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VIJAY

Vijay (Tamil: விஜய்), born as Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (ஜோசப் விஜய் சந்திரசேகர்) on June 22, 1974 is an Indian film actor. His mother tongue is Tamil. He began his career doing minor roles as a child artist in the Tamil cinema industry.

Personal Background

Joseph Vijay was born on June 22 to S.A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar. He had a sister named Vidhya who died when she was just two.^[1] Vijay studied Visual Communications at Loyola College, but dropped out to pursue an acting career.^[2]He is interestingly also a classmate of Surya Sivakumar, Yuvan Shankar Raja,Karthik Raja , Jeevan and Vishnuvardhan.

He married Sangeetha on 25th August 1999. They have two children, Jason Sanjay, born on August 26, 2000 in London.^[3]; and Divya Saasha born on September 9, 2005 in Chennai.

Vijay is fondly called Vasool Chakravarthy by the film industry and the fans call him "Ilayathalapathy"

Awards

• Tamil Nadu state's Best Actor award for Kadhalukku Mariyadhai in 1997.
• Tamil Nadu state's Kalaimamani award in 1998.
• Dinakaran Best Actor Award in 2004 for Ghilli.
• Film Today Best Actor Award in 2005 for Ghilli.
• Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award for Ghilli
• The recipient of M.G.R. Award in 2000
• Tamil Nadu state Best Actor Award for Thirupaachi in 2007.
• Radio Mirchi, Chennai in association with spark 2005 Advertising Club, Chennai announces actor Vijay as silver for public service. (2005)
• Mathrubhumi's "Best Actor Award" for Pokkiri.