produced by V. Natarajan, it is directed by Azhagar Perumal. And there is the Fazil directed Kannukkul Nilavu where Vijay Inis teamed again with Shalini. Vijay Infeels its a challenging role like the one he had in the directors earlier film Kadhalukku Mariyadhai.

Heres wishing Vijay Inall the best for the new millennium!

CODING FOR FILMS OF VIJAY

Actor Vijay In- Complete Tamil Filmography

Real Name:	Joseph Vijay
Titles:	Ilaiya Thalapathi
Family in Tamil Cinema:	Father: S A Vijay(H2) Chandirasekaran (Director, Producer, Actor) Mother: Shobha Chandirasekaran (Director, Producer, Singer)
Upcoming Films:	VELAYUDHAM NANBAN YOHAN

SCHOOL DAYS OF VIJAY
Actor Vijay InDuring School Days
Tamil Actor Vijay Inafter schooling he joined for a degree in Visual Communications at Loyola College Chennai but later dropped his studies to pursue an acting career. Here are some of his teenage photos from his school days.






Early life
Vijay Inwas born to a Hindu father and a Christian mother. His parents are S. A. Chandrasekhar, a film producer and director and Shobha Chandrasekhar, a Carnatic singer. He attended the S.B.O.A Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Anna Nagar. He began his post-secondary studies at Loyola College in Chennai and entered in the acting field.

Career
Early years: 1992-2002



During his childhood, Vijay Inperformed in uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. At the age of 18, Vijay Indebuted as a lead actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu, also produced by his father. In his second film, he co-starred with Vijayakanth in the film Sendhoorapandi. His following films Rasigan and Deva were all low-budget movies. In his fifth film Rajavin Parvaiyile in 1993, he co-starred with actor Ajith Kumar, who, like Vijay, was also a rising young actor then—also a bankable film star today. Also released that year were his romantic comedies Vishnu and Chandralekha which turned out to be poor grossers.

The following year, Vijay Incontinued to pursue romantic comedy film Coimbatore Mappillai which was a failure. The Vikraman-directed Poove Unakkaga was his first box office success which helped Vijay Into become a recognisable actor. Vijay's tenth film Vasantha Vasal was an average grosser at box offices. Maanbumigu Maanavan and Selva were action films and flopped heavily.


Vijay(H4)
After more average romance films in 1997, like Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen and Love Today with the former a failure and the latter a success, Vijay Intook up the romantic comedy film, Once More, in which he co-starred with legendary Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan. In his next film, the Mani Ratnam-produced Nerukku Ner, directed by Vasanth, he co-starred with Surya Sivakumar who happened to make his debut in that film. He wrapped up that year with his first commercial success, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai, which was directed by Fazil and earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.

In 1998, Vijay Inworked in Ninaithen Vandhai, Priyamudan, and Nilaave Vaa which were well received at box offices with Nilaave Vaa a failure. In 1999, his film Thulladha Manamum Thullum earned him a Special Prize at the following year's Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. The following films Endrendrum Kadhal, Nenjinile, Minsara Kanna failed miscerably at box-office.

At the start of the new millennium he did Kannukkul Nilavu with Fazil again but the movie failed at box office, although his performance was praised. He decided not to commit in films that took a year to release, which changed his trend. His next venture Kushi however, directed by S. J. Suryah, was a blockbuster of the year. At the end of the year, he acted in Priyamanavale which was once again a successful film. His 2001 comedy film Friends, directed by Siddique, also starring Surya Sivakumar, was yet again a commercial success. Badri, an action and drama flick, showed good results at the box office, but his following romance film, Shahjahan, did not do well.

In 2002, he starred in Thamizhan alongside the then debutante Priyanka Chopra which again failed at the box office. Youth on the other hand, was an average box office grosser and Bagavathi, at the end of the year, was another hit. The following year 2003 also began unsuccessful with Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai.

Vijay(H5)
Commercial success: 2003-2007
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However, his string of failure films was broken by the action-romance flick, Thirumalai, which had Vijay Inin a new facial appearance. Udhaya, a film which began filming in 2002 but became delayed, finally released at the start of 2004, but was a box office failure.

