Joseph Vijay is a leading actor, producer and playback singer, whose immense talent and versatility have made him one of the biggest stars in the Tamil film industry today. He has made it on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of the years 2013 and 2014.
Net Worth: Rs. 38.46 crore
Income Sources: Joseph Vijay is one of the most popular actors down South, who has acted in a number of hit films and has also been roped in for some big brand endorsements on account of his popularity. Some of his well known brand endorsements include Coca Cola, Jos Alukkas, IPL and Tata Docomo. He also makes money from playback singing and film production.
Born: 22nd June, 1974 (40 years old)
Full Name: Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
Marital Status: Married to Sangeeta Sornalingam since 1999. He has two children, Sanjay and Divya.
Height: 1.78 m
Personal Background
Joseph Vijay was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and his father SA Chandrasekhar is a noted producer and director in the Tamil film industry, while his mother Shobha Chandrasekhar is a playback singer. He studied visual communication at Loyola College in Chennai. He has been married to Sangeeta Sornalingma and his son, Sanjay was born in 2000 in London, while daughter Divya was born in2005 in Chennai. In addition to his successful acting career, Joseph Vijay is recognized for his philanthropic work too. One of the humanitarian works in which he has been involved are the establishment of a social welfare organization called Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, which was involved in relief work at the site of Cuddalore flood. He has also worked against child labor, poverty and lack of education in the country and has made continual efforts to encourage meritorious students by honoring them with the Illayathalpathy Vijay Educational Awards.
Career Graph
Vijay Joseph started his career as a child artist with his debut coming in a film called “Vetri” and went on to do a number of roles in some Tamil movies. As a lead actor, he made his debut in “Naalaya Theerpu” in 1992. He went on to do many hit films one after the other, including “Rasigan”, “Sendhoorpandi”, “Vishnu”, “Chandralekha” and “Coimbatore Mappillai”. He proved his versatility by doing diverse roles in action, comedy and romantic films. There came a phase in his career when he delivered a string of flops, after which he came back with several hit movies, including “Kaavalan”, a remake of “Bodyguard”, “Nanban”, a remake of “3 Idiots” and “Velayutham”, a remake of the Telugu movie “Azad”. He was also seen in a guest role in the Akshay Kumar starrer Hindi film called “Rowdy Rathore”. His next movie “Thupakki” which released in 2012, fetched him positive reviews and also became one of the top grosser of the Tamil film industry. Joseph Vijay has been honored with a number of awards and nominations during his film career, including Vijay Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He has also been awarded an honorary doctorate by Dr M G R Educational and Research Institute.
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