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'''Joseph Vijay''', popularly called '''Vijay''', is a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] [[actor]]. He is known as '''"Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay"''' among his fans. Ilaya Thalapathy means "Young Turk" or "Young General" (future king). He is one of the established actors in the Tamil film industry and has a large fan following after Ajith.
'''American Liberalism''' (also called ''modern liberalism'') arose in the early 19th century as an alternative to [[realpolitik]], the dominant political ideology of the time. [[Woodrow Wilson | President Woodrow Wilson]], one of the first prominent Americans to use the term "liberal" self-referentially, lamented the contemporaneous focus on [[faction|factional]] [[power]] in the [[United States Congress]], and advocated the building of institutions that would benefit the nation as a whole. At the close of [[World War I]], Wilson advocated mutual collaboration on the international stage, through carefully designed institutions, such as the [[League of Nations]], rather than relying on the threat and use of force. Wilson's premise was that human beings, when provided the correct institutions, will collaborate to solve problems rather than resorting to war. Twelve years later, [[Franklin Roosevelt | President Franklin Roosevelt]], Wilson's ideological successor and self-proclaimed liberal, offered the nation a [[New Deal]] that consisted of constructing collaborative institutions that, with the support of the large majority of Americans, would pull the United States out of the [[Great Depression]]. In anticipation of the end of [[World War II]], Roosevelt designed the [[United Nations]] as a means of encouraging mutual collaboration, rather than the threat and use of force, to solve political problems on the international stage. Roosevelt also laid the foundation, with his inclusion of [[African Americans]] in the [[United States Military]] and his support for [[women's rights]], for the emphasis on individual liberty that would culminate in the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] drafted by [[John Kennedy | President John Kennedy]]. The U.S. brand of liberalism, inherited from [[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson]] and [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]], emphasizes mutual collaboration and consensus-building, rather than the threat and use of force, to solve political problems both domestically and internationally. A liberal in the United States is likely to favor institutions and political procedures that encourage economic liberty, protection of the weak from aggression by the strong, and freedom from restrictive social norms. Since [[World War II]], liberalism in the United States has been associated with [[modern liberalism]], the ideological successor of [[liberalism|classical liberalism]]. As [[McCarthyism]] and the reaction to [[Communism]] made the use of most left-wing political terms (including "[[socialism]]" and "[[social democracy]]") unelectable in the U.S., those on the [[left-wing politics|left]] and center-left tended to moderate their views and collaborate with the former New Deal liberals. Since approximately the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] era, the word "liberal" has lost appeal with some on the [[left-wing politics|left]], causing [[progressivism]], a less collaborative ideology, to arise as a direct competitor to liberalism. Beginning in the late [[1960s]], those in the U.S. who interpreted 19th-century classical liberalism to favor small government, rejected American liberalism and adopted the name "[[libertarianism|libertarian]]". This political stance more closely resembles American [[conservatism]] on economic issues and in their belief in limiting the power of central government, while agreeing with American liberalism on social issues such as [[abortion]] and [[prohibition (drugs)|drug policy]]. Libertarians' strong advocacy of [[civil liberties]] include both freedom of speech, assembly, etc. (issues where they tend to ally with the liberals) and the right to bear arms (where they tend to ally with the conservatives).
==Introduction==
==History of American Liberalism after Franklin Roosevelt==
Vijay started off in [[1992]] under his father's direction in the flop film ''Naalaya Theerpu''. As his father was a director, his entry into the industry wasnt tough at all, but sustaining himself and becoming a star was a challenge for him. He was in various flop and average ran movies before establishing himself as a star, with ''Poove Unakkaga''. In ''Once More'', he had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to act with [[Thespian Shivaji Ganesan]], which Vijay considers himself lucky for. Unfortunately, the film did poorly at the box office. In ''Naerukku Naer'', he acted under Vasanth's direction along with Surya, Simran, Kausalya, and others. Despite such a high profile production house, this film too did poorly. By now, Vijay was stuck with the low-budget star image.
