Vijay filmography

Vijay is an Indian actor who works in Tamil language films. He made his cinematic debut in the 1984 drama Vetri, directed by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. After appearing in Chandrasekhar's films as an child artist in nearly 9 films, Vijay made his debut as a lead actor with Naalaiya Theerpu (1992). He followed it with a supporting role opposite Vijayakanth in Sendhoorapandi (1993). Vijay went on to play lead roles in his father's directorial ventures such as Rasigan (1994) and Deva (1995). Some which were successful at the box office but unsuccessful critically.

Vijay's first breakthrough was in 1996 with Vikraman's romance film, Poove Unakkaga. His subsequent films, Vasanth's Nerrukku Ner (1997) and Fazil's Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), were critically and commercially successful. His performance in the latter won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999) earned him a Tamil Nadu state Award.

Vijay began the new millennium with critically and commercially successful films such as Kushi and Priyamanavale. The following year, he performed in three films: Friends, Badri and Shahjahan. All of which had a 100-day theatrical run. His subsequent films Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai did not do well at the box office. The success of his  masala film Thirumalai (2003), where he was paired opposite Jyothika, changed his on-screen persona to that of an action hero. He appeared next as a kabaddi player opposite Trisha in Dharani's Ghilli (2004), which went on to become the most commercially successful Tamil film of the year. It was also the first Tamil film to earn 500 million (Indian rupees). His performance as a caring brother in the masala film Thirupachi (2005) earned him a second Tamil Nadu State Award. He continued to achieve commercial success with Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007).  Barring Vettaikaaran (2009), all of his subsequent releases from Azhagiya Thamizh Magan (2007), where he played dual roles for the first time in his career, to Villu (2009) were average successes; and his 50th film, Sura (2010), was a commercial failure.

In 2011 Vijay's career prospects improved after he was praised for his role as a bodyguard in Kaavalan. 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,  He followed that with A. L. Vijay's Thalaivaa (2013) and the multi-starrer Jilla (2014). The latter featured him along with Mohanlal. Both films were successful. He teamed up with Murugadoss again for the action film Kaththi (2014). The film, which had Vijay playing dual roles as a thief and an idealist, became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of that year. He featured as a tribal warrior in his next film,  Puli (2015); it was a commercial failure. The following year, he played a police officer in Theri (2016). The film had one of the biggest openings in Tamil cinema, grossing 1.51.56 billion worldwide, and is among the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time.

Films

+Key  Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

FilmYearRole(s)Director(s)Notes Vetri 1984  Uncredited role as a child artist Kudumbam 1984  Uncredited role as a child artist Naan Sigappu Manithan 1985  Uncredited role as a child artist Vasantha Raagam 1986  Uncredited role as a child artist Sattam Oru Vilayaattu 1987  Uncredited role as a child artist Ithu Engal Neethi 1988  Uncredited role as a child artist Naalaiya Theerpu 1992 Vijay  Sendhoorapandi 1993 Vijay  Rasigan 1994 Vijay  Deva 1995 Deva  Rajavin Parvaiyile 1995 Raja  Vishnu 1995 Vishnu (Krishna)  Chandralekha 1995 Rahim Nambirajan Coimbatore Mappillai 1996 Balu  Poove Unakkaga 1996 Raja Vikraman Vasantha Vaasal 1996 Vijay  M. R. Maanbumigu Maanavan 1996 Sivaraj  Selva 1996 Selvan  Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen 1997 Kannan  Love Today 1997 Ganesh Balasekaran Once More 1997 Vijay  Nerrukku Ner 1997 Vijay Vasanth Kadhalukku Mariyadhai 1997 Jeeva Fazil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Ninaithen Vandhai 1998 Gokulakrishnan  Priyamudan 1998 Vasanth  Nilaave Vaa 1998 Siluvai  Thulladha Manamum Thullum 1999 Kutty Ezhil Endrendrum Kadhal 1999 Vijay  Nenjinile 1999 Karunakaran  Minsara Kanna 1999 Kannan (Kasi)  Kannukkul Nilavu 2000 Gautham Fazil Kushi 2000 Shiva  Priyamaanavale 2000 Vijay  Friends 2001 Aravind Siddique Badri 2001 Badri  Shahjahan 2001 Ashok Ravi Thamizhan 2002 Surya Majith Youth 2002 Shiva  Bagavathi 2002 Bhagavathi  Vaseegara 2003 Bhupathy  Pudhiya Geethai 2003 Sarathi  Thirumalai 2003 Thirumalai Ramana Udhaya 2004 Udhayakumaran  Ghilli 2004 Velu Dharani Madhurey 2004 Maduravel  Thirupaachi 2005 Sivagiri Perarasu Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Sukran 2005 Sukran  Special appearance Sachein 2005 Sachein  Sivakasi 2005 Muthappa (Sivakasi) Perarasu Aadhi 2006 Aadhi Ramana Pokkiri 2007 Sathyamoorthy (Thamizh)  Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Azhagiya Tamil Magan 2007 Guru, Prasad Bharathan Kuruvi 2008 Vetrivel Dharani Pandhayam 2008 Himself  Special appearance Villu 2009 Pugazh, Saravanan  Vettaikaaran 2009  Ravi  Sura 2010 Sura  Kaavalan 2011 Bhoominathan Siddique Velayudham 2011 Velayudham  Nanban 2012 Kosaksi Pasapugazh (Panchavan Parivendan)  Rowdy Rathore 2012 Himself  Hindi filmSpecial appearance in the song "Chinta Ta" Thuppakki 2012 Jagadish Dhanapal  Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Thalaivaa 2013 Vishwa  Jilla 2014 Shakthi  Kaththi 2014 Kathiresan, Jeevanandham  Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – TamilNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil Puli 2015 Marudheeran, Pulivendhan  Theri 2016 Vijay Kumar (Joseph Kuruvilla, Dharmeshwar) Atlee Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Bairavaa 2017 Bairavaa Bharathan Mersal 2017 Vetri, Maaran, Vetrimaaran Atlee  SARKAR 2018 Sundar Ramswamy AR Murugadoss

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