Naalaiya
Theerpu
(1992)
Naalaiya
Theerpu
was
the
launchpad
of
Vijay
and
it
was
directed
by
his
father-director
SA
Chandrasekar.
He
was
teamed
up
with
Srividya,
Radharavi
and
Sarath
Babu.
He
turned
hero
at
the
age
of
18.
Poove
Unakkaga
(1996)
Though
Vijay
made
his
debut
in
Naalaya
Theerpu
in
1992,
it
was
Poove
Unakkaga
that
gave
him
the
much-needed
break.
It
was
his
first
commercial
hit
and
helped
him
to
get
popular
in
other
industries.
The
romantic
film
was
produced
by
RB
Choudhary
(father
of
Jeeva)
and
directed
by
Vikraman.
Kadhalukku
Mariyadhai
(1997)
Kadhalukku
Mariyadhai
saw
Vijay
win
the
Tamil
Nadu
State
Film
Award
for
Best
Actor.
The
film
was
a
remake
of
Malayalam
superhit
film
Aniathipravu
and
it
was
directed
by
Fazil.
Vijay
had
paired
up
with
Shalini
Ajith
Kumar.
Thulladha
Manamum
Thullum
(1999)
Thulladha
Manamum
Thullum
reinstated
his
image
as
a
romantic
hero
and
the
flick
won
the
second
best
movie
of
1999
given
by
the
state
government.
It
was
directed
by
Ezhil
and
produced
by
RB
Choudhary.
Kushi
(2000)
SJ
Surya's
Kushi
was
the
trend
setting
cinema
at
the
start
of
the
new
millennium.
The
film
starring
Vijay
and
Jyothika
was
remade
in
Telugu
and
Hindi,
and
became
hits
in
other
languages
too.
Friends
(2001)
Friends
directed
by
Siddique
was
a
remake
of
Malayalam
film
of
the
same
name.
The
comedy
film
also
starred
Surya,
Devayani,
Vijayalakshmi
and
Ramesh
Khanna.
It
was
one
of
the
biggest
commercial
hits
of
Vijay's
career.
Thirumalai
(2003)
Bagavathi
raised
a
new
ray
of
hope
for
Vijay
to
change
his
image
after
which
he
successfully
proved
that
he
could
do
action
roles
and
tasted
his
first
success
in
Thirumalai
directed
by
Ramana.
Ghilli
(2004)
Vijay
and
Trisha
Krishnan
starrer
Ghilli
redefined
the
actor's
image
as
an
action
hero.
The
film
directed
by
Dharani
was
a
remake
of
Telugu
film
Okkadu.
The
punch
dialogues
and
action
sequences
were
the
highlights
of
the
film.
Thirupaachi
(2005)
Vijay
won
Tamil
Nadu
State
Film
Special
Award
for
Best
Actor
for
his
performance
in
Perarasu
directorial
Thirupaachi.
The
film
was
an
out-and-out
action
film.
Pokkiri
(2007)
Telugu
actor
Mahesh
Babu's
film
did
wonder
for
Vijay
again,
as
Pokkiri,
which
was
a
remake
of
Tollywood
movie
Pokiri,
went
on
to
become
one
of
the
biggest
hits
of
2007.
The
Tamil
version
was
directed
by
Prabhu
Deva.
The
dialogue
'Oru
Vatti
Mudivu
Pannitenna
En
Peacha
Nane
Kekkamaten' from
Pokkiri
took
the
mass
by
storm.
Velayudham
(2011)
After
delivering
a
few
average
films,
Vijay
came
back
to
winning
ways
in
Velayudham
directed
by
Jayam
Raja.
The
film,
which
also
featured
Genelia
D'Souza
and
Hansika
Motwani,
reinstated
his
mass
image.
Nanban
(2012)
Vijay
started
the
year
2012
by
giving
a
blockbuster
Nanban
directed
by
one
of
the
top
most
directors
of
Tamil
film
industry
Shankar.
The
film
was
a
remake
of
Hindi
film
3
Idiots
and
the
actor,
after
a
long
time,
entertained
the
audience
with
comedy
and
message
oriented
film.
Thuppakki
(2012)
Vijay's
dream
run
continued
with
AR
Murugadoss
directorial
Thuppakki,
which
is
the
biggest
hit
of
2012.
The
film
is
now
being
remade
in
Hindi.