South superstar Vijay celebrates his 41st birthday on Monday. Known to be the heartthrob of South Indian film, Vijay is also a playback singer as well as a successful producer. Vijay was listed 49 in Forbes India’s “Celebrity 100 List” for the year 2013 and 41 in the “2014 celebrity 100″ list.
Born to director and producer S.A Chandrashekhar and playback singer Shoba Chandrasekhar, Vijay began his career as a child artist in ‘Vetri’ and in 1992 debuted as a lead actor in ‘Naalaya Theerpu’. Some of his blockbuster flicks include Kadhalukku Mariyadhai, Thirupaachi, Pokkiri – Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Vettaikaaran, Thuppakki, Thalaivaa.
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Vijay is currently working on three projects, Puli, Vijay 69 and Vijay 60. The first two are under post production and the trailer of Puli was unveiled on Sunday.
Along with his acting career, Vijay also lent his voice to number of superhit tracks including ‘Google Google’ from ‘Thuppakki’, ‘Kandangi Kandangi’ from ‘Jilla’.
Vijay married Sangeetha Sornalingam on 25 August 1999 and the couple is blessed with a son Sanjay and a daughter Divya.
Vijay appeared as Coca Cola’s brand ambassador in Tamil Nadu in 2000 and acted in a variety of South Indian Coca Cola advertisements, along with Katrina Kaif. He was also signed up as a brand ambassador for IPL team Chennai Super Kings, along with actress Nayanthara.
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The actor, who is known to be multi talented also, extended his support to various social causes. Vijay started a social welfare organisation Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, which was officially launched at Pudukottai on 26 July 2009.
We wish the star a very happy, healthy and blissful birthday