Vijay (Tamil விஜய், Kannada ವಿಜಯ್, Sanskrit विजय) is a common given name for males in India. The word Vijay is derived from Vijaya, meaning "Victory". It is another name for Arjuna, the hero of the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. The word Vijay is similar in meaning to Jai, although there is a small difference. Vijay indicates being Victorious while trying to conquer, Jai indicates Victorious while trying to defend.

Notable people[link]

Films[link]

• Joseph Vijay a Tamil film actor, dancer and playback singer.
• Vijay Anand, a Hindi film producer, director, writer and actor
• A. L. Vijay, a Tamil film director, writer

Sportsmen[link]

• Vijay Manjrekar,former Indian cricketer and father of Sanjay Majrekar
• Vijay Bharadwaj, an Indian cricketer
• Vijay Dahiya, an Indian cricketer
• Vijay Hazare, former captain of the Indian cricket team
• Vijay Kumar, an Indian professional shooter
• Vijay Mehra, an Indian cricketer
• Vijay Mehra, a UAE cricketer
• Vijay Merchant, an Indian cricketer
• Vijay Rajindernath, an Indian cricketer
• Vijay Singh, a golfer
• Murali Vijay, an Indian cricketer
• Vijay Amritraj,former Indian Tennis Player and father of Prakash Amrithraj

Musicians[link]

• Vijay Balakrishnan, an Indian singer
• Vijay Kichlu, a Hindustani singer
• Vijay Madhavan, a classical dancer
• Vijay Patil, a pianist and accordionist
• Vijay Antony, a music director
• Vijay Prakash, a singer
• Vijay Yesudas, a singer
• Vijay Iyer, a jazz pianist

Businessmen[link]

• Vijay Mallya, an Indian businessman, MP, Chairman of UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines Co-owner Force India Formula One Team
• Vijay Thadani, the co-founder of NIIT

Intellectuals[link]

• Vijay Bhargava, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia
• Vijay Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry and of Structural Biology, Stanford University
• Vijay Tendulkar, Indian writer, playwright, political journalist and social commentator

Politicians[link]

• Vijay Jolly, BJP politician, former
• Vijay_anand_(MSK), Tamil Nadu State Politician.

Military operation[link]

• Operation Vijay (1961), Operation Vijay (1999) The operation by the Military of India.

In fiction[link]

• Vijay is an Indian operative and friend of James Bond in Octopussy - portrayed by Vijay Amritraj in the film.
• Dilbert has a character Vijay, who is known as the world's most desperate venture capitalist.
• Vijay (film) is a 1988 Bollywood film directed by Yash Chopra.

See also[link]

• Vijaya, alternative transliteration or female equivalent of Vijay

External links[link]

• Names Directory: Common surnames for Vijay

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Amala Paul
Amala Paul at a public relations event (2010)
Born	Amala Paul (1991-10-26)October 26, 1991 Kochi, Kerala, India
Other names	Anakha
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2009 – present

Amala Paul (born October 26, 1991) is an Indian film actress, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After appearing in supporting roles in a few low budget ventures, she received critical acclaim for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli. Despite the failure of that film, Amala became noted after playing the title role in Mynaa, receiving critical acclaim for her work. Since then, she has been signed on for several notable projects and is considered the leading upcoming actress in Tamil films.^[1]

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Amala Paul, after finishing her Plus Two education, took a year out before planning to pursue engineering. At the time, her modelling portfolio was spotted by noted Malayalam director Lal Jose who offered her a supporting role in his remake, Neelathamara (2009). Despite emerging a success, the film failed to attract any further offers, as she had anticipated.^[2] She pursued roles in Tamil films and went on to sign the low-budget comedy film Vikadakavi which was delayed and ultimately became her sixth release, while also signing on to play the lead role in another small budget film Veerasekaran (2010). The film, which became her maiden Tamil release, was panned by critics and went completely unnoticed,^[3][4] while Amala's role was being labelled as 'minimal',^[3] and she later cited that she regretted doing the film and many of her scenes were edited out.^[2] Amala Paul then went on to work in Samy's controversial Sindhu Samaveli (2010), portraying the role of Sundari, who has an illicit relationship with her father-in-law. The director of the film had previously drawn criticism for his depictions of illicit romances as well as for assaulting his previous lead actress in a film, but Amala played down the issue citing that she had no problem with the director.^[2] She was approached after the major portions of her next release, Mynaa were ready and signed on before listening to the entirety of the story, claiming that she was shocked but not upset with the controversial scenes which she heard later.^[2] Upon release, the film met with contrasting reviews, whilst some critics refused to give the film a rating, declaring their disgust at the film's plot.^[5][6] Amala's performance won her critical acclaim. However her success was marred with extreme reactions from the public, with Amala claiming she received death threats from anonymous callers and was publicly scolded by women at a cinema hall in Chennai.^[7]

