Vijay Antony
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| Born | Frances Antony Cyril Raja 24 July 1975 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Relatives | Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (great-grand father) |
Frances Antony Cyril Raja (born 24 July 1975) known professionally as Vijay Antony,[1] is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema.
He made his debut as music composer in 2005 with Sukran. He made his acting debut in 2012 Naan and is known for his roles in action thriller films such as Salim (2014) and Pichaikkaran (2016).[2]
Early life
[edit]Vijay Antony was born in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.[3] When he entered the media and film industry, he had picked Agni as his stage name, but this was changed to Vijay by director S. A. Chandrasekhar who had commented that Agni was not lucky.
Antony was brought up by his mother after his father committed suicide when Antony was 7. He is not a trained musician, but started his career as a sound engineer and later became a music composer. After completing his tertiary education, he established an audio studio called Audio Infotainment and worked there as a sound engineer. In his early days as a music composer, he composed jingles for advertisements, and notable background scores for television shows by conducting research on sound engineering.[4] His music composing venture in movies arrived when Oscar Ravichandran approached Antony to compose music for his film Dishyum, but his music composer debut in movies happened through Sukran, as it was released first.
Career
[edit]Composing
[edit]Vijay Antony started his composing career with the 2005 film Sukran.[5] He was nominated for his score in the film Naan Avan Illai (2007).
Antony's songs for the 2008 film Kadhalil Vizhunthen became hits, especially the dappan koothu number Nakka Mukka.[6] He became the first Indian music director to win a Cannes Golden Lion award, for "Nakka Mukka" (for The Times of India) in the Best of Music category.[7] The song was later played at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[8]
Antony composed the music to a few Tamil soundtracks in 2009, including A Aa E Ee, TN 07 AL 4777, Mariyadhai, Ninaithale Inikkum, and Vettaikaaran.
Antony had composed music for many Tamil films of the early 2010s, including Aval Peyar Thamizharasi, Uthama Puthiran, Vedi, and Velayudham.
Antony made his Telugu composing debut with Mahatma (2009) and his Kannada composing debut with Buddhivantha (2007).[9][10]
Antony has composed music for most of his own acting films, including Naan (2012), Salim (2014), Pichaikkaran (2016), Saithan (2016), Yaman (2017), Annadurai (2017), Kaali (2018), Thimiru Pudichavan (2019) and Pichaikkaran 2 (2023).
Acting
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Vijay Antony's acting debut was in the crime thriller Naan where he played the lead role.[11] The film's standalone sequel titled Salim, an action thriller, was his next project as an actor, for which he also composed music.[12]
In 2015, he starred in the romantic comedy India Pakistan, his first acting film for which he was not the music director.[13] In 2016, he chose to star in the action thriller Pichaikkaran (2016), collaborating with his Dishyum director Sasi.[14] It became a commercial success, with overall collections nearing 40 Crore.[15] The Telugu dub Bichagadu was a bigger success than the original.[16] His next was Saithan, an action thriller directed by debutant Pradeep Krishnamoorthy.[17]
He appeared in the 2017 political action thriller Yaman directed by Jeeva Shankar, whom he collaborated with for the second time after Naan. The film released to positive reviews.[18] His next film Annadurai in the same year was an action drama which received mixed reviews.[19] In 2018, he starred in Kaali, a period action film directed by Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi and Thimiru Pudichavan, an action film directed by Ganeshaa.[20][21] In 2019, he starred in Kolaigaran, an action thriller directed by Andrew Louis[22] and co-starring Arjun.[23] The film opened to highly positive reviews.[24]
Antony made his directorial debut with Pichaikkaran 2 in 2023.[25] In 2024, Vijay Antony plays the lead role of a romantic hero in Romeo.[26]
Personal life
[edit]Antony is married to Fatima Vijay Antony, and they had two daughters, Meera and Lara. Meera committed suicide on 19 September 2023 at the age of 16 at their home in Chennai.[27][28] For his films produced by Vijay Antony Film Corporation, Fatima was credited as the producer except for Romeo (2024), for which Meera was credited as the producer.[29][30]
Antony has a well-known great-grandfather, Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai, who was a Tamil poet, novelist, and social worker and is remembered for his authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram, recognized as the "first modern Tamil novel." Vedanayagam's ideals of women's liberation and education are reflected in this novel.
