Vijay Sethupathi filmography

Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi known as Vijay Sethupathi is an Indian film actor, producer, screen writer of the Tamil Film Industry. He began his career in 2004 by playing minor uncredited roles in films, before his first lead role in Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010), under Seenu Ramasamy's direction. 2012 marked a turning point in Vijay Sethupathi's career; all his three releases were critical and commercial successes, resulting in a rise in his popularity. He was first seen in a negative role in Sundarapandian which featured M. Sasikumar in the lead role, and then played the lead roles in the directorial debuts of Karthik Subbaraj and Balaji Tharaneetharan, the thriller film Pizza and the comedy entertainer Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, respectively.

Filmography

As actor

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
2004	M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi		Mohan Raja	Uncredited extra[1]
2006	Dishyum		Sasi
	Pudhupettai	Anbu's henchman	Selvaraghavan
2007	Lee		Prabhu Solomon
2008	Anjathe		Mysskin
2009	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu		Suseenthiran
2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	Ganesh	Suseenthiran
	Bale Pandiya	Pandiya's brother	Siddharth Chandrasekhar
	Thenmerku Paruvakaatru	Murugan	Seenu Ramasamy
2011	Varnam	Muthu	Raju S. M.
2012	Sundarapandian	Jegan	S. R. Prabhakaran
	Pizza	Michael Karthikeyan	Karthik Subbaraj	SIIMA Award for Best Actor BIG FM Most Entertaining Actor of the Year Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom	Prem Kumar	Balaji Tharaneetharan	Edison Award for Best Male Rising Star Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor Vijay Special Jury Award Nominated—Vijay Awards for Best Actor
2013	Soodhu Kavvum	Das	Nalan Kumarasamy	Vijay Special Jury Award Nominated—Vijay Awards for Best Actor
	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Kumaravel ("Sumar Moonji" Kumar)	Gokul	Vijay Special Jury Award
2014	Rummy	Joseph	K. Balakrishnan
	Pannaiyarum Padminiyum	Murugesan	S. U. Arunkumar	Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor
	Jigarthanda	Himself	Karthik Subbaraj	Special appearance
	Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Himself	R. Parthiepan	Special appearance
	Thirudan Police	Vinayagam	Caarthick Raju	Special appearance in "Ennodu Vaa" Song
	Vanmham	Radhakrishnan	Jai Krishna
2015	Bench Talkies - The First Bench	Mahesh	Karthik Subbaraj	Featured in shortfilm "Neer" directed by Karthik Subbaraj [2]
	Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai	Yamalingam	S. P. Jananathan
	Orange Mittai	Kailasam	Biju Viswanath	Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor
	Naanum Rowdydhaan	Pandian ('Pondy' Pandi)	Vignesh Shivan
2016	Sethupathi	Ka. Sethupathi	S. U. Arunkumar
	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum	Kathir	Nalan Kumarasamy
	Iraivi	Michael	Karthik Subbaraj
	Dharma Durai	Dharmadurai	Seenu Ramasamy
	Aandavan Kattalai	Gandhi	M. Manikandan
	Rekka	Shiva	Rathina Shiva
	Puriyaadha Pudhir	Kathir	Ranjit Jeyakodi	Post-production
2017	Idam Porul Yaeval	Pandi	Seenu Ramasamy	Delayed
	Vada Chennai		Vetrimaaran	Filming
	Kavan		K.V. Anand	Filming
	Aneethi Kathaigal		Thiagarajan Kumararaja	Filming
	Vikram Vedha	Vedha	Pushkar-Gayathri	Filming
	Untitled R. Panneerselvam Project		R. Panneerselvam	Pre-production
	Untitled C. Premkumar Project		C. Premkumar	Pre-production

Short films

Year	Film	Co-Star	Director	Channel	Ref
2010	Neer		Karthik Subbaraj	Kalaignar TV	[3][4]
2010	Thuru		Karthik Subbaraj	Kalaignar TV	[3][4]
2010	Petti Case		Karthik Subbaraj	Kalaignar TV	[3][4]
2010	Raa Vanam	Bobby Simha	Karthik Subbaraj	Kalaignar TV	[3][4]
2010	Kadhal Sutru		Nalan Kumarasamy	STAR Vijay	[3][4]
2010	Wind		Manikandan		[3][4]
2010	The Angel	Bobby Simha	Alphonse Putharen		[5]
2010	Kadhalithu Paar		Manikandan		[6]
2010	Maa Thavam	Nivedha, Kuyili	R. Buvana [7]		[8]

