![]() After a brief stint in the interior decoration business with friends, he joined a marketing company that dealt with readymade kitchens when he saw Koothupattarai’s poster. Unhappy with his job, he returned to India in 2003. The two dated, eventually marrying in 2003. While in Dubai, he met his future-wife, Jessie, online. He had to take care of three siblings and moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates as an accountant because it paid him four times more than what he was making in India. A week after he finished college, he joined as an account assistant at a wholesale cement business. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Dhanraj Baid Jain College (an affiliate of the University of Madras) in Thoraipakam. Sethupathi did a series of odd jobs for pocket money: salesman at a retail store, cashier at a fast food joint and a phone booth operator. At age 16, he auditioned for a role in Nammavar (1994), but was rejected due to his short height. According to Sethupathi, he was a "below-average student right from school" and was neither interested in sports nor extra-curricular activities. He attended the MGR Higher Secondary School in Kodambakkam and Little Angels Mat. He lived in Ennore located in North Chennai. Vijay Sethupathi was born on 16 January 1978 and was raised in Rajapalayam until he moved to Chennai in class six. Sethupathi has established himself as an actor with his notable work in Tamil films like Soodhu Kavvum (2013), Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014), Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016), Iraivi (2016), Vikram Vedha (2017), '96 (2018), Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018), Petta (2019), Super Deluxe (2019), Master (2021), Vikram (2022) and Telugu films like Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019) and Uppena (2021). In 2012, he rose to massive popularity with critical and commercial successes in Sundarapandian (2012), Pizza (2012) and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012). He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.įollowing a stint as an NRI accountant in Dubai, Sethupathi started his film career working as a background actor and played minor supporting roles before starring in his first lead role in Seenu Ramasamy's Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010). Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films.
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