Vijay is an Indian actor, playback singer and politician who works in Tamil cinema. He made his cinematic debut in 1984 with Vetri, directed by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar.[1] After appearing in Chandrasekhar's films as a child artist, Vijay made his debut as a lead actor with Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) at the age of 18.[1] He followed it with a role opposite Vijayakanth in Senthoorapandi (1993).[2] Vijay went on to play lead roles in his father's directorial ventures such as Rasigan(1994) and Deva (1995)Vishnu[2][3] Most of those films were successful commercially.[4][5]
Vijay's first commercial blockbuster was romcom Coimbatore Mappillai in 1996,[6] followed by his breakthrough blockbuster romance film, Poove Unakkaga.[2][4] His subsequent films, Love Today (1997) and Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), were critically and commercially successful.[4][7] His performance in the latter won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.[4] Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), where he played a passionate singer gained him the reputation of a romantic hero.[8][9]
Vijay began the new millennium with critically and commercially successful films such as Kushi and Priyamaanavale.[10][11] The following year, he appeared in three films: Friends, Badri and Shahjahan. All three were box office successes;[12][13] barring successful ventures Thamizhan,[13] Youth and Bagavathi (all three released in 2002),[14][15] his subsequent films Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai were released. While Vaseegara was a moderate success and received praise for his comic-timing,[16] Puthiya Geethai received negative reviews and underperformed at the box office.[17][18][19] The success of his masala film Thirumalai (2003),[20] changed his on-screen persona to that of an action hero.[21] He appeared next as a kabaddi player in Ghilli (2004), which went on to become the most commercially successful Tamil film of the year.[4][22] His performance as a sword-smith in the masala film Thirupaachi (2005) earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.[23][24] He continued to achieve commercial success with Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007).[25][26] Barring Vettaikaaran and Kuruvi's box office successes,[27] his subsequent releases Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007), where he played dual roles for the first time in his career,[28] and Villu (2009) were average successes;[29][30][31] his 50th film, Sura (2010), managed to recover only its production cost.[32]
In 2011 Vijay's career prospects improved after he was praised for his role as a bodyguard in Kaavalan, which had a 100-day theatrical run and was a box office hit.[33][34] Velayudham in which, he appeared as a masked superhero was commercially successful worldwide.[35] The following year he appeared in two films: as a college student in Nanban and an army officer in Thuppakki.[36][37] His performances in both films received positive critical feedback.[38] He followed that with Thalaivaa (2013) and the multi-starrer Jilla (2014) which was commercially successful.[39][40] He teamed up with Murugadoss again for the action film Kaththi (2014). The film, which had Vijay playing dual roles as a thief and an idealist, became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of that year; his performances earned him critics praise.[41][42] In his next film, fantasy Puli (2015), he featured again in dual roles;[43] it was an overseas success.[44] The following year, he played a police officer in Atlee's Theri to mixed reviews.[45] The film had one of the biggest openings in Tamil cinema and was a major commercial success.[46][47][48] Vijay's performance won him South Indian International Movie Awards.[49][50] He played triple roles for the first time in Mersal (2017).[51] In addition to garnering a UK Award for Best Actor,[52][53] the film became a box office success.[54] Vijay earned critical acclaim for Sarkar (2018).[55][56] He also starred in films Bigil (2019), Master (2021), Beast (2022), Varisu, Leo (both 2023) and He played a four roles in The Greatest of All Time (2024), all of which garnered mixed reviews but were commercially successful in the box office, with Leo becoming the highest-grossing film of his career.[57][58]