==Becoming a star==
===American Liberalism during the Cold War===
''Poove Unakkaga'' with Vikraman was a surprise hit and established Vijay as a bankable star, often considered second only to [[Ajith]]. Producers took notice of this man who was fast becoming a star to reckon with. ''Poove Unakkaga'' was a story about the feud between two religions - Hindu and Christians who were good friends first but became enemies due to the love between their children, and did well. Vijay had Sangeetha and Anju Arvind for company.
U.S. liberalism of the [[Cold War]] era was the immediate heir to [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] and the slightly more distant heir to the [[Progressive Era|Progressives]] of the early [[20th century]].
''Thullatha Manamum Thullum'' was another movie where he paired with Simran, and caused the pairing of Vijay-Simran to became a regular event. This movie also had Dhamu, Balaji, Vaiyapuri, and other well-known actors. Then came movies like ''Ninaithen Vandhai'', where he acted with Rambha and Deiyavani, and were flops. Again he had a downslide when his movies like ''Nenjinile'' and ''Minsara Kanna'' bit the dust.
Although Roosevelt died before the Cold War era, the political stance of Cold War liberalism can be found in Roosevelt's [[Four Freedoms]] (1941): of these, [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of religion|of religion]] were classic liberal freedoms, but "Freedom from want" and "freedom from fear" were another matter entirely. Coming off of the [[Great Depression]], and with [[World War II]] already being fought in Europe and the Pacific, Roosevelt boldly proposed a notion of freedom that went beyond mere government non-interference in people's private lives. "Freedom from want", especially, could justify positive government action to meet economic needs, a concept more associated with [[socialism]] and [[social democracy]] than with prior versions of liberalism.
But just then, SJ Suryah came up with another turning point for Vijay with the hit ''Kushi'', which changed the career graph of Vijay. This movie played continually for over 100 days in some theatres. Vijay was paired up in this movie with Jyothika, who also became a star with Kushi, and their pairing was one of the highlights of this highly successful movie. The songs of this movie were a hit, and the song "Katipudida" with Vijay and sex bomb Mumtaj was considered to "hog the limelight for all the wrong reasons", with the song being too vulgar for the screen. The song had lot of cuts and was made passive later, but Mumtaz was made to be a star with this song from Kushi. This film was marketed as a soft porn A-film in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.
Defining itself against both [[Communism]] and conservatism, Cold War liberalism resembled earlier "liberalisms" in its views on many social issues, but its economic views were not those of [[free market|free-market]] liberalism; instead, they constituted a mild form of social democracy.
''Priyamanavale'' had Vijay again pairing with Simran. This movie had a then vulgar peculiar subject of an agreement marriage where the hero gets into wedlock, on the agreement of being with his wife for one year, and then having the option of divorcing her if he didn't find the marriage to be interesting. Simran and Vijay had another successful pairing in this movie and were regarded as having terrific chemistry between them. The comedy between Vijay and Vivek was at its comic best in this movie.
Most prominent and constant among the positions of Cold War liberalism were:
* Support for a domestic economy based on a balance of power between labor (in the form of organized [[trade union|unions]]) and management (with a tendency to be more interested in large corporations than in [[small business]]).
* A foreign policy focused on containing the [[Soviet Union]] and its allies.
* Support for the continuation and expansion of New Deal social welfare programs (in the broad sense of welfare, including programs such as [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]]).
* An embrace of [[Keynesianism|Keynesianism economics]]. By way of compromise with political groupings to their right, this often became, in practice [[military Keynesianism]].
