POOVE UNAKKAGA
250 DAYS
This was one of Vijay’s best films.
Vijay’s career took a U-turn after the mega success of Poove Unakkaga
which was a silver jubilee hit. This film, directed by the then popular
director Vikraman with music by his lucky mascot SA Rajkumar, provided
a big fillip to Vijay’s career which though was filled with hits,
didn’t have that hit to make him a Superstar. Vijay played the mediator
between two families who had a clash of religions. The children of the
two neighborhood families fell in love and elope. Vijay comes and acts
as the son of the eloped family, and tries to join the grandchildren
of the two families who also fall in love with each other.
LOVE TODAY
175 DAYS
This was one of the earlier
films for ‘ilayathalapathy’ Vijay. Considered a big hit due to the
film’s songs and vijay’s performance, Vijay is the son of Raguvaran who
is a doctor. Both father and son behave as the best of friends. Vijay
falls in love with Suvalakshmi who is the daughter of a rough ‘n tough
inspector (rajan p dev). Suvalakshmi’s dad comes to know of their love
and vents his hatred towards Vijay. How they succeed in love forms the
climax of the film.
KADALUKU MARIYADHAI
210 DAYS
This film is the one which
catapulted Vijay to superstardom. This film celebrated its silver
jubilee run in many centers and can be called a cult film which
inspired a lot of youngsters with its storyline and treatment. The idea
of the lovers giving up on their love for the sake of their families
found a great wide appeal among tamil movie fans. This movie was
directed by Fazil with music by Isaignani Ilayaraja
THULLATHA MANAMUM THULLUM
175 DAYS
Another film is the list of
Vijay’s blockbusters. This film strengthened his on screen chemistry
with his lucky mascot, simran who then went on to become his most
successful on screen pair. This movie was directed by Ezhil with music
by SARajkumar.
KUSHI
175 DAYS
This film acted as another
turning point for Vijay, who had a lean patch with films like nenjinile
and minsara kanna. this film, directed by the director SJ Suryah was
one of the biggest blockbusters of Vijay’s career. Also vijay was
paired with Jyothika with whom he shared a great chemistry right
throughout the whole film. This movie celebrated a silver jubilee run
and ran for 200 days.
FRIENDS
175 DAYS
This film had a multi star
cast featuring Vijay, Suriya, Ramesh kanna, Vadivelu, Deivayani, etc.
This film was again a mega blockbuster for vijay making it 4 hits in a
row for the actor. Ajith was originally slated to play the role of
Suriya, but it was vijay’s college mate Suriya (suriya studied in the
same college as vijay did) who played the role of Vijay’s best friend
in this movie.
THIRUMALAI
150 DAYS
This film is another film
which resurrects Vijay’s career after a series of flops like Pudhiya
geethai, Vaseegara, etc. This film, produced by Kavithalaya and
directed by Ramana, showcased Vijay’s dialogue delivery skills to the
best value. Here, he was again paired with Jyothika, his lucky heroine
who gave one of the biggest blockbusters with him, Kushi. The music by
Vidyasagar was one of the main highlights of the film.
GHILLI
209 DAYS
The biggest hit film of
Vijay’s career. Coming after the welcome success of ‘Thirumalai’ which
was again Vijay’s turning point after a series of flops. Ghilli was
the best hit of his career, directed by Dharani of Dhill and Dhool
fame, Ghilli had Vijay pairing up with Trisha with whom he went on to
make a smash hit pairing.
THIRUPAACHI
200 DAYS
Another big blockbuster for
Vijay in his long career. Directed by a newcomer Perarasu, Thirupachi
went on to become a big blockbuster and reportedly broke the records of
Vijay’s previous big hit Ghilli. Trisha pairs up with Vijay in this
film. Also with others in this film are Mallika (autograph fame),
Benjamin, Vinod (Actor Vikram’s father), etc
SIVAKAASI
150 DAYS
This film was also directed
by Perarasu who directed Vijay’s previous blockbuster Thirupaachi.
Though this film was not as big a hit as Thirupaachi, this film went on
to become a super hit film further enhancing Vijay’s Box office power.
This is the movie which collected 2 crores in a week after release in
Madurai only. It purely shows the power of Ilayathalapathy.
POKKIRI
200+ DAYS
This film created a huge
sensation for Vijay at the box office. After the not so successful
Aathi, Vijay did not have a release at all for the rest of 2006 as he
intently listened to a lot of scripts and wanted to make sure that his
next film becomes a huge success. Teaming up with director-choreographer
Prabudeva for the first time, this film which was a remake of the
blockbuster Telugu hit by the same name, created records at the box
office. Vijay was paired with Asin for the second time after Sivakaasi,
with Manisharma scoring the music. The film was declared a mega
blockbuster, and created new records in neighboring state Kerala for the
first time for a Tamil film.