Ghilli, which was released in 2004, is considered to be one of Vijay's biggest hits today. Directed by S. Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam, it was a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu, and ran for 200 days in theatres in Tamil Nadu. It was followed by Madhurey which was an average grosser at box office but considered a hit. It was in this year which Vijay Inbegan to portray his current mass-hero, stereotypical acting style, giving him a major turning point in his career. The following year, 2005, had other major films such as the Perarasu-directed Thirupaachi a super hit, the romantic flick Sachien a hit, and another masala film, Sivakasi a success, again by Perarasu.

His next film Aathi, was released in 2006. This film failed miserably at the box-office and Vijay Intook a short hiatus from acting. He later accepted to work in Pokkiri that year. Directed by Prabhu Deva, it released in 2007 and met almost the same success Ghilli did, in which Vijay Inplayed the character of an undercover cop diguised as a local gangster. Vijay's performance was well praised and he received an honorary doctorate title from the M. G. R. University.
Setbacks: 2007-2010

Late 2007, Vijay Instarred in the romantic drama film Azhagiya Thamizh Magan, and for the first time, he appeared in dual roles, as both the antagonist and protagonist, but was an average. In 2008, he starred in the action film Kuruvi, again under Dharani's direction, ran for 228 days in the theaters but was declared an hit box office result.


Vijay(H6)
The year 2009 started off with the action masala film Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva who was keen on working with him again after Pokkiri. The film, which had Vijay Inin dual roles for the second time in his career, but again generated poor reviews. Vijay's next film, Vettaikaaran, directed by Babu Sivan, produced by AVM Productions and distributed by Sun Pictures.

In 2010, Vijay's 50th film Sura, another Sun Pictures distribution, released with mixed reviews and was expected to become a hit due to the success of his previous film and Mani Sharma's music as in his previous super hit, Pokkiri, but became one of his worst failures. After box office losses due to Sura and other recent Vijay Infilms, theater owners in Tamil Nadu asked for an exclusive Vijay Infilm or stated they will not screen Vijay Infilms.
2011 onwards

He associated with director Siddique again for Kaavalan, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard.[4] It received positive reviews from both viewers and critics and was declared a successful venture at the box office. As of late-2010, he was working with M. Raja for Velayudham, which is being produced by Venu Ravichandran. He is currently working with S. Shankar for the film Nanban which features an ensemble cast.

Vijay Inis expected to work with director Seeman in his forthcoming film Pagalavan as well as with Mani Ratnam in his next venture, currently being discussed.
Personal life

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

Brand endorsement

In the year 2002, Vijay Inwas chosen as Coca Cola's brand ambassador in Tamil Nadu. He had acted in a variety of South Indian Coca Cola advertisements, along with Katrina Kaif. In 2008, Vijay Inwas signed up as the star ambassador for the Indian Premier League cricket team Chennai Super Kings, along with actress Nayanthara. In January 2009, Vijay Inwas once again chosen as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola products. As of August 2010, Vijay Inwas signed by Jos Alukkas as their brand ambassador for Tamil Nadu