''Badhri'' had Vijay playing a carefree youth who later becomes a kick boxer, due to his brother's failure at kick boxing. Vijay had taken a lot of risks in the stunts of the film, such as where he has a car run over his fingers, the stunt master break marble over his stomach, and other dangerous activities. He was paired with Bhoomika and Monal (sister of Simran who committed suicide a few years back after an affair with Vijay's cousin brother Vikranth). However, the movie was a flop. In '''Friends''', he had acted with current popular hero Surya. However, this was followed by several consecutive flops like ''Shajahan'', ''Thamizhan'', ''Youth'', ''Bagavathy'', ''Vaseegara'' and ''Pudhiya Geethai'', that brought heavy loss to the producers. ''Thamizhan'' alone is said to have driven noted producer G. Venkateswaran into suicide with debts amounting to Rs7 crores.
This resembled what in other countries was sometimes referred to as ''social democracy''. However, unlike [[Europe]]an social democrats, U.S. liberals never widely endorsed [[nationalization]] of industry.
Then came his next turning point - ''THIRUMALAI''. Thirumalai breathed a fresh lease of life into Vijay's career. Produced by Kavithalaya productions, who had just produced the Vikram blockbuster Saamy, Thirumalai was a average movie which again established Vijay as an also-ran star. Thirumalai was directed by Ramana, a newcomer director and Vijay was once again paired with his successful 'Kushi' heroine Jyothika. The songs from this film are said to have made the audience stand up and dance. This was follwed by the biggest flop of his career - ''Udaya'', which did not run even for two weeks.
In the [[1950s]] and [[1960s|'60s]], both major U.S. political parties included both liberal and non-liberal elements. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] was a two-wing party: on the one hand, Northern and Western liberals, on the other generally non-liberal Southern [[whites|white]] regionalists. In between were the northern [[urban]] Democratic "[[political machine]]s". These groups had been able to agree on the New Deal economic stimulus policies, but would slowly come apart over the issue of race and the [[American Civil Rights Movement|Civil Rights movement]]. The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] was divided between a largely liberal [[Wall Street]] faction and a largely conservative [[Main street|Main Street]] faction.
Then came another average film, ''GHILLI''! Directed by Dharani, who has given blockbusters like Dhill and Dhool, Ghilli was a masala tale of a kabaddi player who rescues a sexy girl from the trap of a Don in Madurai, who is hell bent on marrying her. Trisha was paired with Vijay for the first time. After this film, he started a new affair with Trisha, but she was not interested in him. As retribution, he caught her bathing naked on video and published it on the Internet. She filed a criminal case against him, which is awaiting judgement next year.
In the early Cold War years, the liberals generally did not see [[Harry S. Truman]] as one of their own, viewing him as a bit on the conservative side. However, both as elected officials and through organizations such as the [[Americans for Democratic Action]] (ADA), liberals sided with both Truman and those farther to the right (e.g. [[Joe McCarthy]], [[Richard M. Nixon]]) in strongly opposing communism, sometimes at the sacrifice of [[civil liberties]].
Vijay then had a series of flops, like ''Madurey'' and ''Sachin''. In ''Madurey'', he played a vegetable vendor and a collector, and was paired with a timid actress Sonia Agarwal and sex bomb Rakshita in. His latest movie is ''Sachin'', whose cast includes ''Boys'' fame Harini (Genelia de Souza) and dark skinned sex bomb Bipasha Basu, but it again did poorly.
For example, ADA co-founder and archetypal Cold War liberal [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] rose to national prominence by merging the [[Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party]] into the Democratic Party ([[1944]]), thereby purging it of Communist influence, and even while making his name as a prominent advocate for civil rights, unsuccessfully sponsored (in [[1950]]) a Senate bill to establish detention centers where those declared subversive by the [[President of the United States|President]] could be held without trial.
Vijay is now acting in ''Sivakasi'', directed by his Thirupachi director Perarasu. Sivakasi is produced by AM Rathnam and stars Asin with Vijay for the first time. Sex bomb Nayanthara makes a cameo appearence in a song. ''Sivakasi'' is a make or break film for him. It has been given A-certificate which should please front benchers.
Nonetheless, liberals turned against [[McCarthyism]] relatively early, and were central to McCarthy's downfall.
