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A. L. Vijay is a Director and Scriptwriter Indian born on 17 june 1983

A. L. Vijay

A. L. Vijay
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Birth name Vijay Azhagappan
Nationality Inde
Birth 17 june 1983 (41 years)

A. L. Vijay is an Indian film director of the Tamil film industry. A disciple of Priyadarshan, he matured as director with films like Kireedam and critically acclaimed Madrasapattinam. Vijay later directed big budget films Deiva Thirumagal and Thaandavam, starring Vikram in both films. His father A. L. Azhagappan was the president of Tamil Nadu Producers Council and appeared in the film Eesan. His brother Udhaya has also starred in Tamil films.

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Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah
(7 films)
Anthony
Anthony
(8 films)
Nassar
Nassar
(7 films)
Santhanam
Santhanam
(4 films)
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Filmography of A. L. Vijay (10 films)

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Director

Idhu Enna Maayam
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Vikram Prabhu, Keerthy Suresh, Kavya Shetty, Navdeep, Nassar, Ambika
Rating55% 2.758482.758482.758482.758482.75848
Arun (Vikram Prabhu) is a struggling theatre artiste. With the help of his friends, who are also struggling theatre artistes, he starts a website called UMT which helps men struggling in love to successfully unite with the woman of their dreams with the help of theaterics. One day, UMT gets a rich client in the form of Santhosh (Navdeep), the owner of a real estate company. Santhosh is in love with a singer Maya (Keerthy Suresh) and offers ₹1,00,00,000 if Arun and his friends can help him in winning Maya's heart. Arun has second thoughts over the offer because Maya is his ex-girlfriend. They had broken up due to a serious misunderstanding between them. Though he still has feelings for Maya, he reluctantly agrees to help Santhosh. However, he foils all the plans to bring Santhosh and Maya together. A frustrated Santhosh then directly proposes to Maya, but she rejects him as she has still not forgotten Arun.
Saivam
Saivam (2014)

Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama
Actors Sara Arjun, Nassar, Suresh, Kausalya, Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi, Shanmugarajan
Rating67% 3.391083.391083.391083.391083.39108
Kathiresan (Nassar) is the head of a large family which consists of three of his sons and a daughter and their respective families. Everyone get together at his house for a vacation. When the entire family goes to their temple on a given day, some ill fated events occur. The family thinks it is because it had forgotten to perform a ritual sacrifice which involved the slaughter of a rooster known as Paappa (a rooster), which was part of their poultry. This thought is fueled all the more by each family member blaming this to be the cause for all their problems both at home and at work. Kathiresan decides to sacrifice Paappa in the upcoming festival, and the family rests assured that all their problems will disappear eventually after the ritual. Then, suddenly, Paappa goes missing.
Thalaivaa
Thalaivaa (2013)
, 3h3
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action
Themes Gangster films
Actors Vijay, Amala Paul, Sathyaraj, Rajeev Govinda Pillai, Abhimanyu Singh, Ragini Nandwani
Rating61% 3.098383.098383.098383.098383.09838
Vishwa (Vijay) is a dancer who lives in Sydney, Australia. He also manages a water distribution business there with his childhood friend Logu (Santhanam) and his dance team members. He is the son of Ramadorai (Sathyaraj), a Mumbai-based don who fights for the rights of the Tamil-speaking migrants in the city. Ramadorai had sent Vishwa away to Australia when he was a child for his safety and although they are in regular contact, he lies to Vishwa that he is a businessman.
Thaandavam
Thaandavam (2012)
, 2h36
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Vikram, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty, Amy Jackson, Raai Laxmi, Nassar
Rating60% 3.0487453.0487453.0487453.0487453.048745
On 1 January 2010, a sudden bomb blast occurs in London, killing several people. The scene shifts to the same place after exactly a year, where a blind man Kenny Thomas (Vikram) lays flowers on the memorial and mourns someone's death during the bomb blast. He is then given some secret details by a mysterious woman. Kenny then takes a taxi driven by Satyan (Santhanam) who is a comical Tamil guy. He drops Kenny at a place and waits for him to return. But Kenny actually goes inside to kill someone. He kills him and throws him down. Seeing the corpse, Satyan flees. During this entire scene, Kenny is shown to produce a sound from his mouth, to find his way, which is later shown as echolocation. Later Kenny is shown to play piano in a local church, and he is blind he has so many people who care for him. In the meantime, Kenny carries out two more murders, taking the same taxi driven by the innocent Satyan, following instructions from the mysterious woman.
Deiva Thirumagal, 2h46
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Vikram, Sara Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul, Nassar, Santhanam
Rating81% 4.0964154.0964154.0964154.0964154.096415
Krishna (Vikram) is intellectually disabled and has the mental ability of a six-year old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Ooty. He is cared for by Victor (Krishna Kumar), the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but his wife Banumathy dies during childbirth. Unable to grasp the concept of death, he simply accepts that his wife has "gone to God" and starts life as a father. He names his daughter Nila, and raises her with love and care. She soon grows into a happy young girl (Sara). With the help of Victor and his other mentally challenged friends, Krishna enrolls Nila in school.
Madrasapattinam, 2h45
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Arya, Amy Jackson, Nassar, Alexx O'Nell, Cochin Haneefa, Lisa Lazarus
Rating78% 3.941053.941053.941053.941053.94105
An elderly English woman Amy Wilkinson (Carole Trangmar-Palmer), almost at her deathbed in London, wants to come down to Madras in search of a young man Ilam Parithi (Arya) whom she last saw on 15 August 1947 to return a thali (traditional wedding threads) of his mother, which he gave her as a sign of stating that she belongs to India and nobody can separate them. However, after a turn of events, she had married another man from her hometown and thus felt that the thali was no longer her property.
Poi Solla Porom
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Karthik Kumar, Piaa Bajpai, Nassar, Nedumudi Venu, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Cochin Haneefa
Rating65% 3.276283.276283.276283.276283.27628
Sathyanathan (Nedumudi Venu) is a typical middle class man who has just retired. He wants to buy a plot of land in the city and move in with his wife and children - Uppilinathan(Karthik Kumar), Vishwanathan and Sindhu. But his son Uppilinathan - who is a software engineer - has no interest in the house and is keen to leave India for New York, where he has obtained a job. Sathyanathan buys the plot from "World Famous Properties" which is managed by Vijayakumar(Cochin Hanifa). When he goes to break stone to build his house, he finds a compound wall erected over his plot with the nameplate saying "Baby Properties". After numerous attempts to meet him, Sathyanathan finally meets Baby who wants him to pay half the amount paid for the plot to be paid to Baby in order to vacate the plot. The Sathyanathans try to think of solutions and finally resort to hiring thugs to break the compound at night. Sathyanathan is arrested the next morning. Through all this, Uppilinathan's attitude towards his father's problem changes when he sees how attached he is to the property. Uppili meets a travel agent Asifbhai (bosskey) who was baby's assistant and cheated by him . Uppili with help of his girlfriend convince Daddy (mouli), who is a stage actor and got 136 awards, to act as Varma, an NRI businessman from Dubai who has to India to sell a plot which actually belongs to fisheries board of govt. At last the fishery land is given to Baby and the family get their land.The film ends with family of Sathyanathan living happily ever after. Baby's assistant Johnny reveals there is no man in the name of Varma. Baby acknowledges that he has been cheated and decides cover it up to preserve his reputation.
Kireedam
Kireedam (2007)
, 2h32
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama
Actors Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Rajkiran, Ajay, Vivek, Saranya
Rating65% 3.295163.295163.295163.295163.29516
Sakthivel (Ajith Kumar) is an implicitly obedient son of a sincere policeman, Rajarajan (Rajkiran). Sakthi and his dad share the same dream: That of seeing him enter the police force. The entire family comprising two other daughters, the mom (Saranya) and a wastrel of a brother-in-law (Vivek) are cuddly and close-knit. Rajarajan is from the old school of life and honesty is his watchword. In a venal system, this lands him in trouble often.

