After that, he did a negative role in Sundharapandiyan that bagged him the lead role in Karthik Subbaraj’s ‘Pizza’. There was no pause after it for the ‘Soodhu Kavvum’ actor. He started acting in movies of different genres back to back. Most of his performances were notable and his choice of films were appreciated.
He had done about 6 movies in 2016 that include Sethupathi, Kaadhalum Kadandhu Pogum, Iraivi, Dharma Durai, Aandavan Kattalai and Rekka. There’s no doubt about his growth as most of these movies made it big in the box office. And he has signed up for 8 films that include Puriyaadha Pudhir, Kavan, Vikram Vedha, Idam Porul Yaeval, Karuppan, 96, Vada Chennai and another untitled film with Thiyagarajan Kumararaja.
Here are a few most remembered performances by the actor!
Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanam
Though he had acted in many films in supporting roles and lead role in Pizza before this movie, he was recognized or remembered by the audience. But his role in this movie and the popular dialogue “Ppaah.. Yaaru da intha ponnu” is one of his most popular dialogues till date.
Soodhu Kavvum
Soodhu Kavvum was hi next film immediately after NKPK, which was a great hit again. It is Tamil Black comedy-crime film by Nalan Kumarasamy in which he had played the character ‘Das’, who does low profile kidnapping for living. He chose unique movies and characters after this film and still continues to reign.
Orange Mittai
He is one of the very few actors who played an aged role and then acted young again. He made a daring choice by playing an old man in the movie ‘Orange Mittai’ which surprisingly boosted his career to a different level.
Naanum Rowdydhan
After a row of critically-acclaimed hits, he acted in a commercial entertainer by surprising the audience with a completely contrast role in ‘Naanum Rowdydhan’ by Vignesh Sivan starring Nayanthara. The teaming of Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, RJ Balaji and Vignesh Sivan was a perfect entertainer.
Sethupathi
His line-up of movies kept having switches that kept proving his acting skills with contrasting roles. After having acted in many humour filled roles, his role in ‘Sethupathi’ as police officer and a loving family man left the audience in awe. He paired up with hi ‘Pizz’ co-star Dhivya Nambeesan in this movie again.
His performances haven’t stopped yet as he made great roles in films like Kaadhalum Kadandhu Pogum, Iraivi, Dharma Durai and many more this year. We wish the actor a very happy birthday and good luck for his upcoming films!
