10 Unique traits of Illayathalapathy Vijay

On the eve of the birthday of Illayathalapathy Vijay we take a look at the unique traits he possesses that make him stand apart from the rest. Those special things that have made him the only hero who has endeared himself to fans from toddlers to senior citizens and catapulted him to the topmost pedestal amongst his generation of stars.

Chemistry with Heroines

Romance is the primary titillation that human’s crave for and more often they find gratification by watching their favorite heroes and heroines play it out on screen. Vijay is the most debonair hero who also retains his boyhood charm making him irresistible to the girls. His sizzling onscreen chemistry is perfect with every heroine he has acted with from Swathi ,Sangavi, Devyani, Suvalakshmi, Simran and Jyothika during his earlier days to Trisha, Asin, Nayanthara, Samantha, Kajal Agarwal, Illeana and Amala Paul in the current generation. He has moved on to much younger girls like Keerthi Suresh and Aparna Vinod in ‘Vijay 60’ and looks their perfect match.

Chemistry with Comedians

They say comedy is serious business and Vijay is a pro when coming to that. Even when he was taking his baby steps in the industry, he was pitted against the formidable Goundamani in ‘Rasigan’, ‘Coimbatore Mappilai’ and held his own. He then displayed perfect chemistry with Vivekh in many films and brought the house down with Vadivelu in ‘Sachien’, ‘Vaseegara’, ‘Pokkiri’, ‘Friends’ and ‘Kavalan’ among others. Vijay has matched step for step the comedic talents of Santhanam, Sathyan, Soori, Sathish, Robo Shankar, Imman Annachi and others from the current generation.

Costarring with Seniors/Contemporaries

Vijay is the only hero of his generation to have shared screen space with the legendary Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan in ‘Once More’ and followed it up with films with Vijayakanth,Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Mohanlal, Sridevi, Ajith, Suriya, Jiiva,Sudeep, Srikanth and Jai. All these films are evidence of his ability to jell beautifully with his costars and create on screen magic.

Excellent Rapport with other Stars

A rare quality that Vijay has, is maintaining very good rapport will all his contemporaries starting with his professional rival Ajith to having a brotherly bonding with Simbu who is a self proclaimed Thala fanatic. Superstar Rajinikanth and Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan have never shied away from heaping praises on Vijay. He does not miss any wedding or other important events of the fraternity irrespective of whether the concerned person is a big star or a small time Television actor.

Embracing Newcomers and New ideas

The Illayathalapathy is one of the few superstars who does not shy away from acting under the direction of newcomers the recent example being ‘Jilla’ directed by R.T. Neason. At his peak, he has experimented by playing the self deprecating role in ‘Nanban’ giving more space to his costars, trying a children’s fantasy ‘Puli’, trusting a one film old Atlee and also giving a re-entry to Bharathan in ‘Vijay 60’ who delivered a flop for him earlier.

The Sublime Dancer

No one will doubt Vijay’s supremacy as a sublime dancer who is all grace in romantic numbers, naughty to the core in Kuthu numbers and everything in between as the situation demands. Most of his choreographers including Prabhu Deva, Raghava Lawrence have appeared in his songs as if to prove that Vijay is equal if not better than them.

The Live-wire action hero

Watch any Vijay fight and you will have no doubts left in you that he can beat up twenty goons with his agility, pyrotechnics and risk taking. In action sequences he transforms into someone far removed from his real life persona of gentle calmness. It is no mean achievement that even after forty he is still a live wire as witnessed in the high octane ‘Theri’ action sequences.

The Sentimental Dazzler

The first preference that Vijay gives is for the sister sentiment as he had lost one in real life. In films like ‘Thirupaachi’ and even in ‘Theri’ when he holds the dying girl’s hands fighting tears he is so convincing that he immediately captures the hearts. His mother sentiment in ‘Sivakasi’ and ‘Theri’, father sentiment in ‘Love Today’ and ‘Piryamanavaley, brother sentiment in ‘Senthurapaandi’ and ‘Bhagavathi’ are all memorable and close to life. Recently in ‘Theri’ he has played his age to take on the role of on screen dad and instantly attracted more and more children to him like a magnet, which helped the film to become a monster hit.