Scriptwriter

Idhu Enna Maayam
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Vikram Prabhu, Keerthy Suresh, Kavya Shetty, Navdeep, Nassar, Ambika
Rating55% 2.758482.758482.758482.758482.75848
Arun (Vikram Prabhu) is a struggling theatre artiste. With the help of his friends, who are also struggling theatre artistes, he starts a website called UMT which helps men struggling in love to successfully unite with the woman of their dreams with the help of theaterics. One day, UMT gets a rich client in the form of Santhosh (Navdeep), the owner of a real estate company. Santhosh is in love with a singer Maya (Keerthy Suresh) and offers ₹1,00,00,000 if Arun and his friends can help him in winning Maya's heart. Arun has second thoughts over the offer because Maya is his ex-girlfriend. They had broken up due to a serious misunderstanding between them. Though he still has feelings for Maya, he reluctantly agrees to help Santhosh. However, he foils all the plans to bring Santhosh and Maya together. A frustrated Santhosh then directly proposes to Maya, but she rejects him as she has still not forgotten Arun.
Saivam
Saivam (2014)

Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama
Actors Sara Arjun, Nassar, Suresh, Kausalya, Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi, Shanmugarajan
Rating67% 3.391083.391083.391083.391083.39108
Kathiresan (Nassar) is the head of a large family which consists of three of his sons and a daughter and their respective families. Everyone get together at his house for a vacation. When the entire family goes to their temple on a given day, some ill fated events occur. The family thinks it is because it had forgotten to perform a ritual sacrifice which involved the slaughter of a rooster known as Paappa (a rooster), which was part of their poultry. This thought is fueled all the more by each family member blaming this to be the cause for all their problems both at home and at work. Kathiresan decides to sacrifice Paappa in the upcoming festival, and the family rests assured that all their problems will disappear eventually after the ritual. Then, suddenly, Paappa goes missing.
Thalaivaa
Thalaivaa (2013)
, 3h3
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action
Themes Gangster films
Actors Vijay, Amala Paul, Sathyaraj, Rajeev Govinda Pillai, Abhimanyu Singh, Ragini Nandwani
Rating61% 3.098383.098383.098383.098383.09838
Vishwa (Vijay) is a dancer who lives in Sydney, Australia. He also manages a water distribution business there with his childhood friend Logu (Santhanam) and his dance team members. He is the son of Ramadorai (Sathyaraj), a Mumbai-based don who fights for the rights of the Tamil-speaking migrants in the city. Ramadorai had sent Vishwa away to Australia when he was a child for his safety and although they are in regular contact, he lies to Vishwa that he is a businessman.
Deiva Thirumagal, 2h46
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Vikram, Sara Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul, Nassar, Santhanam
Rating81% 4.0964154.0964154.0964154.0964154.096415
Krishna (Vikram) is intellectually disabled and has the mental ability of a six-year old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Ooty. He is cared for by Victor (Krishna Kumar), the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but his wife Banumathy dies during childbirth. Unable to grasp the concept of death, he simply accepts that his wife has "gone to God" and starts life as a father. He names his daughter Nila, and raises her with love and care. She soon grows into a happy young girl (Sara). With the help of Victor and his other mentally challenged friends, Krishna enrolls Nila in school.
Kireedam
Kireedam (2007)
, 2h32
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama
Actors Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Rajkiran, Ajay, Vivek, Saranya
Rating65% 3.295163.295163.295163.295163.29516
Sakthivel (Ajith Kumar) is an implicitly obedient son of a sincere policeman, Rajarajan (Rajkiran). Sakthi and his dad share the same dream: That of seeing him enter the police force. The entire family comprising two other daughters, the mom (Saranya) and a wastrel of a brother-in-law (Vivek) are cuddly and close-knit. Rajarajan is from the old school of life and honesty is his watchword. In a venal system, this lands him in trouble often.