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Vijay (born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar on 22 June 1974), often informally referred to as Ilaiya Thalapathi ,is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu.Vijay was born to S. A. Chandrasekhar, a film producer and director and Shobha Chandrasekhar, a Carnatic singer. He began his post-secondary studies at Loyola College in Chennai,Vijay married Sangeeta Sornalingam of Sri Lankan Tamil descent on August 25, 1999. They have two children, a son Jason Sanjay born in 2000 in London,and a daughter Divya Saasha born in 2005 in Chennai.
After performing roles as child actor in films produced by his father, made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu. Vijay has starred in several successful popular romantic genre films since then, such as Poove Unakkaga (1996), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Priyamudan (1998), Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), Kushi (2000), Priyamaanavale (2000), Kaavalan (2011) and recent comedy genre blockbuster Nanban (2012). He established himself as an action hero with several successful popular action genre films with commercial aspects being notable such as Thirumalai (2003), Ghilli (2004), Thirupaachi (2005), Sivakasi (2005), Pokkiri (2007), Velayudham (2011).Currently doing Thuppakki(2012)
He has worked as a playback singer in most of his films. During his career in the Tamil film industry, Vijay has been awarded two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and was nominated for one Filmfare Award. He was conferred honorary doctorate from MGR University for his philanthropic works. He also starred with several corporations as brand ambassador and is a former brand ambassador of the Indian Premier League cricket team, Chennai Super Kings.