Vijay

Vijay

출생 : 1974-06-22, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

약력

​Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar known mononymously as (Ilayathalapathy) Vijay, is an Indian film actor, and playback singer. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his film debut as a lead role actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu. Since then, he acted in several films of action and romance genres. He has also worked as a playback singer in most of his films, as well as a few films starring other actors. During his career in the Tamil film industry, he has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and was nominated for one Filmfare Award. Vijay has starred in several romance and action films, including the commercially successful films Poove Unakkaga (1996), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), Kushi (2000), Priyamaanavale (2000), Ghilli (2004), Pokkiri (2007), Vettaikaaran (2009) and Kaavalan (2011). He also worked with several corporations as a brand ambassador and is a former brand ambassador of the Indian Premier League cricket team, Chennai Super Kings.

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참여 작품

Leo
Playback Singer
A seemingly gentle family man reveals a history of violence when a murderous gang arrive at his cafe.
Leo
Parthiban / Leo Das
A seemingly gentle family man reveals a history of violence when a murderous gang arrive at his cafe.
Varisu
Playback Singer
Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the chagrin of his brothers. But can Vijay prove himself to be a worthy varisu and also reunite his now-broken family?
Varisu
Vijay Rajendran
Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the chagrin of his brothers. But can Vijay prove himself to be a worthy varisu and also reunite his now-broken family?
비자이의 비스트
Playback Singer
일에 지친 전직 정보국 요원. 탈취된 쇼핑몰에서 긴장된 인질극 상황이 벌어지자 다시 현장에 돌아오게 된다.
비자이의 비스트
Veera Raghavan
일에 지친 전직 정보국 요원. 탈취된 쇼핑몰에서 긴장된 인질극 상황이 벌어지자 다시 현장에 돌아오게 된다.
Master
Playback Singer
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Master
John 'JD' Durairaj
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Bigil
Playback Singer
A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an opportunity comes his way seven years later?
Bigil
Michael 'Bigil' Rayappan / Rayappan
A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an opportunity comes his way seven years later?
Sarkar
Sundar Ramasamy
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
Mersal
Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
Bairavaa
Bairavaa
A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​
Theri
Playback Singer
When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
Theri
Joseph Kuruvilla/Vijay Kumar/ Dharmeshwar
When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
Puli
Marudheeran / Pulivendhan
A virtuous soldier Magadheera aka Puli (Tiger) vows to save his people from the rule of a cruel queen and her treacherous Marshal. Does good triumph over evil?
Kaththi
Kathiresan / Jeevanandham
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Jilla
Sakthi
A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
Thalaivaa
Playback Singer
A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large shoes.
Thalaivaa
Vishwa (Vishwa Bhai)
A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large shoes.
Thuppakki
Playback Singer
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Thuppakki
Jagadish
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
돌격 라토르
Special Appearance in "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita" song
사랑을 위해 과거의 실수를 모두 털어내려 노력하는 남자. 하지만 남자에게는 상상도 하지 못할 시련과 역경의 요절복통 코미디가 기다리고 있었는데. 3개월이 넘는 시간 동안 2012년 인도 박스오피스 상위권을 차지하고 있던 발리우드 대작
Nanban
Panchavan "Pari" Pariventhan/Kosaksi "Pappu" Pasapugazh
The plot of the film illustrates the embankment of two friends on a quest for a lost buddy, who was once an optimistic and successful student. On their journey, they recount their college life and special moments that the three shared up until their lost friend secretly parted ways after convocation. During their quest, the two encounter a rival classmate who once made a long forgotten bet with them, a funeral that goes impossibly out of control, and a wedding they must crash.
Velayudham
Velayudham
An ordinary milkman is forced to become the fictional character Velayudham who takes on the scum of the earth.
Kaavalan
Bhoominathan
Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran), a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera (Asin) as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.
Sura
Sura
When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to fight against him.
Vettaikaaran
Ravi
Police-Ravi is a student aspiring to become a police officer,becomes hunted when he helps his friend out of trouble.The hunted becomes the Hunter to secure his future.
