Vijay

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar known mononymously as Thalapathy 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