[edit] Mynaa and the future (2010 - present)

Amala's next release, the romantic drama film Mynaa (2010) by Prabhu Solomon, made her a recognised actress in the industry. The film had garnered much anticipation prior to release, with noted distributors Udhayanidhi Stalin and Kalpathi S. Aghoram purchasing the rights of the film after being impressed with it.^[8] Amala played the village belle Mynaa, attaining unanimous praise from critics for her portrayal; a critic labelled her work as "outstanding" and that she put in a "riveting performance",^[9] while other reviews claimed she had "immense talent" and scores in "every instance" in the title role.^[10] The film, which also saw her gain recognition from noted actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, subsequently became a large commercial success at the box-office.^[8] Amala Paul gained recognition from several award committees and notably secured the Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress, while also gaining nominations in the Best Actress category at the Filmfare Awards and the Vijay Awards.

Following the success of Mynaa, Amala became touted as the "new star of 2011" as she subsequently signed on to several prominent projects.^[1] Her first release of 2011 was in a supporting role in the Malayalam drama film, Ithu Nammude Katha, a remake of the successful Tamil film Naadodigal and the second was meant to be her launch in Tamil films, the coming-to-age tale of five friends Vikadakavi with the film opening to limited screens. Both films opened to limited screens due to the moderate budget of the projects, with her performance in the latter being described as "full of potential".^[11] She went on to sign three big budget films with established production houses, with the drama Deiva Thirumagal directed by Vijay, featuring her opposite Vikram and alongside Anushka,^[12] becoming her next release. Her portrayal of school correspondent Shwetha Rajendran won critical acclaim with a reviewer citing that her "expressive eyes help her leave a mark in a small but important role" whilst another critic claimed she "acquits herself well".^[13][14] Her final release of 2011 was Ram Gopal Varma's Bejawada which marked her début in Telugu language films. The film saw her portray college girl, Geetanjali, and featured her opposite Naga Chaitanya, but the film opened to negative reviews and became a surprise box office failure.^[15]

Amala Paul's first release of 2012 was in Linguswamy's multi-starring action entertainer, Vettai, alongside Arya, Madhavan and Sameera Reddy.^[12] The film opened to critical and commercial acclaim with The New York Times claiming the film "entertains without breaking any new ground, though it can also surprise".^[16] Amala Paul won mixed feedback for her performance; while the critic from Sify mentioned she "is lovely to look at and her feisty performance proves that a star is born",^[17] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff cited she "struts, pouts and hams to the hilt".^[18] The actress had three films released on the Valentine's Day weekend of 2012, with Balaji Mohan's bilingual Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi and Love Failure becoming critical and commercial successes. The film, made in Tamil and Telugu, featured her alongside Siddharth and portrayed as her college girl, Parvathi, showing her romantic encounter. About the Tamil version, a reviewer from The Hindu wrote: "Amala Paul, after coming across as convincing in her last few movies, looks finally set as a leading lady", while another critc labelled that she "comes across as natural" and "it is a pleasure to see her in a role and costumes that suit her age as compared to her recent movies".^[19][20] Rediff.com called the Telugu version of the film "refreshing", highlighting that the lead pair's on-screen chemistry "sparkles".^[21] The romantic musical Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal opposite Adharvaa, also released on the same day in which she played Charulatha, a modern girl based in Bangalore. She played a notable role in renowned director Dr. Biju's Aakashathinte Niram, which was her first art-house film. The film was screened at the competition section for the Golden Goblet Award in the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival.