Television

Year	Serial Name	Start Date	End Date	No. of Episodes	Director	Channel
2006	Penn [3][4]	27-02-2006	24-11-2006	195	C. J. Bhaskar	Sun TV

As Producer and Writer

Year	Film	Director	Language	Credited as		Notes
				Producer	Writer
2015	Orange Mittai	Biju Viswanath	Tamil			[9]
	Merkku Thodarchi Malai	Lenin Bharathi	Tamil		N	Post-production [10]

As singer and lyricist

Year	Song	Film	Music Director	Credited as		Notes
				Singer	Lyricist
2015	Straight Ah Poyee	Orange Mittai	Justin Prabhakaran
	Orae Oru Oorula
2016	Majja Malcha	Hello Naan Pei Pesuren	Siddharth Vipin		N

Awards

Vijay Sethupathi awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Filmfare Awards South - 1 Vijay Awards 2 2 SIIMA 1 3 Edison Awards 1 1 Others 5 6
Totals
Awards won	9
Nominations	13

Year	Category	Award	Film	Result
2012	Best Actor	Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards	Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom	Won [11]
	Best Male Rising Star	Edison Awards (India)		Won [12]
	Best Actor (Special Jury Award)	7th Vijay Awards		Won [13]
	Best Actor			Nominated
	Best Actor (critics)	SIIMA Awards	Pizza	Won [14]
	BIG FM Most Entertaining Actor of the Year	Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards		Won [15]
	Best Actor	60th Filmfare Awards South		Nominated
	Best Actor	Chennai Times Film Awards 2012	Pizza Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom	Nominated [16]
2013	Best Acting Performance	Behindwoods Gold Medal	Soodhu Kavvum Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Won [17]
	Best Actor (Special Jury Award)	8th Vijay Awards	Soodhu Kavvum	Won [18]
	Best Actor			Nominated
2014	Best Actor	SIIMA Awards	Pannaiyarum Padminiyum	Nominated
2015	Best Actor	SIIMA Awards	Orange Mittai	Nominated

Other awards and recognitions

• 2013: Ritz Icon Awards 2013 ^[19]
• 2013: Ananda Vikatan Top 10 Manithargal 2013

References

1. "'I was rejected even for the role of a junior artist'". The Times of India. Dec 17, 2012.
2. "Shortcut to success". The Hindu. Mar 5, 2015.
3. Sudhish Kamath (Mar 31, 2010). "Full of pizzazz!". The Hindu.
4. My Struggle is my Strength: Vijay Sethupathi | Deccan Chronicle Archived December 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
5. The Angel – Musical Short Film. "The Angel – Musical Short Film | Short Films". Filmelon. Retrieved Oct 14, 2013.
6. "Tamil Short Film Kadhalithu Paar". Tamilo.com. Retrieved Oct 14, 2013.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
8. Malathi Rangarajan. "Long and short". The Hindu. Retrieved Oct 14, 2013.
9. Sudhir Srinivasan (Sep 6, 2014). "He's hot and happening". The Hindu.
10. "Isaignani for Vijay Sethupathi". The Times of India. Nov 24, 2014.
11. "Norway Tamil Film Festival 2013". Sify. Apr 29, 2013.
12. "Edison Awards for 2013 Tamil Winners List". ILuvCinema. Feb 18, 2013.
13. "Vijay Awards 2013 Complete Winners List". KollyInsider. May 12, 2013.
14. "SIIMA 2013 Winners List". ibtimes. Sep 15, 2013.
15. "The BIG Tamil Entertainment Awards". Indian News & Times. Feb 16, 2013.
16. "Chennai Times Film Awards 2012 nominations". The Times of India. Jul 6, 2013.
17. "The Behindwoods Gold Medal 2013 Winners list". Chenaipatrika. Aug 30, 2014.
18. "8th Vijay Awards (2014) Winners list". FilmiBeat. Jul 11, 2014.
19. "Ritz Icon Awards 2013". Nov 14, 2014.

External links

• Vijay Sethupathi filmography at the Internet Movie Database
• Vijay Sethupathi on Facebook