Vijay's forthcoming films are ''Aadi'', produced by himself and directed by Ramana, and ''Puli'', produced by Appachan and directed by SJ Suryah. He is also rumored to be doing a film with Selvaraghavan and a movie titled ''Veerasahasam'' with Saran next year.
===The liberal consensus===
In [[1950]], the American liberal ideology was so intellectually dominant in the U.S. that [[Lionel Trilling]] could state, "In the United States at this time, liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition... there are no conservative or reactionary ideas in circulation, [merely] irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas." [Lapham 2004]
This breed of liberalism continued into the early [[1960s]] as the dominant strain of U.S. politics, perhaps peaking with the [[1964]] landslide victory of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] over [[Barry Goldwater]] in the presidential election. While not necessarily a liberal himself, Johnson was a New Deal Democrat and had inherited and retained the overwhelmingly liberal [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] cabinet. The [[Guns versus butter model|"guns and butter"]] politics of the Kennedy-Johnson years, in many respects maintained even by the later Republican administration of [[Richard M. Nixon]], became known as the "liberal consensus".
===Liberals and Civil Rights===
Cold War liberalism emerged at a time when most [[African American]]s, especially in [[Southern United States|the South]], were politically and economically disenfranchised. The prominent liberal leaders were overwhelmingly [[whites|white]] men. However, liberals increasingly embraced and even became identified with the Civil Rights Movement, culminating in the successful passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], the [[Voting Rights Act|Voting Rights Act of 1965]] and other similar legislation.
== INFORMATION OF VIJAY ==
However, the relationship between white liberals and the Civil Rights movement was often strained, with Civil Rights leaders often wanting to move forward more rapidly than liberal government officials. Although President Kennedy sent federal troops to force the [[University of Mississippi]] to admit African American [[James Meredith]] in [[1962]], and civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] toned down the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|March on Washington]] ([[1963]]) at Kennedy's behest, the failure to seat the [[delegate]]s of the [[Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party]] at the 1964 [[Democratic National Convention]] indicated the growing rift, which would only become worse with the emergence of the [[Black Power]] movement.
NAME: '''JOSEPH VIJAY'''
Consequently, the Civil Rights movement first threw a wedge between liberals and Southern Democrats (when the liberals supported it), then between white liberals and African Americans (when few white liberals were ready to support its later manifestations).
DATE OF BIRTH: 22ND JULY 1974
===Liberals and Vietnam===
Where the Civil Rights movement ultimately isolated liberals from erstwhile allies, the [[Vietnam War]] threw a wedge into the liberal ranks, dividing pro-war "hawks" such as Senator [[Henry M. Jackson]] from "doves" such as Senator (and [[1972]] presidential candidate) [[George McGovern]]. As the war became the leading political issue of the day, agreement on domestic matters was not enough to hold the liberal consensus together.
PLACE OF ORIGIN: CHENNAI, INDIA
To begin with, Vietnam was a "liberal war", part of the strategy of [[containment]] of Soviet Communism. In the [[1960]] presidential campaign, the liberal Kennedy was more hawkish on [[Southeast Asia]] than the more conservative Nixon. Although it can be argued that the war expanded only under the less liberal Johnson, there was enormous continuity of their [[United States Cabinet|cabinets]].
FATHER: '''S.A. CHANDRASEKARAN''' (DIRECTOR)
As opposition to the war grew, a large portion of that opposition came from within liberal ranks. In [[1968]], the [[Dump Johnson movement]] forced Democratic President Johnson out of the race for his own party's nomination for the presidency. Assassination removed [[Robert Kennedy]] from contention and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] Hubert Humphrey emerged from the disastrous [[1968 Democratic National Convention]] with the presidential nomination of a deeply divided party. The party's [[right-wing politics|right wing]] had seceded to run [[Alabama]] [[governor]] [[George Wallace]], and some on the left chose to sit out the election rather than vote for a man so closely associated with the Johnson administration (and with [[Chicago]] mayor [[Richard J. Daley]]). The result was a narrow victory for Republican Richard Nixon, a man who, although a [[California]] native, was largely regarded as from the old Northeast [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Establishment]], and quite liberal in many areas himself. Nixon enacted many liberal policies, including the establishment of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]], establishing the [[Drug Enforcement Agency]], normalizing relations with [[People's Republic of China|Communist China]], and starting the [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks]] to reduce [[ballistic missile]] availability.