Personal life[link]

Amala was born on October 26, 1991 in Ernakulam, Kerala to Christian Malayali parents, Paul Varghese and Annice Paul.^[22] After completing her Plus Two examinations at Nirmala Higher Secondary School, Aluva she took a sabbatical to begin a career in films, but has since joined St. Teresa's College in Kochi, to pursue a BA degree in English and is currently in her third year.^[12][23] Her father had been strictly against Amala pursuing an acting career, but was forced to accept her decision with her older brother, Abijith, strongly backing her ambition.^[12] She later claimed she had performing arts in her DNA, revealing that her mother was a singer and her dad was into theatre in college.^[24] Amala had changed her on-screen name to Anakha, on director Samy's insistence, who cited that another actress, Amala had already made her name popular. However, after the failure of Sindhu Samaveli, she reverted to her birth name since she felt that the replacement had brought her bad luck.^[12]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Amala Paul at the Internet Movie Database
• Amala Paul in Twitter

Arun Vijayakumar (Tamil: அருண் விஜயகுமார்) is a Tamil film actor. He is the only son of veteran film actor Vijayakumar and has been active in the Tamil film industry since 1995. He is also a stunt coordinator in most of his films.^[1]

Early life and family[link]

Arun Vijay was born into a film family as the only son to actor Vijayakumar and his first wife Muthukannu. He has two elder sisters Kavitha, who has acted in a single film, Coolie,^[2] and Anitha. Arun Vijay's step mother is actress Manjula Vijayakumar, who had essayed lead roles in over 100 films in the 1970s, while his half-sisters Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi have also appeared in several films.

In 2006, Arun Vijay married Aarthi, daughter of film producer Dr. N. S. Mohan and a post-graduate in Psychology,^[3][4] with whom he has a daughter Purvi. In 2010, Kavitha's daughter Hasini married N. S. Mohan's son Hemanth, who is a co-producer of Feather Touch Entertainments and has also acted alongside Arun Vijay in Malai Malai.^[5][6] He recently changed his name from Arun Kumar to Arun Vijay.

Career[link]

Arun vijay's Malai Malai directed by A. Venkatesh, became a commercial success, running for 100 days in theaters, following which he starred in Maanja Velu. The film, which saw him rejoining the Malai Malai team, was a moderate success. Arun Vijay is currently working in a project titled Thadaiyara Thaaka, an action thriller, for which he will be collaborating with Feather Touch Entertainments for the third time. The film, directed by Magizh Thirumeni, will feature Bollywood actress Prachi Desai in the lead female role.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Vijay Goel is a former union minister of state in the government of India from 2001 to 2004. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Chandni Chowk Delhi. He is a former President of the Delhi University Students Union.

VIJAY GOEL [HON. D.LIT.] M.COM. LLB - ALL INDIA GENERAL SECRETARY, BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY

FORMER UNION MINISTER OF STATE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA - PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE - PLANNING COMMISSION - PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS - MINISTRY OF LABOUR - MINISTRY OF YOUTH & SPORTS AFFAIRS - MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

Vijay Goel is a multifaceted and dynamic reformer, a vociferous social worker, an activist with conviction, and a crusader of causes close to his heart, a product of the JP Movement was jailed during Emergency, a home grown NSS, NCC, ABVP & RSS worker, a politician who famous for his contribution in getting the “Lottery-Banned” and thereby saving lacs of families from ruin.

“VG” is “Very Good”, is what Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee affectionately said, when he handpicked Vijay Goel and entrusted him with the position of Union Minister of State responsible for the Prime Minister’s Office and the Planning Commission.

Subsequently he was also given the Charge of the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports as Union Minister in NDA Government till 2004, remembered till date as the dynamic Sports Minister who got the Common Wealth Games to India.

As Member of the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Public Accounts Committee, Joint Parliamentary Committee investigating Shares Scam, Committee on Home Affairs and Personal Policy of CPMFs, Committee on Government Assurances, Rules Committee and Consultative Committee of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation, he played a very active role in various Parliamentary Committees besides traveling widely across the globe in his official capacity.

