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Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar born 22 June , known professionally as Vijay , is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, Vijay has acted in 68 films and is one of the most commercially successful actors in Tamil cinema with multiple films amongst the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time and is amongst the highest paid actors in India.

He has won several awards as an actor. Referred to as "Thalapathy" transl. Born in Madras to director S. Chandrasekhar , Vijay made his debut as a child actor in the Tamil film Vetri Vijay continued doing lead roles for the next few years with notable films amongst them included Poove Unakkaga , Love Today , Kadhalukku Mariyadhai , Thulladha Manamum Thullum and Kushi Following a period of moderate success, Vijay acted in several critically and commercially successful films starting from early s including Thuppakki , Kaththi , Mersal , Sarkar , Master , Leo and his penultimate film The Greatest of All Time In February , Vijay announced his retirement from films and his forthcoming entry into politics with the launch of his political party, known as Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.

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Chandrasekhar , is a film director and his mother, Shoba Chandrasekhar is a playback singer and vocalist. At the age of 10, Vijay made his debut as a child actor in the Tamil film Vetri , produced by P. Veerappa in He also acted in a supporting role with Rajinikanth in Naan Sigappu Manithan , directed by his father. Vijay played the lead role for the first time in Naalaiya Theerpu at the age of 18 in In , following the action-romance film Thirumalai , Vijay starred in Ghilli , directed by S.

Dharani , alongside Trisha and Prakash Raj. Ramachandran 's Adimai Penn