South superstar Thalapathy Vijay is an actor turned leader. Now Thalapathy has become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The story of the actor is absolutely filmy. There have been conflicts, criticism, family disputes and even reaching out to politics. At the beginning of his career, his looks, voice and acting were made fun of. After giving several flop films, he started thinking of quitting acting.
Then he freed himself from the lover boy image and became a family star and superstar of Tamil cinema. Let us tell you about the career of Thalapathy Vijay in this article.
Thalapathy Vijay’s childhood
Thalapathy Vijay’s full name is Joseph Vijay Chandrashekhar. He was born on 22 June 1974 in Chennai. He comes from a family that has close ties to the film industry. Actor’s father S.A. Chandrasekhar has been a well-known director of Tamil films, while mother Shobha Chandrasekhar has been a singer, writer and producer. Due to the film environment at home, Vijay has been closest to the world of camera and cinema since childhood.
Left studies midway, chose acting
Let us tell you that Vijay did his early studies from Fatima Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Ballok Matriculation School in Chennai. After this he enrolled in the Visual Communication course at Loyola College. After which Vijay started getting very busy in films. His entire focus was going towards acting. After which he left college studies midway. It is noteworthy that Vijay does not have any major professional degree, but in later years many institutions have given him a lot of respect. After leaving studies, Vijay became a superstar.
Vijay debuted with his father’s film
As a child artiste, Vijay worked in films like Vetri, Kutumbam, Naan Sigappu Manithan, Vasanth Ragam, Sattam Oru Vilayattu and Idhu Engal Neeti. Which was directed by his father S. A, Chandrashekhar did it. After this, Vijay started his career as a lead actor in 1992 with the film ‘Nalaiya Theerpu’.
Ghilli and Thuppakki created ‘Mass Superstar’
2003’s Thirumalai and 2004’s blockbuster Ghilli completely changed Vijay’s image. Now he became not just a romantic hero but a mass action star. His entry, dance steps and punch dialogues became quite famous among the youth.
Let us tell you that Vijay has acted in 68 films till now. He retired from acting after his 69th film ‘Jana Nayakan’.
Entry into politics: TVK launched
In the year 2024, in February, Vijay has launched his political party TVK. According to media reports, while launching the party, Vijay had said that politics for him is people-centric service. He said that the aim would be to work against corruption, caste based politics and divisive politics.
Vijay has prepared his political ground for a long time. His fan network has already been active at the grassroots level. At the same time, the victory of the candidates supported by Vijay in the local body elections in 2021 had shown its strength.
How to become CM Vijay?
After Vijay’s entry into politics, TVK party has come to prominence among the youth. Youth, first time voters and their strong fan network gave the party benefits at the grassroots level. During the election campaign, Vijay made corruption, education, unemployment and clean politics the main issues. As soon as he became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Vijay said that the aim of his politics is to work only for the people and he will give priority to the issues of youth and common people.