- Fondly called as Ilayathalapathy by his fans, he is known as the darling of the masses.
- Vijay is an avid philanthropist
He started his own social welfare organization called ‘Vijay Makkal Iyakkam’ which now carries out most of his philanthropic work for him.
- The actor has often said that if it was not for Rajinikanth, he would have never entered the world of cinema. Vijay is a hardcore Thalaivar fan
- The actor landed a role as a lead actor after an audition which he got thanks to him quoting a famous line from Rajinikanth’s hit film ‘Annamalai’.
- Vijay is extremely devoted to his late sister Vidhya. His sister passed away when he was nine and this affected him deeply. In fact, in her memory, he even named half of his production house after her
- Vijay did make a blink and miss appearance in a Bollywood film. In Akshay Kumar’s flick ‘Rowdy Rathore’, the South star appears at the end of the ‘Chinta Ta Ta’ song along with director Prabhudheva and shakes a leg with Akshay
- Other than perhaps Allu Arjun, Vijay is the only non-Malayali actor who has a massive fan following in Kerala. In fact, he is one of the biggest box office kings in the state and his thriller film ‘Theri’ was such a big hit in Kerala that it managed to defeat many Malayalam films in the process.
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