Bhartiya Janata Party’s, All India General Secretary, made ‘hat trick’ by winning three consecutive [11th, 12th & 13th] Lok Sabha Parliamentary seats from Sadar and Chandni Chowk had started his political career as Youth President, Bhartiya Janata Party. He is actively holding positions of responsibility in various political, social, cultural and education organizations, including President-Heritage India Foundation, President-Lok Abhiyan and Vice-President-Vaish Aggarwal Educational Society & Founder Chairman-Aadharshila Vidyapeeth School. He was to first to start holding weekly Janata Adalats in his constituency.

A product of the prestigious Delhi University-Shriram College of Commerce [SRCC], former DUSU-President, Goel has held the positions of Governing Body Member-AIIMS, Member-TAC-MTNL, Member-Advisory Committee-DDA, Member-MCD, Member Anjuman [Court]-Jamia, Chairman-Satyawati College and Governing Body Member-Laxmibai College and Motilal College, Executive Council Member, Finance Committee Member, besides holding the prestigious position as the University Court Member, Delhi University for 20-yrs.

VG, also called BJP’s “Versatile General” has many “Achievements” to his credit besides Banning Lotteries, Banning Ragging, Exposing Fake-Mark Sheet Racket, Fake SC/ST Certificate Racket, facelift of Delhi Railway Station, introducing Green lawns at Red Fort, Renovation of MCD Schools under School Sudhar Yojana, Installing Computers in Urdu & Hindi Schools, Installing Vivekananda’s Statue in DU, improvement of Slum areas and running a Haji Mobile Medical Van for under-privileged, funding renovation of Haj Manjil, Restoring Urdu Poet Ghalib’s haveli, Writing “The Emperor’s City” a Book on Chandni Chowk besides organizing the famous Chandni Chowk Utsav called “Chaudhavi ka Chand” with over 5-lac attendance to highlight the Walled City’s heritage. He has encouraged traditional “Purani Dilli’s” art-forms like, Meenakari, Kabootar bazi, Bater-bazi, Patte-bazi and especially Patang-bazi by organized India’s 1st Kite making competition in the walled city.

The Project closest to 54-yr-old Vijay’s heart, which he runs with the support of his daughter Vidyun, is his now famous “Toy-Bank”, which has collected over One-Lac Toys from affluent schools, RWAs and individuals at its 5-Collection Centres in Delhi for distribution amongst under-privileged children. His wife Preeti Goel a DU-Lecturer and son Siddhant also help out besides giving emotional strength. Born in Haryana to a traditional Haryanvi freedom fighter family & brought up in Delhi since childhood, Vijay Goel was imprisoned for 3-months during Emergency along with his father Shri Charti Lal Goel, a leading taxation lawyer, who was jailed for 19-months before going on to become the Deputy Mayor and Speaker of Delhi Assembly. His mother Smt. Basanti Devi imbibed religious values which added leadership strength to the now seasoned Vijay Goel, who was being personally groomed under his father for future leadership.

Few know that Vijay Goel is also educationist with an honorary doctorate in Literature from Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, has received the Global Excellence award and the prestigious Sur-Sadhna award for his contribution in the field of Culture, Heritage and Development, has published a Book on Chandni Chowk, a folk & ghazal singer besides being a Tabla player, an avid photographer has held own Photo-exhibition on Anandpur Village-life and an art & nature lover preserving his huge baags, a historian owning havelis, a paper trader by profession, is also a kho-kho and basketball national-level sportsman.

He Rocks! http://vijaygoel.in/brief-profile.html VIJAY GOEL [HON. D.LIT.] M.COM. LLB ALL INDIA GENERAL SECRETARY, BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY [BJP] Vijay Goel is a product of the prestigious Shriram College of Commerce [SRCC], Delhi University. The former DUSU-President started his political career as Youth President, Bhartiya Janata Party, Delhi and scored a 'hat trick' by winning three consecutive [11th, 12th & 13th] Lok Sabha Parliamentary Elections from Sadar and Chandni Chowk.

