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Vijay
Vijay in 2018
22 June 1974 (age 45)[1]
Madras, Tamil
Nadu, India (now Chennai)
Nationality Indian
In 2011, Vijay's career prospects improved after he was praised for his role as
a bodyguard in Kaavalan.[10] The following year he appeared in two films: as
a college student in Nanban and an army officer in Thuppakki. His
performances in both films received positive critical feedback. [11] He followed
that with A. L. Vijay's Thalaivaa (2013) and the multi-starrer Jilla (2014).
Again, he teamed up with AR Murugadoss for the action film Kaththi (2014)
where he had played dual roles as a thief and an idealist. It became one of the
highest-grossing Tamil films of 2014.[12] In 2016, he played a police officer
in Atlee Kumar's Theri which had one of the biggest openings in Tamil
cinema, grossing ₹1.5—1.56 billion worldwide, and is among the highest-
grossing Tamil films of all time.[13] He played triple roles for the first time in
the film Mersal (2017), his second collaboration with Atlee.[14] It became the
highest-grossing film of Vijay's career and was also released in Japan in four
major cities: Tokyo, Ebina, Osako and Nakaya.
Film career
See also: Vijay filmography and Vijay discography
1984–1988
At the age of 10, Vijay started his film career as a child actor in the
film Vetri (1984) and then performed as child actor in films such
as Kudumbam (1984), Vasantha Raagam (1986), Sattam Oru
Vilayaattu (1987) and Ithu Engal Neethi (1988). He also performed as child
actor in Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) co-starring Rajinikanth as lead actor.
1992–1996
After performing as a child artist in the films directed by his father, Vijay
started featuring in lead roles at the age of 18 from Naalaiya Theerpu (1992).
[20]
Vijay appeared alongside Vijayakanth in Sendhoorapandi (1993), which
performed well only to a certain extent at the box office. [21] In 1994, his
film Rasigan was released, which can be deemed as his first success but not
acclaimed by critics.[22] This was the first film in which Vijay was credited
with the prefix Ilaya Thalapathy (young commander), an epithet by which he
became popularly known among fans and the media for the rest of his career.
[23]
He had lead roles in films such as Deva and Rajavin Parvaiyile, wherein
the latter he co-starred with actor Ajith Kumar. He then acted in the romantic
comedy Vishnu and the romantic tragedy Chandralekha. In early 1995, he
starred in Coimbatore Mappillai a romantic comedy film.
1996–2003
2003–2010