Chennai: Tamil superstar Vijay, popularly known as Thalapathy, turned 46 on Monday, and social media was flooded with wishes from fans, friends and colleagues.
Touted as biggest and highest-paid stars of the southern film industry, Vijay has been belting out consecutive blockbusters over the years. He started out as a child actor at 10 in the 1984 drama Vetri. Vijay's first film as a lead actor was Naalaiya Theerpu in 1992. His 2003 release Thirumalai established his screen image as an action star.
His filmography boasts of over 64 films and he has been mentioned several times in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, which goes by the earnings of Indian personalities.
Over the years, Vijay has gained massive popularity with films such as Ghilli, Thuppakki, Kaththi, Theri, Mersal, Sarkar and the 2019 release, Bigil, which emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year in Tamil Nadu.
Filmmaker Atlee, who has worked in Vijay in films including Theri, Mersal and Bigil wrote: "Ennoda Anna...Ennoda thalapathy.... Love him more than me ,respect him ,owe him a lot & without u am nothing naa love u na Wish u many more happy returns of the day na."
Actor Malavika Mohanan, who will be seen sharing screen space with Vijay in the upcoming Master wrote, "To the coolest and most fun co-star I've had the pleasure of working with Happy Birthday."
Director AR Murugadoss, who has worked with the star in films like Thuppakki, Sarkar and Kaththi said: "Happy birthday @actorvijay sir, may this year bring you loads and loads of happiness and peace sir #HappyBirthdayThalapathyVijay."
Actor-producer Dhanush wrote: "Happy birthday dear @actorvijay sir."
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