Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974),
mononymously known as Vijay and popularly
referred to as Ilayathalapathy Vijay (English: Young
Leader), is an Indian actor, playback singer and
producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. Son
of film director and producer S. A. Chandrasekhar,
he started his career as a child actor and later made
his debut as a lead actor in the 1992 film Naalaya
Theerpu helmed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, and has
since then starred in numerous commercially
successful and acclaimed films in various genres,
the most recent one being Thuppakki. He was listed
#28 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year
2012.
He has been awarded two Tamil Nadu State Film
Awards, nominated for one Filmfare Award and
conferred honorary doctorate by MGR University for
his extensive philanthropic works in 2007. He
launched the Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, a social welfare
organisation in 2009.
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