Vijay
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Vijay is a common name for men in India. The famous Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan used the name Vijay in most of the movies he performed in. Another name for Arjuna the hero of the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata is Vijaya, meaning "Victorious." The word Vijay is similar in meaning to Jai, though there is a difference. Vijay indicates being victorious while trying to conquer, Jai indicates victorious while trying to defend.
[edit] Famous people
Famous people called Vijay include:
- Joseph Vijay, Famous Tamil Actor
- Vijay Kumar K, Best performer in Microland Limited
- Vijay Amritraj, former tennis star and actor,
- Vijay Anand, producer, director, writer and actor
- Vijay Bhardwaj, Indian cricketer born 1975
- Vijay Dahiya, an Indian cricketer
- Vijay Hazare, captain of the Indian cricket team between 1951 and 1953
- Vijay Kichlu, a Hindustani singer
- Vijay Kumar, an Indian professional shooter
- Vijay Madhavan, a classical dancer
- Vijay Mallya, an Indian Businessman and MP- Chairman of UB and Kingfisher Airlines
- Vijay Manjrekar,an Indian cricketer
- Vijay Mehra, an Indian cricketer
- Vijay Mehra, a UAE cricketer
- Vijay Merchant, an Indian cricketer
- Vijay Pande, chemist
- Vijay Patil, pianist and accordianist
- Vijay Rajindernath, an Indian cricketer
- Vijay Singh, golfer
- Vijay Tendulkar, writer and journalist
- Vijay Thadani, co-founder of NIIT
- Vijay Chopra, Dutch Model (geesteren)
- Vijay P Lingagiri, Web Application Performance Architect
- Vijay Sangapu, Unknown
[edit] In fiction
- 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.
- Vijay is the most common on-screen name for Amitabh Bachchan in most of 1970 movies
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