Villu
Pugazh and Major Saravanan
A son decides to avenge his father, an army officer, who was falsely framed and killed by three corrupt officers. Fatefully, he also ends up falling in love with the daughter of one of the killers.
Pandhayam
Himself (Special Appearance)
A college student, who is a die hard fan of actor Vijay, falls in love with a beautiful young woman. Trouble erupts when she turns out to be the younger sister of a corrupt minister, who uses all his power to separate them. How will the future unfold for the young lovers?
Kuruvi
Vetrivel aka Velu
A son sets out to look for the man responsible for his father's disappearance, which is connected to a stolen diamond. Eventually, he steals the villain's diamond and also runs away with his sister.
Azhagiya Tamil Magan
Guru / Prabhu
Guru has the ability to predict future events. With his unique ability, he identifies several future events, including the attempted murder of his lover by a look-alike.
Pokkiri
DSP Satyamoorthy IPS (Tamizh)
Tamil is a killer for hire, and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The Police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Tamil who knows his real identity and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone.
Aathi
Aathi
At Beach, Anjali whips out a knife and kills a police officer saying that she has been waiting for this moment for many years. Aadhi who lives with his foster parents in New Delhi. He takes up a course in Chennai against his foster parents' wishes, while he is actually on mission to eliminate the people behind the murder of his blood family. Anjali studying in the same college has her own agenda to seek revenge on her parents' killers, assisted by her uncle . Aadhi falls in love with Anjali, as she brings back memories of his childhood sweetheart and cousin who loved to dance in the rain.It is revealed that Anjali and Aadhi were from the same family. Aadhi's father was an honest cop who arrested one of the henchmen of a local gangster, RDX . RDX pays Aadhi's father a visit with some of his henchmen and the police officer and murders whole extended family. Anjali, her uncle and Aadhi survived the blast that annihilated their family. & they combine forces to get revenge on RDX.
Sivakasi
Sivakasi / Muthappa
Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.
Sukran
College students Ravi and Sandhya are love birds. When Sandhya's mother and a village panchayat chief come to know of their affair, she puts spokes in their wheel, but the Ravi's father sends the pair to Chennai. Upon reaching Chennai, a corrupt police officer apprehends Ravi on a complaint that he had murdered his father when he put his foot down on their affair.
Sachein
Playback Singer
A happy-go-lucky college student falls in love with a beautiful young woman at first sight, but decides to use a unique approach to get close to her, as she has many admirers in the college. How will their relationship evolve?
Sachein
Sachin
A happy-go-lucky college student falls in love with a beautiful young woman at first sight, but decides to use a unique approach to get close to her, as she has many admirers in the college. How will their relationship evolve?
Thirupaachi
Sivagiri
Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.
Madurey
Madureyvel
A vegetable vendor takes care of an elderly woman and her two young daughters, but he has a dark past that wants to catch up with him.
Ghilli
Saravanavelu
Muthu Pandi, a village strongman, decides to marry Dhanalakshmi, and begins his quest by eliminating everyone who opposes their union - starting with both her brothers. In desperation, Dhanalakshmi decides to escape from the village, and in the process is unwittingly assisted by a university Kabaddi player Velu.
Udhaya
Udhaya Kumar
Udhayakumar and Vasanthi are collegemates and they fall in love. But soon he comes to know that she is engaged to be married. After he moves to Chennai and finds a job as a reporter at a magazine. He tries to fight for social change. In the process , he unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavoury characters who promise to help him in his goals. They frame him up. One day Udhaya is arrested for a crime involving a terrorist plot which he is not responsible. The movie is about how Vasanthi fights to prove his innocence and to get him out from behind bars.
Thirumalai
Thirumalai
Thirumalai (Vijay), a mechanic, falls in love with Sweta (Jyothika) and after some persistent wooing, she reciprocates his feelings. Sweta's father (Ashwin), the owner of a television channel, seeks the help of Arasu (Manoj K. Jayan), a bad guy, to break up the romance. This rest of the story is about how Thirumalai successfully join hands with Sweta. This movie was later remade in Telugu as Gowri.
