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Vijay

1974 - Today

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Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), known professionally as Vijay, is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, Vijay has acted in 68 films and is one of the most commercially successful actors in Tamil cinema with multiple films amongst the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time and is amongst the highest paid actors in India. He has won several awards as an actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vijay has received more than 398,722 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Vijay is the 2,157th most popular actor (up from 3,015th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from India (up from 417th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vijay ranks 2,157 out of 13,578. Before him are Lesley Manville, Gig Young, Sonny Landham, Lau Kar-leung, Teresa Wright, and Yūsaku Matsuda. After him are Robert Donat, Étienne Decroux, Haluk Bilginer, Stuart Wilson, Brenda Vaccaro, and Francesca Annis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Vijay ranks 41. Before him are Ingrida Šimonytė, Gaizka Mendieta, James Blunt, Jordi Cruyff, Muqtada al-Sadr, and Kajol. After him are Jarno Trulli, Franka Potente, Elizabeth Banks, Márcio Amoroso, Sarah Paulson, and Hans-Jörg Butt.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vijay ranks 349 out of 1,861. Before him are Pulakeshin II (610), Guru Hargobind (1595), Bhavabhuti (null), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Lindsay Anderson (1923), and Kajol (1974). After him are Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), and Rishi Kapoor (1952).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Vijay ranks 26. Before him are Rajinikanth (1950), Nargis (1929), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Girish Karnad (1938), Shashi Kapoor (1938), and Kajol (1974). After him are Rishi Kapoor (1952), Meena Kumari (1933), Mala Sinha (1936), Rekha (1954), Suriya (1975), and Vidya Balan (1979).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
Oct 18o 20177.248 / 10
Thuppakki
Jagadish
An army captain on holiday embarks on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Nov 13o 20127.2 / 10
Kaththi
Kathiresan / Jeevanandham
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Oct 22o 20147.1 / 10