Thalapathy Vijay birthday special: Top 10 lesser known facts only true fans will know

Siddhi Chatterjee

Source: Bollywoodlife.com | Jun 21, 2023

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, born on June 22, 1974, is popularly known as Vijay.

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Fans call Vijay as Thalapathy.

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Thalapathy Vijay is one of the highest-paid actors in India.

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At 10 years old, he made his debut as a child actor in the film Vetri.

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Vijay made his debut as a hero with the film Naalaiya Theerpu, at the age of 18 under his father S. A. Chandrasekar’s direction.

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He got this chance as a hero by reciting the dialogue from Annaamalai, and his father was impressed and launched his son as a hero.

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Vijay is a hardcore Superstar Rajinikanth fan and it was the veteran actor who truly inspired him to become an actor.

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He also acted as a child artist in Rajinikanth’s Naan Sivappu Manithan.

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Vijay’s favorite film was Annamalai and he watched it more than 30 times.

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Vijay is supremely fond of his sister, Vidhya Chandrasekhar, who passed away at the age of two.

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It changed him a lot as a person and he has done many philanthropic activities in her memory.

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Even his production house – VV Productions stands for Vidhya-Vijay Productions.

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Tomorrow is his birthday.

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