Puthiya Geethai
Sarathy
Sarathy is a brilliant and carefree young man who is unaware that an astrologer has predicted his death at the age of 27. Eventually, he comes to loggerheads with Reddiar over a land deal gone bad.
Vaseegara
Bhoopathy
Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets close to the family and falls in love with Viswanath's daughter, who is already engaged.
Bagavathi
Bagavathi
Bagavathi, a tea vendor, has big dreams for his younger brother, Guna. However, when Guna's girlfriend's father kills him, Bagavathi must fight to protect Guna's unborn child.
Youth
Shiva
On his wedding day, Shiva (Vijay) discovers that his cousin and bride, Aruna, has run away because she does not want to marry a cook. But he takes it lightly and moves to Chennai with the girl's brother (Shyam Ganesh) to look for a job. One night, he saves Sandya from some goons. In gratitude, she kisses him. Shiva starts to fall in love with Sandya. After several occasions where they bumped into each other, Shiva harbours hope that she too reciprocates his affections.
Thamizhan
Playback Singer
Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.
Thamizhan
Surya
Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.
Shahjahan
Ashok
Shahjahan is about a man (Vijay) who helps out two lovers. He later realizes that he has been helping his friend Krishna to fall in love with the girl that he is in love with. But Vijay swallows his 'love' and beats up the villains in town for the sake of his friend.
Badri
Badri
Badri (Vijay) is a troublemaker and a source of heartburn for his father (Kitty). So the father pins his hopes on his elder son, Vetri (Riyaz Khan), to win the kickboxing championship. Janu (Bhumika Chawla), Badri's neighbour, is in love with him but it is just one-sided as Badri considers her a good friend and a source of money (and since her dad is a garage owner, his gateway to new cars to impress the other girls). He falls in love with Mamathi (Monal), a rich girl, and poses as a rich guy to impress her. But he soon realises his mistakes and when his brother becomes bedridden, he decides to redeem himself in his father's eyes by fighting in the championship match. He finally redeems himself by defeating his opponent and at the same time, accepts Janu's love.
Friends
Aravindan
A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret from their childhood to his wife, which is overheard by another. Once the secret gets out, the friendship is destroyed.
Priyamaanavale
Vijay
A modern man, Vijay, marries his father's sincere secretary who hails from a poor family. But their stringent prenuptial agreement grants him the power to end his marriage after 12 months.
Kushi
Shiva
College friends Jenny and Shiva part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.
Kannukkul Nilavu
Gautham Prabhakar
Gautham meets Dr Rajasekhar, a psychologist, to learn about his memories pertaining to a girl named Gayathri. Rajasekhar learns that he is looking for Shanmugam, who he thinks has killed Gayathri.
Minsara Kanna
Kannan
Indira hates men and only employs women in her company and personal staff. Kasi enters her life as a driver and soon, one by one, his entire family starts working in the same household.
Nenjinile
Karunkaran
Nenjinile starring by vijay and isha koppikar. Karna (Vijay) is a member of a poor village family who goes to the big city to earn money.he is swindled there and all his money is conned out of him. While he is broke, meanwhile, Nisha (Isha Koppikar) falls completely in love with him. Karna, needing some money to send back to his family, becomes a rowdy and starts beating people up.
Endrendrum Kadhal
Vijay
Endrendrum Kaadhal starring by vijay and rambha. Vijay is the managing director of a large shipping corporation. He lives in a joint family with his father (Nambiar), two brothers (Radharavi and Dhamu), their wives and children and a spinster sister(Banupriya). He goes to Switzerland to stipulate a contract with 'Nizhalgal' Ravi and Raghuvaran. There he meets Rambha, Ravi's sister. The two fall in love.Ravi approves of Vijay but when he expresses the condition that Vijay should stay with them after the marriage because India is not good, he refuses his offer and returns home....
Thulladha Manamum Thullum
Kutty
A struggling singer feels guilty about a girl losing her eyesight; to meet the cost of her eye transplant surgery, he offers his kidney to a rich man.
