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Top Seven Movies of Tamil Actor Vijay Sethupathi You Must Watch ( Part I)

Despite his average looks, Tamil Actor Vijay Sethupathi can give any big star a run for his money with his acting abilities.

Vijay Sethupathi is a Tamil actor who works in other South Indian languages movies. He is considered one of the best actors not only in the South Indian Film Industry but the whole of Indian cinema. Despite his average looks, he can give any big star a run for his money with his acting abilities. He is soon going to make his Bollywood debut with Sriram Raghavan’s ‘Merry Christmas’ with Katrina Kaif, and Shahrukh Khan starrer ‘Jawan’ directed by Atlee. 

Here we have curated a list of the top seven performances of Vijay Setupathi.

‘Vikram Vedha’

Directed by husband-wife director duo Pushkar Gayathri, ‘Vikram Vedha’ is a neo-noir crime thriller Tamil movie. The movie also starred R Madhavan in the main lead along with Vijay. 

‘Vikram Vedha’ is one of the highest-rated Indian movies on IMDB and arguably one of the best movies and performances of Vijay Sethupathi. Inspired by the famous folktale Baital Pachisi, Vijay Sethupathi’s character is inspired by the character of Betal with lots of grey shades while R. Madhavan’s character is inspired by King Vikramaditya.

Madhavan plays the character of Vikram, an honest police officer who is in pursuit of a dreaded gangster Vedha. Along with being critically acclaimed, the movie was a super hit at the box office. The movie has also been remade in Hindi starring Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan as Vikram and Vedha respectively.

‘Super Deluxe’ 

Released in 2019, it’s probably the best character played by Vijay Sethupathi where he plays a transgender. 

Vijay Sethupathi played the character of Shilpa, a transgender in this anthology. The movie won loads of accolades in various film festivals across the world. ‘Super Deluxe’ touches on many important issues of our society like life, morality, sex, gender discrimination, marriage, among others. It was both a critical and commercial success and it cemented Vijay Sethupathi as one of the best actors in Tamil Cinema. The movie had an ensemble cast of Vijay Sethupathi along with Fahad Fasil, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Ramya Krishnan.

‘96’

‘96’ is a romantic movie with Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha playing the main lead. The movie tells the story of a photographer named K Ramachandran, who meets his college sweetheart during a college reunion.

Starring Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha, ‘96’ was directed and produced by C. Premkumar in the year 2018. It’s a tender love story about first love, and nostalgia and leaves the audience with teary eyes, all thanks to the brilliant performance of the lead and the script of the movie. It is a story of two schooltime lovers, Ram and Jaanu, played by Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha Krishnan, who meet after a long time and get nostalgic about their innocent romance.