Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi born on 16 January 1978 at Rajapaalayam, TamilNadu known as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist, and dialogue writer who stars in Tamil films. He is married to Jessie whom he met online while working at Dubai. He has two children, a son Surya and a daughter Shreeja. He did a series of odd jobs until he turned to acting. Awards received are “6th Edition Edison Awards – Popping up the bottles of success”. his first lead role in Ramasamy’s drama film Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2011), in which he portrayed a shepherd the film went on to win three National Film Awards including the prize for the Best Tamil Feature Film of that year. According to a survey published by BBC Tamil, Pizza and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom claimed the first two spots in a Best Films list and both films competed at the 2013 Norway Tamil Film Festival, while Sethupathi won two awards, one for each film, at the Edison Awards and the Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards.