Vijay Sethupathi

Accounting work, a spell in Dubai and the Chennai theatre group Koothu-P-Pattarai all came before Vijay Sethupathi's film career. Born Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu on 16 January 1978, he spent his early childhood in Rajapalayam before his family moved to Chennai, and he earned a commerce degree. Back in India after Dubai, he started as a background actor and in small supporting parts until Seenu Ramasamy gave him his first lead in Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010). An actor and producer, he works mostly in Tamil, with occasional Telugu and Hindi films. Three releases in 2012, Pizza, Sundarapandian and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, made him a familiar name. Soodhu Kavvum, Vikram Vedha, '96, Master, Vikram, the two Viduthalai films, Jawan and Maharaja followed. Playing a trans woman in Super Deluxe (2019) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and he also holds two Filmfare Awards South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In Malayalam, he played Anbu in Thudarum (2025). He took the title role in Baththa (2026), his third collaboration with director Balaji Tharaneetharan, and had a cameo in Jailer 2 the same year. SlumDog – 33 Temple Road, in which he stars with Samyuktha and Tabu, has completed shooting.