Nilaave Vaa
Siluvai
Nilaave Vaa starring by vijay and suvalakshmi. Siluvai (Vijay) is the son of Vinu Chakravarthy. They are Christians living in a fishing village. In another town, Perumaal (Jaiganesh) is the father to Sangeetha (Suvalakshmi) and Gauri. Suvluksmi comes to the small fishing village. Raghuvaran is proposed (and later engaged) to marry her.However, Gauri, falls in love with Siluvai's friend and after hearing that their father Jaiganesh doesn't want to accept the Hindu-Christian marriage, she decides to elope with her lover. This leads to the break up of Sangeetha and Siluvai's love...
Priyamudan
Vasanth
Priyamudan starring by vijay and kausalya. Vasanth (Joseph Vijay) is a son of a wealthy businessman and grows possessively. In one instance he is shown in a gift shop where the gift he likes (A TajMahal replica) was already bought by another person. This causes such a tension to him that he breaks the gift and pays the owner the damages and with a tagline -
Ninaithen Vandhai
Ninaithen Vandhai story is about Gokula Krishnan (Vijay) has a dream in which a girl comes, dances, and Vijay falls in love with her. Finally love triumphs and the hero wins back his love...
Velai
Playback Singer
Kadhalukku Mariyaadai
Jeevanandhan
Jeevanandhan meets Mini in a book shop and their eyes meet leading to sparks of love in their hearts. Mini has a loving mother and three brothers, James, Thomas and Stephen and she is the apple of their eye. Mini is hesitant to reciprocate her love for Jeeva who steadily makes an inroad into her heart, the love affair incensing her family members who give him a thrashing each time he meets her. Jeeva's parents are under the impression that their son is pursuing his MBA studies until his father receives an SOS from Jeeva, injured in one such beatings. His father Chandrasekhar is stunned by the developments and Jeeva's mother is also shocked. Jeeva refuses to part company with Mini when his father arrives with his henchmen to take him back.
Nerrukku Ner
Vijay
Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.
Once More
Vijay
Once More starring by vijay and Simran. Vijay (Joseph Vijay) is a rich young business man, whose only one aim in life is to have fun, is the managing director of a big tea estate in Ooty and his company goes on a big loss because of his mismanagement. Vijay spends most of his time in partying and flirting with girls whenever he feels like.
Love Today
Ganesh
Ganesh is obsessively in love with Sandhya, but she is not interested in him. His relentless pursuit leads to a lot of problems. However, everything changes the day he loses his father in an accident.
Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen
Kannan
Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen starring by vijay and Dimple. Kannan (Vijay) is the only son of Jaisankar and Sri Vidya. Since he's rich, Kannan spends a lot of money everyday. Kannan is in charge of arranging the college cultural function. He happens to hear Manimekalai (Dimple) sing in a temple and he asks her to sing in the college function. But she refuses. All of Kannan's attempts to make her sing fails.In that process Kannan falls in love with her. But, Manimekalai hates him. She gets him arrested for eve-teasing and triggered by that, later Kannan tries to marry Manimekalai by...
Selva
Selva
Selva befriends Kamini, daughter of a minister, who has just moved into his colony. When a terrorist group kidnaps her, Selva rescues her, but ends up paying a price for it.
Vasantha Vaasal
Vasantha Vaasal starring by vijay and Swathi. Vijay comes to the city with an ambition to star in the movies. He is totally mad about cinema. He lives as a tenant in Swathi's house. He tries acting out film scenes and speaking film dialogues in a loud fashion thus disturbing her studies.So both of them get off on the wrong foot. But finally they fall in love with each other. Mansur Ali Khan is her maternal uncle who also wants to marry Swathi. So the villain starts disturb the lovers. But the hero fight for his love and finally wins his lady love's hand.
Maanbumigu Maanavan
Siva
Shiva, a happy-go-lucky young man, helps two of his best friends get married, much to the dismay of their parents. When the woman is raped by Madan, Shiva and his friends seek to bring him to justice.
