Vijay is an Indian film actor, singer, and film producer. He was born on 22nd June 1974 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Vijay has done Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai. He started his career when he was just a kid with Tamil film "Vetri" in 1984, film directed by his father SA Chandrasekhar. He made acting debut with the film "Naalaya Theerpu" in a lead role in 1992. His first blockbuster hit film was "Poove Unakkaga" in 1996 opposite Sangita, Charle and Anju Aravind.
He endorsed several reputed brands like Coca-Cola, Jos Alukkas, Tata Docomo etc. He founded NGO named Vijay Makkal Iyakkam in 2009 which involves in several philanthropic works. He won his first Tamil Nadu State Best Actor Award for his performance in the film "Kadhalukku Mariyadhai" in 1998 opposite Shalini. He is popularly called by his fans as "Ilayathalapathy" or Thalapathy. He has received many awards.
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