Tamil Actor Vijay Biodata

Vijay - The Biodata

Full Name : Joseph Vijay

Affectionately called : Ilayathalapathy

Profession : Actor, singer

Date of birth : 22-June1974

Mother tongue : Tamil

Height : 5'11''

Father : S.A.Chandrasekharan is a writer-producer-director

Mother : Shobha Chandrasekharan is a singer, story writer and director

Uncle : S.N.Surendar (playback singer and dubbing voice for actor mohan for over 85 films)

Wife : Sangeetha

Son : Jason Sanjay

Daughter: Divya Saasha

Friends : Sanjai, Srinath, Sanjeev, Manoj and Ramkumar

Education : Bachelors Degree of Visual Communications at Loyola College (discontinued)

Debut:

* Child artiste -'Vetri '
* Action Hero -'Nalaya Therpu', directed by S A Chandrashekar(father)

As an Actor : Famous for stunts, dance, comedy and singing. Excels in all departments.

As a Person : Introvert, famous for one-line answers.

Favourites:

* TOURIST SPOTS - London and Los Angeles
* FOOD -Dosa and Chicken
* CLOTHES - Jeans and T-shirt
* COLOUR - Black
* LOCATION - his room

Best films :

' Poove Unakkaga', 'Love Today', 'Nerukku Naer', 'Kaadalukku Mariyathai' 'Thulladhamanamum Thullum' and 'Ghilli'

Awards and Honors :

* Kalaimamani award(1998)
* Tamil nadu state Best Hero award (1997) for "Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai"

Social Activities:

* Educating 32 children every year
* Conducted many free weddings
* Issued notebooks to children
* Donated upto 3 lakhs to put streetlights for a famous shiva temple in Kaveripattinam

Influential person in his life : Father

Influential person in movies : Rajinikanth

Moments :

* Happy- marriage
* Sad- sister's death

Facts :

* Had been in coco-cola commercial
* Had a sister by name Vidya who died when she was very young
* Has built a kalyana mandapam called J.S.Kalyana mandapam
* 'Kadhalukku Mariyathai' a film with shalini made people recognise him