Poove Unakkaga
Raja
Raja learns that the girl he loves is in love with another man. When he comes to know about the long-standing dispute between both their families, he goes to their village to unite them.
Coimbatore Mappillai
Balu
Coimbatore Maaple starring by vijay and Sangavi. Vijay comes to the city and stays with his friend who claims that he has a job. Actually he's also unemployed. Both of them are tenants of a girl named Sanghavi. First the hero and heroine get into fights, but then their arguments and fights turn into love.Meanwhile another guy, Karan, is also in love with Sangavi. During the initial fights Sanghavi gets Vijay into trouble with the other guy. Finally the hero clears his name with everybody and takes the hand of his lover.
Chandralekha
Rahim
Chandralekha starring by vijay and Vanitha vijayakumar. An orthodox brahmin girl falls in love with Muslim boy Rahim. Their families don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to run away from everybody, but are caught by militants in the forest.They are rescued from the militants by the police and brought safely to the village. Finally they overcome all of their problems thanks to their love. The message of the movie is that love should be beyond religion, caste, and creed.
Rajavin Parvaiyile
Raja
Rajavin Parvaiyile starring by vijay and Ajith Kumar. Vijay is the son of a poor and his only aim in life is to study to get a good job. Meanwhile the daughter of the richest man of the village falls in love with Vijay. But he keeps shunning her and getting away from her. She decides to know the reason of his behavior.Vijay narrates a flash back story of his friend (Ajith) who fell in love with a girl and whose career and life was ruined. So he hates love. But later he falls in love with a girl, meanwhile issues of class arise in the village.And aijth died after his lover...
Vishnu
Vishnu
Vishnu (Vijay)'s father wants to bring up his son as a timid person but the guy desires to explore the world and hates his Dad's overprotection. So Vishnu leaves home and goes to work in an estate claiming that he is an orphan. The owner of the estate adopts Vishnu as his son.Meanwhile Vishnu falls in love with Radha (Sanghavi). Everything goes fine for Vijay till his adoped father shows a photograph and asks Vijay to kill the people in the photo if he really wants to prove the affection he has for him.
Rasigan
Vijay
Rasigan starring by vijay and Sanghavi.
Deva
Deva
Deva starring by vijay and swathi. Deva (Vijay) and Bharadhi (Swathi) are two lovers. He's the son of Manorama and brother of Mansur Ali Khan. She's daughter of Sivakumar, who is the village head. Manorama is fully in support of her son to get married to Swathi.Sivakumar refuses to give his daughter's hand to him because his brother does not have a good reputation in the village. But then he realizes that Deva, unlike his brother, is a good guy. In the end, the lovers overcome all problems and get married.
Sendhoorapandi
Vijay
Sendhoorapandi is a Tamil film, released in 1993 directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The cast for the film include Vijay, Vijaykanth, Manorama and Yuvarani.
Naalaya Theerpu
Vijay
Naalaya Theerpu starring by vijay. Srividya was molested by Radharavi while she was young. Radharavai was Srividya's husband but cheated on her and married many other woman. Srividya raises her son (Vijay) all by herself through facing a lot of problems. Vijay goes to college and falls in love with a girl. Then, Srividya and Vijay decide to go and live in Radharavi's house. However, Radharavi brings his other wives to his house to have sex. Then Vijay and Srividya decide to leave the house and go to where they originally lived. Then Vijay's step brother kills someone and blames...
Innisai Mazhai
Producer
Michael and Saravanan love Mamta though she loves Vijay. However, Vijay, who is brought up by a single father, hates the idea of love and rejects Mamta.
Ithu Engal Neethi
Child Artist
Ithu Engal Neethi is a 1988 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakandan and Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars Ramki, Radhika, Ramki and Vani Viswanath in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.
Naan Sigappu Manithan
Child Artist (Uncredited Role)
A young man turns into a vigilante to fight injustice after his loved ones are killed.
Vetri
Child Artist (Uncredited Role)
Vijay loves challenges and goes to any limit to win them. But one such challenge lands him in prison on a murder charge, as he was used as a pawn to kill his professor.