Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), mononymously known as Vijay and popularly referred to as Ilayathalapathy Vijay (English: Young Leader), is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer, who works in the Tamil fili industry. Son of film director and producer S.A chandrashekar , he started his career as a child actor and later made his debut as a lead actor in the 1992 film Nalaya Therrpu helmed by S.A chandrashekar, and has since then starred in numerous commercially successful and acclaimed films in various genres, the most recent one being Thuppaki. He was listed #28 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012.[3]
He has been awarded two Tamil nadu filim awards, nominated for one Filmfare awrad and conferred honorary doctorate by Mgr university for his extensive philanthropic works in 2007. He launched the Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, a social welfare organisation in 2009.
Full Name : Joseph Vijay
Affectionately called : Ilayathalapathy
Profession : Actor, singer
Date of birth : 22-June1974
Mother tongue : Tamil
Height : 5'11''
Father : S.A.Chandrasekharan is a writer-producer-director
Mother : Shobha Chandrasekharan is a singer, story writer and director
Uncle : S.N.Surendar (playback singer and dubbing voice for actor mohan for over 85 films)
Wife : Sangeetha
Son : Jason Sanjay
Daughter: Divya Saasha
Friends : Sajai, Srinath, Sanjeev, Manoj and Ramkumar
Education : Bachelors Degree of Visual Communications at Loyola College (discontinued)
Debut:
* Child artiste -'Vetri '
* Action Hero -'Nalaya Therpu', directed by S A Chandrashekar(father)
As an Actor : Famous for stunts, dance, comedy and singing. Excels in all departments.
As a Person : Introvert, famous for one-line answers.
Favourites:
* TOURIST SPOTS - London and Los Angeles
* FOOD -Dosa and Chicken
* CLOTHES - Jeans and T-shirt
* COLOUR - Black
* LOCATION - his room
Best films :
' Poove Unakkaga', 'Love Today', 'Nerukku Naer', 'Kaadalukku Mariyathai' 'Thulladhamanamum Thullum' and 'Ghilli'
Awards and Honors :
* Kalaimamani award(1998)
* Tamil nadu state Best Hero award (1997) for "Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai"
Social Activities:
* Educating 32 children every year
* Conducted many free weddings
* Issued notebooks to children
* Donated upto 3 lakhs to put streetlights for a famous shiva temple in Kaveripattinam
Influential person in his life : Father
Influential person in movies : Rajinikanth
Moments :
* Happy- marriage
* Sad- sister's death
Facts :
* Had been in coco-cola commercial
* Had a sister by name Vidya who died when she was very young
* Has built a kalyana mandapam called J.S.Kalyana mandapam
* 'Kadhalukku Mariyathai' a film with shalini made people recognise him
Salary : More than one crore
Affectionately called : Ilayathalapathy
Profession : Actor, singer
Date of birth : 22-June1974
Mother tongue : Tamil
Height : 5'11''
Father : S.A.Chandrasekharan is a writer-producer-director
Mother : Shobha Chandrasekharan is a singer, story writer and director
Uncle : S.N.Surendar (playback singer and dubbing voice for actor mohan for over 85 films)
Wife : Sangeetha
Son : Jason Sanjay
Daughter: Divya Saasha
Friends : Sajai, Srinath, Sanjeev, Manoj and Ramkumar
Education : Bachelors Degree of Visual Communications at Loyola College (discontinued)
Debut:
* Child artiste -'Vetri '
* Action Hero -'Nalaya Therpu', directed by S A Chandrashekar(father)
As an Actor : Famous for stunts, dance, comedy and singing. Excels in all departments.
As a Person : Introvert, famous for one-line answers.
Favourites:
* TOURIST SPOTS - London and Los Angeles
* FOOD -Dosa and Chicken
* CLOTHES - Jeans and T-shirt
* COLOUR - Black
* LOCATION - his room
Best films :
' Poove Unakkaga', 'Love Today', 'Nerukku Naer', 'Kaadalukku Mariyathai' 'Thulladhamanamum Thullum' and 'Ghilli'
Awards and Honors :
* Kalaimamani award(1998)
* Tamil nadu state Best Hero award (1997) for "Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai"
Social Activities:
* Educating 32 children every year
* Conducted many free weddings
* Issued notebooks to children
* Donated upto 3 lakhs to put streetlights for a famous shiva temple in Kaveripattinam
Influential person in his life : Father
Influential person in movies : Rajinikanth
Moments :
* Happy- marriage
* Sad- sister's death
Facts :
* Had been in coco-cola commercial
* Had a sister by name Vidya who died when she was very young
* Has built a kalyana mandapam called J.S.Kalyana mandapam
* 'Kadhalukku Mariyathai' a film with shalini made people recognise him
Salary : More than one crore
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