Joseph Vijay

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar born 22 June 1974, mononymously known as Vijay. He is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. Son of film director and producer S. A. Chandrasekhar, he started his career as a child actor and later made his debut as a lead actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu.

He launched the Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, a social welfare organisation in 2009.

Height: 1.78 m

Awards: Vijay Award for Favourite Hero, More

Siblings: Vidhya Chandrasekhar

Discogrphy

Year	Song Title	Film	Composer	Note
1994	Bombay City Sukkha Rotti	Rasigan	Deva
1995	Oru Kaditham Aiyaiyoo Alamelu Aavin Pasumpaalu Kottagiri Kuppamma	Deva	Deva
1995	Thottabettaa Rottu Melae	Vishnu	Deva
1996	Bombay Party Shilpa Shetty	Coimbatore Mappillai	Vidyasagar
1996	Thiruppathy Ponaa Mottai	Maanbumigu Maanavan	Deva
1996	Chicken Karae	Selva	Sirpy
1997	Anjaam Number Bussil Yeri	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	Deva
1997	Oormilaa Oormilaa	Once More	Deva
1997	Oh Baby Baby	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Ilayaraja
1998	Mowriya Mowriya	Priyamudan	Deva
1998	Kaalathuketha Oru Gana	Velai	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Co-sung with Nassar and Premji Amaren
1998	Nilave... Nilave Chandira Mandalathai	Nilaave Vaa	Vidyasagar
1999	Thammadikkira Styla Pathu Juddadi Laila Roadula Oru	Periyanna	S. Bharani
1999	Thanganirathuku	Nenjinile	Deva
2000	Mississippi Nadhi Kulunga	Priyamanavale	S. A. Rajkumar
2001	Ennoda Laila	Badri	Ramana Gogula
2002	Ullathai Killadhae	Thamizhan	D. Imman	Co-sung with Priyanka Chopra
2002	Coca Cola	Bagavathi	Deva	Co-sung with Vadivelu
2005	Vaadi Vaadi	Sachein	Devi Sri Prasad
2012	Google Google	Thuppakki	Harris Jayaraj	Vijay Award for Favourite Song Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer Co-sung with Andrea Jeremiah
2013	Vaanganna Vanakkanganna	Thalaivaa	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2014	Kandangi Kandangi[48]	Jilla	D. Imman