Sl. No	Film Title	Co-Stars	Director	Music	Year of Release
52	KAAVALAN	Raj Kiran, Asin, Roja	Siddique	Vidyasagar	2011
51	SURAA	Tamanna	S P Rajkumar	Mani Sharma	2010
50	VETTAIKAARAN	Anushka	Babu Sivan	Vijay InAntony	2009
49	VILLU	Prakash Raj, Nayantara	Prabhu Deva	Devi Sri Prasad	2009
48	PANDHAYAM	Prakash Raj, Nithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani	S A Chandirasekaran	Vijay InAntony	2008
47	KURUVI	Suman, Trisha, Malavika	Dharani	Vidyasagar	2008
46	AZHAGIYA THAMIZH MAGAN	Shriya, Namitha	Bharathan	A R Rahman	2007
45	POKKIRI	Prakash Raj, Asin	Prabhu Deva	Mani Sharma	2007
44	AADHI	Prakash Raj, Sai Kumar, Trisha	Ramana	Vidyasagar	2006
43	SIVAKAASI	Prakash Raj, Asin, Nayantara	Perarasu	Srikanth Deva	2005
42	SUKRAN	Ravi Krishna, Natasha, Rambha	S A Chandirasekaran	Vijay InAntony	2005
41	SACHIN	Raghuvaran, Genelia, Bipasha Basu	John Mahendran	Devi Sri Prasad	2005
40	THIRUPAACHI	Pasupathi, Trisha, Mallika, Chaya Singh	Perarasu	Dheena	2005
39	MADHURA	Pasupathi, Rakshitha, Sonia Agarwal	R Madhesh	Vidyasagar	2004
38	GHILLI	Prakash Raj, Trisha	Dharani	Vidyasagar	2004
37	UDHAYAA	Simran	Azhagamperumal	A R Rahman	2004
36	THIRUMALAI	Raghuvaran, Jothika, Kausalya, Kiran	Ramana	Vidyasagar	2003
35	PUTHIYA GEETHAI	Meera Jasmine, Amisha Patel	K P Jeghan	Yuvan Shankar Raja	2003
34	VASEEGARA	Sneha, Suhasini, Gayathri Jayaram	K Selvabharathi	S A Rajkumar	2003
33	BHAGAVATHI	Reema Sen, Monika	A Venkatesh	Deva	2002
32	YOUTH	Vijayakumar, Sandhya, Simran	Vincent Selva	Mani Sharma	2002
31	THAMIZHAN	Priyanka Chopra, Revathi	A Majid	D Imman	2002
30	SHAHJAHAN	Richa Pallod, Meena	Ravi	Mani Sharma	2001
29	BADHRI	Monal, Bhoomika	P A Arunprasad	Ramana Gokula	2001
28	FRIENDS	Surya, Devayani, Vijayalakshmi	Siddique	Ilaiyaraja	2001
27	PRIYAMAANAVALAE	Simran, Radhika Chowdhry	K Selvabharathi	S A Rajkumar	2000
26	KUSHI	Vijaykumar, Jothika, Shilpa Shetty	S J Soorya	Deva	2000
25	KANNUKKUL NILAVU	Raghuvaran, Shalini	Fazil	Ilaiyaraja	2000
24	MINSAARA KANNA	Rambha, Kushboo	K S Ravikumar	Deva	1999
23	NENJINILE	Isha Kopikkar, Roja	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1999
22	ENDRENDRUM KAADHAL	Raghuvaran, Rambha, Bhanu Priya	Manoj Bhatnagar	Manoj Bhatnagar	1999
21	THULLAADHA MANAMUM THULLUM	Simran	Ezhil	S A Rajkumar	1999
20	NILAAVAE VAA	Raghuvaran, Suvalakshmi, Sangavi	A Venkatesh	Vidyasagar	1998
19	PIRIYAMUDAN	Kausalya	Vincent Selva	Deva	1998
18	NINAITHAEN VANDHAAI	Devayani, Rambha	K Selvabharathi	Deva	1998
17	KADHALUKKU MARIYADHAI	Sivakumar, Shalini, Sri Vidya	Fazil	Ilaiyaraja	1997
16	NAERUKKU NAER	Surya, Raghuvaran, Simran, Kausalya	Vasanth	Deva	1997
15	ONCE MORE	Sivaji Ganesan, Simran, Anju Aravind	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1997
14	LOVE TODAY	Karan, Raghuvaran, Suvalakshmi, Manthra	Balasekaran	Shiva	1997
13	KAALAMELLAM KAATHIRUPPAEN	Dimple	R Sundarrajan	Deva	1997
12	SELVA	Swathi	A Venkatesan	Sirpi	1996
11	MAANBUMIGU MAANAVAN	Swapna Bedi	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1996
10	VASANTHA Vijay(H3) VAASAL	Swathi	M R	Masa	1996
9	POOVAE UNAKKAGA	Sangeetha, Anju Aravind	Vikraman	S A Rajkumar	1996
8	COIMBATORE MAAPLE	Sangavi	C Ranganathan	Vidyasagar	1996
7	CHANDRALEKHA	Vanitha Vijaykumar	Nambiraj	Ilaiyaraja	1995
6	VISHNU	Sangavi	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1995
5	RAJAVIN PARVAIYILE	Ajith Kumar, Indiraja, Viji	Janaki Sounder	Ilaiyaraja	1995
4	DEVA	Sivakumar, Swathi	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1995
3	RASIGAN	Sangavi	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1994
2	SENDHOORAPANDI	Vijaykanth, Gouthami	S A Chandirasekaran	Deva	1993
1	NAALAYA THEERPU	Keerthana, K R Vijaya	S A Chandirasekaran	Manimekalai	1992