Today Thalapathy Vijay is counted among the biggest superstars of Tamil cinema. The actor has given many hit films in his acting career. On July 23, the last film of Vijay’s career, Jan Neta, has also been released, for which there has been a lot of craze among the fans. But do you know that Vijay was not only a public leader but there was also a film which created a stir in the theatres. The name of this film was ‘Poove Unakkaga’.
This proved to be the turning point of Vijay’s career. It was only after this film that Vijay got the title of Thalapathi. The most important thing is that the audience’s craze for the film was so much that it ran for about 270 days in theatres. Which was a big achievement in itself at that time.
‘Poove Unakkaga’ became the biggest turning point in Vijay’s career.
Today Thalapathy Vijay is counted among the biggest superstars of Tamil cinema. His films are awaited not only in South India but also in the entire country and abroad. However, the beginning of his career was not so easy. In the initial phase, many of Vijay’s films did not perform as per expectations. At such a time, the film ‘Poove Unakkaga’, released in 1996, proved to be the biggest success of his career. This film not only made him a star, but also completely changed his screen image.
Big success at the age of 24
When ‘Poove Unakkaga’ was released, Vijay was only 24 years old. The film was directed by Vikraman. In this, actresses Sangeeta and Anju Arora were in the lead roles along with Vijay. It was a family and romantic drama film, which showed an emotional story of love, sacrifice and relationships. In the film, Vijay played the role of a young man who tries to unite two families by sacrificing his love. At that time, this kind of story was very much liked by the audience.
The film was not released from theaters for 270 days
After release, ‘Poove Unakkaga’ performed brilliantly at the box office. The film ran for 270 days in many theaters, which was considered a huge achievement for any film at that time. Its success made Vijay an overnight star. The songs, story and simplicity of Vijay’s style of the film won the hearts of the audience. After this, producers and directors also started signing Vijay for big projects.
How did you get the title of ‘Thalapathy’?
However, calling Vijay as ‘Thalapati’ started gradually. But it is believed that after the historic success of ‘Poove Unakkaga’, his fan club grew rapidly and he was accepted as a big star. After this, his continuously successful films further strengthened this image. ‘Thalapathy’ means ‘commander’ or ‘commander’ in Tamil. Fans had given this nickname to Vijay to show respect and love for their favorite star. With time this name became so popular that today Vijay is recognized more as ‘Thalapati Vijay’ than his real name.
Even today it is considered the most special film of his career.
Even after almost three decades, ‘Poove Unakkaga’ is counted among the most memorable films of Vijay’s career. After this, Vijay gave many blockbuster films like Ghilli, Thuppakki, Mersal, Master, Leo and made his place among the biggest stars of Tamil cinema.
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