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1984	Vetri		Child actor
1984	Kudumbam		Child actor
1985	Naan Sigappu Manithan		Child actor
1986	Vasantha Raagam		Child actor
1987	Sattam Oru Vilayattu		Child actor
1988	Idhu Engal Needhi		Child actor
1992	Naalaiya Theerpu	Vijay	Cinema Express Award for New Face - Tamil
1993	Sendhoorapandi	Vijay
1994	Rasigan	Vijay
1995	Deva	Deva
1995	Rajavin Parvaiyile	Raja
1995	Vishnu	Vishnu
1995	Chandralekha	Rahim
1996	Coimbatore Maapillai	Balu
1996	Poove Unakkaga	Raja
1996	Vasantha Vasal	Vijay
1996	Maanbumigu Maanavan	Shiva
1996	Selva	Selvan
1997	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	Kannan
1997	Love Today	Ganesh
1997	Once More	Vijay
1997	Nerrukku Ner	Vijay
1997	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Jeevanandam	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Cinema Express Award for Best Actor - Tamil
1998	Ninaithen Vandhai	Gokulakrishnan
1998	Priyamudan	Vasanth
1998	Nilaave Vaa	Seluvai
1999	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Kutty
1999	Endrendrum Kadhal	Vijay
1999	Nenjinile	Karunakaran
1999	Minsara Kanna	Kannan
2000	Kannukkul Nilavu	Gautham
2000	Kushi	Shiva
2000	Priyamaanavale	Vijay
2001	Friends	Aravindhan
2001	Badri	Sribadrinathamoorthy aka Badri
2001	Shahjahan	Ashok
2002	Thamizhan	Surya
2002	Youth	Shiva
2002	Bhagavathi	Bhagavathi
2003	Vaseegara	Boopathy
2003	Puthiya Geethai	Saarathy
2003	Thirumalai	Thirumalai
2004	Udhaya	Udhayakumaran
2004	Ghilli	Saravanavelu
2004	Madhurey	Madhuravel
2005	Thirupaachi	Sivagiri	Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
2005	Sukran	Sukran	Guest appearance
2005	Sachein	Sachein
2005	Sivakasi	Sivakasi (Muthappa)
2006	Aadhi	Aadhi	remake of the Telugu film Athanokkade
2007	Pokkiri	Thamizh (Sathyamoorthy)	Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year Mathrubhumi Award for Best Actor – Tamil Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2007	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Gurumoorthy, Prasad	Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year
2008	Kuruvi	Vetrivel	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2008	Pandhayam	Himself	Cameo appearance
2009	Villu	Pugazh, Major Saravanan
2009	Vettaikaaran	Ravi	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2010	Sura	Sura	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2011	Kaavalan	Bhoominathan	remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard
2011	Velayudham	Velayudham	Edison Award for Best Actor Superstar Rajini Award Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2012	Nanban	Panchavan Parivendhan/ Kosaksi Pasapugazh	Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (also for Thuppakki) Vikatan Award for Best Actor (also for Thuppakki)
2012	Rowdy Rathore		Special appearance Hindi film
2012	Thuppakki	Jagdish Dhanapal	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year Vikatan Award for Best Actor Techofes Award for Best Actor Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actor Nominated—Edison Award for Best Actor Pending—Chennai Times Film Award for Best Actor
2013	Thalaivaa	Vishwa Bhai
2014	Holiday		Announced[citation needed] Cameo appearance Hindi film
2014	Jilla	Sakthi	Post-production
2014	Vijay-AR.Murugadoss film		Pre-production

Awards and honours

Vijay awards and nominations

[hide]Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Vijay Awards 5 10 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 3 3 Filmfare Awards - 2 SIIMA - 2 Edison Awards 2 3 Others 12 12
Totals
Awards won	22
Nominations	32

Honours

• Kalaimaamani (1998)
• Honorary doctorate - Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute (2007)

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Won

• Best Actor - Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1998)
• MGR Award (2000)
• Best Actor (Special Award) - Thirupaachi (2005)

Vijay Awards

Won

• Entertainer of the Year - Pokkiri/Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007)
• Favourite Hero - Vettaikaaran (2009)
• Entertainer of the Year - Nanban/Thuppakki (2012)
• Favourite Hero - Thuppakki (2012)

Nominated

• Favourite Hero - Pokkiri (2007)
• Favourite Hero - Kuruvi (2008)
• Favourite Hero - Sura (2010)
• Favourite Hero - Velayudham (2011)
• Best Actor - Thuppakki (2012)

Filmfare Awards South

Nominated

• Best Actor - Pokkiri (2007)
• Best Actor - Thuppakki (2012)

South Indian International Movie Awards

Nominated

• Best Actor - Thuppakki (2012)
• Best Male Playback Singer - Thuppakki - Google Google (2012)

Edison Awards (India)

Won

• Best Actor - Velayudham (2011)
• Super Star Rajni Award - Velayudham (2011)

Nominated

• Best Actor - Thuppakki (2012)

Other Awards

Won

• Cinema Express Award for New Face - Naalaya Theerpu (1992)
• Cinema Express Award for Best Actor - Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997)
• Roja Duke's Best Actor- Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997)
• Dinakaran Best Actor Award - Ghilli (2004)
• Film Today Best Actor Award - Ghilli (2004)
• Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award - Ghilli (2004)
• Mathrubhumi Film Awards for Best Actor in Tamil - Pokkiri (2007)
• Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Award for Best Hero - Pokkiri (2007)
• Asianet Film Awards for Most Popular Tamil Actor (2010)
• Variety Award for Hero of the Year - Kaavalan/Velayudham (2011)
• Vikatan Award for Best Actor - Nanban/Thuppakki (2012)
• Techofes Award for Best Actor - Thuppakki (2012)

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