Film
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- All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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1984 | Vetri | Vijay | Child artist | [1] [59] |
Kudumbam | Narada | [1] [59] | ||
1985 | Naan Sigappu Manithan | Vijay | [1] [59] | |
1986 | Vasantha Raagam | Vijay | [1] [59] | |
1988 | Ithu Engal Neethi | Vijay | [60] | |
1992 | Naalaiya Theerpu | Vijay | Debut as a lead | [61] |
1993 | Senthoorapandi | Vijay | [3] [62] | |
1994 | Rasigan | Vijay | [63] | |
1995 | Deva | Deva | [3] [64] | |
Rajavin Parvaiyile | Raja | [1] | ||
Vishnu | Vishnu (Krishna)[a] | [65] | ||
Chandralekha | Rahim Rowther | [66] | ||
1996 | Coimbatore Mappillai | Balu | [67] | |
Poove Unakkaga | Raja | [68] | ||
Vasantha Vaasal | Vijay | [69] | ||
Maanbumigu Maanavan | Sivaraj | [70] | ||
Selva | Selvan | [64] | ||
1997 | Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen | Kannan | [64] | |
Love Today | Ganesh | [71] | ||
Once More | Vijay | [72] | ||
Nerrukku Ner | Vijay | [69] | ||
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai | Jeevanandham (Jeeva) | [73] | ||
1998 | Ninaithen Vandhai | Gokulakrishnan | [74] | |
Priyamudan | Vasanth | [75] | ||
Nilaave Vaa | Siluvai | [76] | ||
1999 | Thulladha Manamum Thullum | Kutty | [77] | |
Endrendrum Kadhal | Vijay | [69] | ||
Nenjinile | Karunakaran (Karna) | [78] | ||
Minsara Kanna | Kannan (Kasi)[a] | [79] [80] | ||
2000 | Kannukkul Nilavu | Gautham Prabhakar | 25th film | [81] |
Kushi | Shiva | [82] | ||
Priyamaanavale | Vijay Vishwanathan | [83] | ||
2001 | Friends | Aravindhan | [84] | |
Badri | Sri Badrinatha Moorthy (Badri) | [85] | ||
Shahjahan | Ashok Ilango | [86] [87] | ||
2002 | Thamizhan | Surya | [88] | |
Youth | Shiva | [89] | ||
Bagavathi | Bhagavathi | [90] | ||
2003 | Vaseegara | Boopathi | [91] | |
Pudhiya Geethai | Sarathy | [92] | ||
Thirumalai | Thirumalai | [93] | ||
2004 | Udhaya | Udhayakumaran (Udhaya) | [94] | |
Ghilli | Saravanavelu (Velu, Ghilli)[a] | [95] | ||
Madhurey | Maduravel (Madhurey) | [96] | ||
2005 | Thirupaachi | Sivagiri (Giri) | [23] | |
Sukran | Sukran | Extended cameo | [97] [98] | |
Sachein | Sachein | [99] | ||
Sivakasi | Muthappa (Sivakasi)[a] | [100] | ||
2006 | Aathi | Aathikesavan | [101] | |
2007 | Pokkiri | Sathyamoorthy (Thamizh)[a] | [102] [103] | |
Azhagiya Tamil Magan | Guru, Prasad[b] | [104] | ||
2008 | Kuruvi | Vetrivel (Velu, Kuruvi) | [105] | |
Pandhayam | Himself | Guest appearance | [106] | |
2009 | Villu | Pugazh, Saravanan[b] | [107] | |
Vettaikaaran | "Police" Ravi | [108] | ||
2010 | Sura | Sura | 50th film | [109] |
2011 | Kaavalan | Bhoominathan (Bhoomi) | [110] | |
Velayudham | Velu (Velayudham) | [111] | ||
2012 | Nanban | Kosaksi Pasapugazh (Panchavan Parivendan)[a] | [112] [113] | |
Rowdy Rathore | Himself | Hindi film; Guest appearance in the song "Chinta Ta" | [114] | |
Thuppakki | Jagadish Dhanapal | [115] | ||
2013 | Thalaivaa | Vishwa Ramadorai (Vishwa Bhai) | [116] | |
2014 | Jilla | Shakthi Aarumugam (Jilla) | [117] [118] | |
Kaththi | Kathiresan (Kaththi), Jeevanandham[b] | [41] [119] | ||
2015 | Puli | Marudheeran, Pulivendhan[b] | [120] [121] | |
2016 | Theri | Vijay Kumar (Joseph Kuruvilla, Dharmeshwar)[a] | [122] | |
2017 | Bairavaa | Bairavaa | [123] | |
Mersal | Vetri, Maaran, Vetrimaaran[c] | [51] [124] | ||
2018 | Sarkar | Sundar Ramaswamy | [125] | |
2019 | Bigil | Michael Rayappan (Bigil), Rayappan[b] | [126] | |
2021 | Master | JD (John Durairaj) | [127] | |
2022 | Beast | Veera Raghavan | [128] | |
2023 | Varisu | Vijay Rajendran | [129] | |
Leo | Parthiban (Leo Das)[a] | [130] | ||
2024 | The Greatest of All Time | Gandhi, Jeevan (Sanjay), Jeevan's Clone 1 and Jeevan's Clone 2 [d] | [131] | |
2025 | Thalapathy 69 † | TBA | Filming | [132] |
See also
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