Vijay Movies, Age, Height, Net Worth & Wiki

Vijay is a well-known Indian Film Actor, Playback Singer, Philanthropist, and Dancer. He is the highest-paid actor and got recognization for his work in the Tamil film industry. Vijay’s fans refer to him with the title of Thalapathy. He has been involved 7 times in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, based on the profits of Indian celebrities.

Vijay was born in a Roman Catholic Family on 22 June 1974 in Chennai, India. His father’s name is S. A. Chandrasekhar, a Tamil film director, and his mother’s name is Shobha, a playback singer, and Carnatic vocalist. He had a sister named, Vidhya, who passed away when she was just 2-year-old. Vijay got married to one of his die-hard fans, Sangeetha Somalingam on 25 August 1999. They have a son, Jason Sanjay, and a daughter, Divya Shasha.

Vijay Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
Nick Name	Thalapathy
Age	(as in 2023) 49 Years
Debut	Naalaya Theerpu (1992)
Religion	Christianity
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Birth Place	Chennai, India
Date of Birth	22 June 1974
Nationality	Indian
Residence	Chennai, India
Home Town	Chennai, India
Hobbies	Stunts, Dancing, and Singing
Family
Mother’s Name	Shoba Chandrasekhar (Singer)
Father’s Name	S. A. Chandrasekhar (Filmmaker)
Brother	Not Known
Sister	Not Known
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Sangeeta Sornalingam
Marriage Date	25 August 1999
Children	• Daughter- Divya Saasha • Son- Jason Sanjay
Education
School	• Fathima Matriculation Higher Secondary School • Balalok Matriculation Higher Secondary School
College/University	Loyola College, Chennai
Educational Qualification	Visual Communications (Dropout)
Profession	Actor, Producer, and Singer
Brands Endorsed	• Coca-Cola • Chennai Super Kings • Sunfeast • Jos Alukkas • Tata Docomo
Career Manager	Not Known
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 10”
Weight (Approx.)	in Kilograms- 73 kg in Pounds- 161 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	38 inches
Biceps Size	14 inches
Waist Size	29 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Roman Catholic
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Known
Shoe Size	10 US
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Chicken Briyani
Favourite Actors	Amitabh Bachchan, Rajanikanth and Kamal Haasan
Favourite Actress	Simran
Favourite Colors	Blue and Black
Favourite Sport	London and Los Angeles
Controversies	When he was shooting for “Pokiri”, due to sudden irritation and swelling in the eyes, he had gone through a minor operation.

Life Journey

Vijay studied at Fathima Matriculation Higher Secondary School and finished his schooling at Balalok Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Then, he joined Loyola College to pursue his graduation in Visual Communications. But, he dropped out of his studies as he needed to concentrate more on his acting career.

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At the age of 10, Vijay made his acting debut as a child artist with the movie Vetri in 1984 which was directed by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. In 1992, Vijay began his acting career as a leading actor, in his father’s production movie, Nalaya Thearpu. After some more movies, he acted with Vijayakanth in the Sadhuruapandi movie. This movie made Vijay famous in the interior sections of Tamil Nadu.

Vijay Net Worth

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Career

In 1996, Vijay got his first successful movie Poove Unkaga directed by Vikraman, which helped him to settle in Tamil movies as an emerging star. After a few flops, he got success with the film Love Today. He starred in the Sunrise film Nerrukku Ner along with Sun Shiv Kumar in 1997. The movie was produced by Mani Ratnam. Then, Vijay acted in Fazil directed Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. This was recognized as a blockbuster movie and this film gave him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor of that year.

Next vijay movies was Kusshi, the 2000 blockbuster movie. Then, films like Prianimanwala, Friends, again brought success. Thirumalai broke his string of unsuccessful movies in 2003, in which he was seen with a new face. Released in 2004, Ghilli is considered one of his highest hits. Directed by Dharani, it was a remake of the Telugu movie Okkadu and the film lasted for 200 days in theatres in Tamil Nadu.

Next, his first failed film was Aathi, which was released in 2006. This movie has been a bad box at the box office. Later that year, he announced the Pokkiri movie, which was directed by Prabhu Deva. Thi film got the same success as Ghilli, in which he had a chance to act in a strange style.

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He then appeared in the 2009 action movie Villoo, which was directed by Prabhu Deva, who was intended to work with him after Pokkiri. In this film, he is seen in his career for the second time in a double role. In 2012, he signed the A. R. Murugadoss directed film Thuppakki ( an action thriller film). This film became the thirst highest grossed earning movie in Tamil to enter the 100 crores club.

Even this was also Vijay’s career’s first ever biggest commercial hit movie of all time. In 2013, he was fortunate to work again with action-thriller movies maker ace director AR Murugadoss for the film Kaththi starring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. This movie became 2014, the highest grossed grossing movie at the Tamil box office in terms of collections.

In 2016, he signed the Atlee directed film There alongside Amy Jackson and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. It was a hugely successful film and also became the second-highest earner film with a substantial collection of Rs 172 crores at the Box office window and also the 2016 year’s highest earner too. Such gainers made him the Tamil superstar and gained mass popularity.

Facts About Vijay

• Does Vijay smoke?: No
• Does Vijay drink alcohol?: No
• Vijay’s mother told that Vijay was intensely affected by the death of her sister. Being a chatty and naughty boy in his childhood, he converted very silently and shy after her death.
• Not just in India, Vijay has his fan following in more than 80 countries including Japan, China, France, and the UK.
• Vijay’s son made a guest appearance with him in the movie Vettaikaaran in 2009, and his daughter, Divya Shasha portrayed a minuscule character of her father’s pre-teen daughter in the movie Theri in 2016.
• Preferably of celebrating his birthday in resorts or bars, he favors social work and gives free books to economically weak students.
• For his giving to the Tamil film industry, he was honored with the Doctor Honoris Causa by  Dr. MGR University.

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