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Thalapathy Vijay has largely stayed away from Bollywood and focused on Tamil cinema throughout his career. His only Hindi screen appearance remains a brief cameo with a superstar.
Why is Thalapathy Vijay rarely seen in Bollywood?
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Actor-politician Thalapathy Vijay, now on the verge of becoming Tamil Nadu’s next Chief Minister, is one of South India’s biggest superstars but has almost no career in Hindi cinema. He built his fame through Tamil films rather than Bollywood, and has always seemed content with his huge stardom in Tamil cinema instead of chasing a big Hindi film career.
What has Thalapathy Vijay done in Bollywood so far?
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Vijay’s only real Hindi screen appearance is a blink-and-miss cameo in the 2012 hit Rowdy Rathore. In the song “Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita”, he shows up briefly to dance with Akshay Kumar and Prabhu Deva.
Why did Thalapathy Vijay did a cameo?
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The moment is so short that Akshay actually introduces him in the song as “superstar Vijay” so that Hindi audiences know who he is. Beyond this dance cameo, Vijay has not acted in a full-fledged Hindi film.
How have Hindi audiences seen his work then?
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Even though he doesn’t do Hindi films, many of Vijay’s Tamil blockbusters are, dubbed in Hindi and aired on TV or uploaded on YouTube. So, even without acting directly in Hindi films, his stories and characters have reached the Bollywood audience.
When Vijay remake a Hindi classic in Tamil?
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In 2012, Vijay himself played a famous Hindi role in Tamil. He starred in Nanban, Tamil remake of Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots. Vijay played the free-spirited, brilliant engineering student originally played by Aamir.
