Duniya Vijay

Duniya Vijay
File:Duniya Vijay-Kasi-2013.jpg Duniya Vijay at Kasi (Bernaras) 2013
Born	Vijay (1974-01-20) 20 January 1974 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Other names	Duniya Viji, Black Cobra, Kari Chirathe,
Occupation	Actor, film producer
Years active	2004–present
Awards	Karnataka state award for "Best Actor" in 2007 (Movie Name – Duniya)
Website	http://www.duniyavijay.com

Vijay aka Duniya Vijay (Kannada: ದುನಿಯಾ ವಿಜಯ್) is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He started off as a junior film artist in the industry playing small insignificant roles, before he got the big break in Duniya (2007). He is noted for his performances in various films such as Chanda (2007), Junglee (2009), Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam (2011) and Jayammana Maga (2013).

Career

Vijay started off with a role in Yograj Bhat's Ranga SSLC with Sudeep. He then acted in films like Jogi, Shree, Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla among others. He also did roles in television.

The turning point in Vijay's career came when his friend Soori's directorial debut Duniya. Vijay was cast as a naive village boy with a golden heart who ends up in the hands of underworld goons who use him as one of the henchman to execute their bad deeds. His acting won him rave reviews from critics. Vijay went on to win the State and Filmfare awards for his role in the film.

In 2007, Vijay appeared in three more films – Yuga, Chanda and Geleya. Yuga was an action oriented film on the lines of Duniya, but it was not a box office success. Vijay did a supporting role in Geleya, when Prakash Rai walked out of the film at the last moment.

In 2007, Vijay made more news with his film Chanda. The film was directed by S. Narayan, who had supposedly agreed with Vijay that he would release the film six weeks after Yuga, so that there would be no clash. The director did not keep this promise, for which Vijay refused to dub (lend his voice) for the film. The matter was settled with the KFCC, who decided to impose a year-long ban on the actor. After the intervention of "Karnataka Film Federation" elders, the ban was revoked and Vijay was eligible to do other movies. Chanda did a roaring business at the box office and especially at B&C centres. He got the liking from the so-called 'masses' for his dare devil fights.

Vijay did a semi-art film Avva for Kavita Lankesh at the start of 2008. Vijay won accolades for a bravura performance, but the film did not do well. He was then seen in Sumana Kittur's Slum Bala towards the end of 2008, which also did average business. The consensus was that both films lacked action, which was Vijay's forte.

In 2009, Vijay was seen in action oriented films,namely, MR Ramesh's Thaakath and Junglee directed by Soori and also in Sadhu Kokila's directorial Devru.

The year 2010 continued to be a mixed luck for Vijay with three releases, out of which, one film Kanteerava managed to fetch average business and reviews. The other two, Shankar IPS and Kari Chirathe, went on to become failures at the box-office. However, he made a comeback with successful films which were also critically acclaimed Jarasandha, Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam and Veerabahu in the year 2011.

In 2012, Vijay starred in the critically acclaimed Bheema Theeradalli which also found the commercial success. Vijay was lauded for his performance in the movie. In early 2013, the film Rajanikantha was released and it was a disaster in Box-Office. His subsequent release, which was under his production "Duniya Talkies" Jayammana Maga, a psychological thriller and his first production venture, met with rave critical reviews with his performance getting noticed .

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Music Director	Also Starring	CBFC ratings
2004	Ranga SSLC	Introducing	Yogaraj Bhat	Sandeep Chowta	Sudeep
2005	Rishi		Prakash	Gurukiran	Shiva Rajkumar, Vijay Raghavendra
2005	Rakshasa		Sadhu Kokila	Sadhu Kokila	Shiva Rajkumar
2005	Mental Manja		Sai Sagar	Sai Sagar	Arjun , Huccha Venkat
2007	Duniya	Shivalingu	Soori	V. Manohar	Rashmi	U/A
2007	Yuga	Yuga	Chandru	Arjun Janya	Kavya	A
2007	Geleya	ACP	Harsha	Mano Murthy	Cameo appearance	U/A
2007	Chanda	Kariya	S Narayan	S Narayan	Shubha Poonja	U/A
2008	Avva	Bedara Manja	Kavita Lankesh	Isac Thomas	Shruti, Smita	A
2008	Slum Bala	Bala	Sumana Kittur	Arjun Janya	Shubha Poonja	U/A
2009	Junglee	Prabhakar	Soori	V. Harikrishna	Aindrita Ray	A
2009	Thaakath	Basya	MS Ramesh	Gurukiran	Shubha Poonja	U/A
2009	Devru	Devru	Sadhu Kokila	Sadhu Kokila	Pragna	A
2010	Shankar IPS	Shankar Prasad	M S Ramesh	Gurukiran	Catherine Tresa, Ragini Dwivedi	U/A
2010	Kari Chirathe	Madesh	Madesh K	Sadhu Kokila	Sharmila Mandre	U/A
2010	Kanteerava	Kanteerava	Tushar Ranganath	Chakri	Rishika Singh, Shubha Poonja	A
2011	Veera Bahu	Veerabahu	S Mahendar	V. Harikrishna	Nidhi Subbaiah	A
2011	Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam	Johnny	Preetam Gubbi	V. Harikrishna	Ramya	U
2011	Jarasandha	Krishna Murthy Kitty Gym Kitty Mr. Karnataka Mr.Z Jarasandha	Shashank Raj	Arjun Janya	Pranitha	A
2012	Bheema Theeradalli	Chandya	Om Prakash Rao	Abhiman Roy	Pranitha	A
2012	Rajanikantha	Rajani Kantha	Pradeep Raj	Arjun Janya	Aindrita Ray
2013	Jayammana Maga	Naga	Ravikiran alias Vikas	Arjun Janya	Bharathi	A
2013	Shivajinagara	Ramu	P N Satya	Jassie Gift	Parul Yadav, Adithya Menon	A
2014	Simhadri	Simhadri	Shivamani	Arjun Janya	Soundarya Jayamala
2015	Jackson		SD. Sanath Kumar	Arjun Janya	Pavana Gowda
2015	RX Soori	Soori	Shrijai	Arjun Janya	Akanksha
2015	Ring Road		Priya		Kushi, Nikita Thukral	Cameo appearance Completed
2015	Cobra		H Vasu			Delayed
2015	Dana Kayonu		Yogaraj Bhat	V. Harikrishna	Priyamani	Filming

External links

• Duniya attracts Vijay too
• An interview with Vijay in Thats kannada
• Interview with Vijay in the Hindu