A multifaceted and dynamic reformer, grass roots social worker, an activist with conviction and a crusader of causes close to his heart, Vijay Goel started his leadership training as an NCC cadet and NSS volunteer and is a homegrown ABVP worker who has risen from the ranks. Goel was also a kho-kho and basketball sportsman leading his teams to victory in college, state & the national-level. A fearless and concerned leader, famous for saving lacs of families from ruin by getting the "Single Digit Lottery-Banned", he was the first to start holding weekly Janata Adalats in his constituency.

An Educationist, Vijay Goel has made long lasting contribution in the field of education and was Chairman-Satyawati College and Governing Body Member-Laxmibai College and Motilal College, Member Anjuman [Court]-Jamia, Executive Council Member, Finance Committee Member, besides holding the prestigious position as the University Court Member, Delhi University for 20-yrs.

Vijay Goel was awarded an honorary doctorate in Literature from Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar. Has also received the Global Excellence award and the prestigious Sur-Sadhna award for his contribution in the field of Culture, Heritage and Development.

A true dilli-vala at heart, a folk & ghazal singer, a tabla player, an avid photographer, Vijay held his first photo-exhibition on village life inaugurated by the Hon'ble Vice President of India. He authored "DELHI-The Emperor's City" (a book on Chandni Chowk) released by the Hon'ble Prime Minister and organized the famous Chandni Chowk Utsav "Chaudahavin ka Chand" to highlight the Walled City's heritage. He has encouraged traditional purani dilli art forms especially patangbazi by organizing India's 1st Kite making competition in the walled city.

"V.G". - BJP's Versatile General, has many achievements to his credit - Banning Lotteries, Banning Ragging, Exposing Fake Mark Sheet Racket & Fake SC/ST Certificate Racket, facelift of Delhi Railway Station, introducing Green lawns at Red Fort, Renovation of MCD Schools under School Sudhar Yojana, Installing Computers in Urdu & Hindi Schools, improvement of Slum areas and running a Mobile Medical Van for under-privileged, Renovating the Haj Manjil, Restoring Urdu Poet Ghalib's haveli….the list goes on and on.

Former PM Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee handpicked Vijay Goel and entrusted him with the position of Union Minister of State responsible for the Prime Minister's Office and the Planning Commission. Subsequently he was also given charge of the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports as Union Minister in NDA Government till 2004. As Sports Minister, he pitched hard to bring the Commonwealth Games to India.

Goel played a very active role in various Parliamentary Committees as Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee investigating Shares Scam, Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Home Affairs and Personal Policy of Central Para Military Forces, Committee on Government Assurances, Rules Committee and Consultative Committee of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation. He has also been the Governing Body Member-AIIMS, Member-TAC-MTNL, Member-MCD and Member-Advisory Committee-DDA.

Actively involved in various political, social, cultural and education organizations, Vijay Goel is President, Heritage India Foundation; President, Lok Abhiyan and Founder, The Senior Citizen Federation. The Project closest to 54-yr-old Vijay's heart is his now famous "Toy-Bank", which has collected over One-Lac Toys from affluent schools, RWAs and individuals at its Collection Centres in Delhi for distribution amongst underprivileged children. Vijay's wife Preeti Goel, a DU-Lecturer also assists in his social projects. Both of them have traveled together widely.

Brought up in Delhi 54 years old, a paper trader by profession, Vijay was born in a traditional Haryanvi freedom fighter family. An active participant in the JP Movement, Vijay Goel was imprisoned for 3-months during the Emergency. His father, leading taxation lawyer Shri Charti Lal Goel who later became the Deputy Mayor and Speaker of Delhi Assembly, was also jailed for 19-months.

Vijay Goel is also the member of International Film & Television Research Center of Asian Academy Of Film & Television.

External links[link]

• Biography at Lok Sabha website

Monal Gajjar is an Indian film actress and model. She has signed five films even before the release of her first film.^[1] She was a winner of the Miss Gujarat title^[2] and also won the Mirchi Queen Bee beauty pageant organised by Radio Mirchi.^[3] She will make her debut in Malayalam with Dracula 2012^[4] and in Tamil with Vanavarayan Vallavarayan.^[5]

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