Vijay ( Ilaya Thalapathy or Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar ) born as son of S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar on June 22, 1974 , he done schooling at Balalok in Virugambakkam and Visual Communications at Loyola College both are in Chennai. Vijay started his career by acting his father's movie Naalaya Theerpu (1992 ) his first leading role.
Some words about his personal life
Vijay married London-based Sri Lankan Tamil Sangeetha Sornalingam on August 25, 1999.They have two children, a son born in 2001 in London, and a daughter born in 2005 in Chennai
Vijay acted several romance and action films, along with the commercially successful films and He is ambassador for the IPL cricket team Chennai Super Kings, also several commercial companies as a brand ambassador
Vijay, popularly known as Ilaya Thalapathy (Prince) among his fans, has got a large number of fans association throughout south India, Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. His fans associations are also well known for various engagements in charity and community development
Vijay moving market or boxoffice ranking is near to Rajinikath n the overseas Tamil film markets. And Tamils of Sri Lankan origin form the bulk of viewers, especially in the growing markets of Europe and Canada, where Vijay is the king.
This made Vijay receive an honorary doctorate title from the M. G. R. University.
Now he is Dr.Vijay for fans Ilayathalapathy.
He is also in to playback singing, he sung for his own films, please check the bellow list of movie which he performed as singer.
Rasigan ( 1994 ), Deva (1994), Vishnu(1994), Coimbatore Maaple (1995), Maanbumigu Maanavan(1996), Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen(1996), Selva(1996), Once more(1997), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai(1997) ,Priyamudan(1998), Nilaave Vaa(1998), Velai(1998), Periyanna(1998), Thulli Thirintha Kalam(1998), Nenjinile(1999), Priyamanavale(2000), Badri (2001), Thamizhan (2002), Bagavathi (2002), Sachein (2005).
