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Vijay

Vijay is a very popular actor in Tamil movies. He was born on June 22, 1974 to S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, at Chennai. The fans have now christened him as 'Ilayathalapthy'. His full name is Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar. Vijay has done B.Sc. Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.

Family Background
Vijay's father S. A. Chandrasekhar is a popular director and mother Shobha is an accomplished playback singer. So he comes from a family which has strong cinema links. He is married to Snageetha who is the daughter of London based couple, Sornalingam and Nirmala, on August 25, 1999. They are blessed with a son, Jason Sanjay and a daughter, Divya Saasha.

Entry to the world of Tamil cinema
Vijay began his acting career as a child artist in the Tamil film industry. He had done so many Tamil films before he got recognition for his movie 'Poove Unakkake', which was a blockbuster, in 1996. He is a very talented actor and has acted with all major actors and actresses in the Tamil industry.

Vijay’s Unforgettable Movies
Vijay has performed extremely well in many of his movies. Some of his popular movies include :
Pokkiri (2007, with Asin)
Aathi (2006, with Trisha)
Sivakasi (2005, with Asin, Prakash Raj)
Sachein (2005, with Genelia D'Souza, Bipasha Basu)
Thirupaachi (2005 with Trisha, Mallika)
Madurey (2004 with Sonia Agarwal, Rakshitha)
Ghillli (2004 with Trisha, Prakash Raj)
Puthiya Geethai (2003 with Meera Jasmine, Kalabhavan Mani)
Vaseegara (2003 with Manivannan, Sneha)
Udhaya (2003 with Simran)
Thamizhan (2002 with Priyanka Chopra, Nasser, Revathi)
Friends (2001 with Surya, Devayani, Vijaylaxmi)
Kushi (2000 with Jyothika, Mumtaj, Shilpa Shetty)
Kannukkul Nilavu (2000 with Shalini)
Priyamanavale (2000 with Simran)
Khushi (2000 with Jyothika)
Kaadhalukku Mariyaadai (1997 with Shalini, Manivannan, Sivakumar)
Nerukku Ner (1997 with Kausalya, Rohini, Simran)

Career as a Singer
Vijay is also a good playback singer. He sung many songs in the movies. Some of his songs are 'Oru Kaditham' and 'Adadaa Alamelu Aavin Pasumpaalu' in the movie Deva, 'Thiruppathy Ponaa Mottai' in the film Maanbumigu Maanavan, 'Oormilaa Oormilaa' in the movie Once more, 'Akhila Akhila' in the film Nerrukku Ner, 'Nilave... Nilave' in the film Nilaave Vaa, 'Ennoda Laila' in the film Badri, and 'Ullathai Killadhae' in the movie Thamizhan.

Latest Movies
Vijay's recent movies include 'Aathi' (2006) with Trisha Krishnan as the heroine and 'Pokkiri' (2007) in which his heroine was Asin. His forthcoming movie is 'Azhagiya Tamil Magan' with leading actress Shriya Saran.

Awards
Vijay received many awards and recognition for his performance in many films.
* Tamil Nadu state's Best Actor award for 'Kadhalukku Mariyadhai' in 1997
* Tamil Nadu state's Kalaimamani award in 1998
* He is the recipient of M.G.R. Award in 2000
* Vijay is the recipient of 'Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award' for his film 'Gilli'
* He won the 'Film Today Best Actor Award' in 2005 for Ghilli
* His mega hit film "Ghilli" won him the Medimix- Dinakaran best actor award in 2004.