Barring Vettaikaaran's box office success, all of his subsequent releases from Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007), where he played dual roles for the first time in his career, to Villu (2009) were average successes his 50th film, Sura (2010), managed to recover only its production cost. The latter garnered him a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actor. He continued to achieve commercial success with Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007). His performance as a sword-smith in the masala film Thirupaachi (2005) earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He appeared next as a kabaddi player in Ghilli (2004), which went on to become the most commercially successful Tamil film of the year. The success of his masala film Thirumalai (2003), changed his on-screen persona to that of an action hero. While Vaseegara was a moderate success and received praise for his comic-timing, Puthiya Geethai received negative reviews and underperformed at the box office. All three were box office successes barring successful ventures Thamizhan, Youth and Bagavathi (all three released in 2002), his subsequent films Vaseegara and Pudhiya Geethai were released. The following year, he appeared in three films: Friends, Badri and Shahjahan. Vijay began the new millennium with critically and commercially successful films such as Kushi and Priyamaanavale. Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), where he played a passionate singer gained him the reputation of a romantic hero. His performance in the latter won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. His subsequent films, Vasanth's Nerrukku Ner (1997) and Fazil's Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), were critically and commercially successful. Vijay's first breakthrough was in 1996 with Vikraman's romance film, Poove Unakkaga. Most of those films were successful commercially. Vijay went on to play lead roles in his father's directorial ventures such as Rasigan (1994) and Deva (1995). He followed it with a supporting role opposite Vijayakanth in Sendhoorapandi (1993). After appearing in Chandrasekhar's films as an child artist, Vijay made his debut as a lead actor with Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) at the age of 18.

He made his cinematic debut in 1984 with Vetri, directed by his father, S.

Vijay is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema.

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