Filmography
[edit]Actor
[edit]| Year | Film | Role(s) | Notes |
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| 2006 | Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai | Lecturer | Cameo Appearance |
| 2009 | TN 07 AL 4777 | Himself | Special Appearance in "Aathichudi" song |
| 2012 | Naan | Karthik | |
| 2014 | Salim | Dr. Mohammed Salim | |
| 2015 | India Pakistan | Adv. Karthik | |
| 2016 | Pichaikkaran | Arul Selva Kumar | |
| Nambiar | Himself | Special Appearance in "Aara Amara" song | |
| Saithan | Dinesh & Sharma | dual role | |
| 2017 | Yaman | Thamizharasan (Yaman) & Arivudainambi | dual role |
| Mupparimanam | Himself | Special Appearance in "Let's Go Party" song | |
| Annadurai | Annadurai & Thambidurai | dual role | |
| 2018 | Kaali | Kaali (Bharath), Young Periyasamy (Samy), Young Maari,& Young John | Quadruple Roles |
| Traffic Ramasamy | Himself | Cameo Appearance | |
| Thimiru Pudichavan | Inspector Murugavel | ||
| 2019 | Kolaigaran | Prabhakaran IPS | |
| 2021 | Kodiyil Oruvan | Vijaya Raghavan | |
| 2023 | Tamilarasan | Inspector Tamilarasan | |
| Pichaikkaran 2 | Vijay Gurumoorthy & Sathya | dual role Also Director | |
| Kolai | Vinayak | ||
| Raththam | Ranjith Kumar | ||
| 2024 | Romeo | Arivazhagan | |
| Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan | Salim/2223/Antony | [31] | |
| Hitler | Selva | [32] | |
| 2025 | Gagana Maargan | Pre-production[33] |
Editor
[edit]| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Annadurai |
| 2018 | Thimiru Pudichavan |
| 2021 | Kodiyil Oruvan |
| 2023 | Pichaikkaran 2 |
| 2024 | Romeo |
Director
[edit]- Pichaikkaran 2 (2023)
Discography
[edit]Music director
[edit]Lyricist
[edit]- Romeo (2024)
Television
[edit]- 2002 Chinna Papa Periya Papa (Season 1) (Credited as Agni) (Sun TV)
- 2005 Malargal (Sun TV)
- 2005 Kettimelam (Jaya TV)
- 2006 Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (Vijay TV)
- 2007 Kadhalikka Neramillai (Vijay TV)
- 2007 Megala (Sun TV)
- 2015 Chinna Papa Periya Papa (Season 2) (Sun TV)
Judge
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Language | Network(s) | Ref |
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| 2024-present | Mahanadigai | Judge | Tamil | Zee Tamil | [35] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "VIJAY ANTONY". vijayantony.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Did you know, Vijay Antony's big-screen debut was not 'Naan'?".
- ^ "Vijay Antony".
- ^ Kalpagam Sarma. "'Naaka Mukka' Antony". goergo.in. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Vijay Antony to Sam CS: Kollywood music directors who are celebrated less".
- ^ "'Nakka Mukka' catches composer by surprise".
- ^ "TOI wins India its first Gold Film Lions at Cannes". The Times of India. 28 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Vijay Antony".
- ^ "Vijay Antony goes to Tollywood".
- ^ "Vijay Antony".
- ^ "Vijay Antony's 'Naan' trailers this Diwali".
- ^ "Salim".
- ^ "India Pakistan Review".
- ^ Balachandran, Logesh. "No one will want to play a beggar in a film, but I did". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Review : Pichaikkaran review: Entertaining! (2016)". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Bichagadu total box office collection: Vijay Antony's Telugu film turns bigger success than Pichaikkaran". International Business Times. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Saithan Preview".
- ^ "Review: Yaman has nothing new to say about politics, but is a fun thriller anyway".
- ^ "Annadurai review. Annadurai Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Kaali Movie Review: Vijay Antony and Kiruthiga's thriller is interesting in parts".
- ^ "Thimiru Pudichavan first look: Vijay Antony plays cop in director Ganesha's film".
- ^ "Kolaigaran to release on June 5th". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Kolaigaran movie review: Arjun Sarja delivers a sublime performance in this gripping whodunit". Firstpost. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Box office collection: Kolaigaran overpowers Bharat, impacts NGK business".
- ^ "Vijay Antony's 'Pichaikkaran 2' to release in Summer 2023".
- ^ "Romeo Review".
- ^ "Why Latest Picture of Vijay Antony's Daughter Meera is". News18. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "Actor Vijay Antony's daughter allegedly dies by suicide". Hindustan Times. 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Fatima Vijay Antony's heartbreaking tweet after daughter Meera's death: 'If I'd known you will live only for 16 years…'". 9 October 2023.
- ^ "'Romeo' trailer: Vijay Antony stars as a husband on a mission to woo his wife". 26 March 2024 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Vijay Antony's 'Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan' to release on August 2". Times of India. 10 July 2024. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "New Release Date Announced For Vijay Antony's Hitler". Times Now. 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Vijay Antony's next titled Gagana Maargan".
- ^ "Vijay Antony first Indian to win Cannes Golden Lion". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "New show 'Mahanadigai' set to premiere on October 5". The Times of India. 27 September 2024.
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