Vijay (born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar on 22 June 1974) is an Indian film actor, playback singer and philanthropist who works in the
Tamil film industry. He is popularly known by his fans as Ilayathalapathy (junior commander-in-chief) or Thalapathy (commander-in-chief) and is one of the most popular and influential actors of Tamil cinema . Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar , Vijay initially ap
peared as a child actor in a number of his father's films, starting with Vetri (1984). He received his breakthrough with Poove Unakkaga (1996) and
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), Kushi (2000), Friends (2001), Thirumalai (2003), Ghilli (2004), Pokkiri (2007), Nanban (2012),
Thuppakki (2012), Kaththi (2014), Theri (2016), and Bairavaa (2017) which rank among the highest-grossing Tamil films. To date, he has acted in 61 movies as a lead actor and has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards , seven Vijay Awards and two
Edison Awards . Vijay is also a playback singer and has sung a couple of songs for his movies. He is The King Of Social Media, And His Fans are Called as Social Media Prince.
