The 1996 film Poove Unakkaga, redefined Vijay's image and brought out the performer in him. Since then Vijay has ensured that a select set of films explore this side of him. 
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Happy Birthday Vijay: 15 times the performer in our very own Thalapathy outshined the star 

Team CE

No trailer for Naslen's Mollywood Times? Director Abhinav Sunder Nayak explains the unusual decision

Ritwik Ghatak's feature, short films gets 4K restoration; BFI to host retrospective featuring director's works

Akhil Kaimal: It’s tough to break into Malayalam cinema if you don’t belong to a circle

Priya Sudeep: I didn’t want the weight of my dreams to fall on anybody else

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