MOTHER: '''SHOBA''' (SINGER, WIRTTER, PRODUCER)
===Nixon and the liberal consensus===
While the differences between Nixon and the liberals are obvious – the liberal wing of his own party favored politicians like [[Nelson Rockefeller]] and [[William Scranton]] and Nixon overtly placed an emphasis on "law and order" over civil liberties, and [[Nixon's Enemies List]] was composed largely of liberals – in some ways the continuity of many of Nixon's policies with those of the Kennedy-Johnson years is more remarkable than the differences. Pointing at this continuity, [[Noam Chomsky]] has called Nixon, "in many respects the last liberal president." [http://www.chomsky.info/articles/200006--.htm]
SISTER: '''VIDHYA''' (DEAD)
Although liberals turned increasingly against the Vietnam War, to the point of running the very dovish George McGovern for President in 1972, the war had, as noted above, been of largely liberal origin. Similarly, while many liberals condemned actions such as the Nixon administrations support for the [[History of Chile#20th century|1973 Chilean coup]], it was not entirely dissimilar to the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] in [[1961]] or the [[History of the Dominican Republic|marine landing in the Dominican Republic in 1965]].
EDUCATION: LOYOLA COLLEGE CHENNAI(BSC. VISUAL COMMUNICATION INCOMPLETE)
The political dominance of the liberal consensus even into the Nixon years can best be seen in policies such as the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency or his (failed) proposal to replace the welfare system with a guaranteed annual income by way of a [[negative income tax]]. [[Affirmative action]] in its most quota-oriented form was a Nixon administration policy. Even the Nixon "[[War on Drugs]]" allocated two-thirds of its funds for treatment, a far higher ratio than was to be the case under any subsequent President, Republican or Democrat. Additionally, Nixon's normalization of diplomatic relations with the [[People's Republic of China]] and his policy of ''detente'' with the Soviet Union were probably more popular with liberals than with his conservative base.
WIFE: '''SANGEETHA'''
An opposing view, offered by [[Cass R. Sunstein]], in ''The Second Bill of Rights'' (Basic Books, 2004, ISBN 0465083323) argues that Nixon, through his [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] appointments, effectively ended a decades-long expansion under U.S. law of economic rights along the lines of those put forward in the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]], adopted in [[1948]] by the [[United Nations General Assembly]].
WEDDING DAY: 25TH AUGUST 1999
===End of the liberal consensus===
During the Nixon years (and through the [[1970s]]), the liberal consensus was coming apart. The alliance with white Southern Democrats had been lost in the Civil Rights era. While the steady enfranchisement of African Americans would expand the electorate to include many new voters sympathetic to liberal views, it would not be quite enough to make up for this. A tide of conservatism was rising in response to perceived failures of liberal policies. Organized labor, long a bulwark of the liberal consensus, was past the peak of its power in the U.S. and many unions had remained in favor of the Vietnam War even as liberal politicians increasingly turned against it. Within the Democratic party leadership, there was a turn to the right after the disastrous defeat of arch-liberal George McGovern in [[U.S. presidential election, 1972|1972]].
SON: '''JASON SANJAY'''
Meanwhile, in the Republican ranks, a wing of the party was emerging well to Nixon's right. The Goldwater Republicans became the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] Republicans. In [[1980]], conservative Republican Ronald Reagan captured his party's nomination for the presidency. His administration would establish a conservative hegemony every bit as durable as the earlier liberal one. By the end of the 20th century, "liberal Republican" would seem almost oxymoronic, and [[moderate|centrist]] groups such as the [[Democratic Leadership Council]] (DLC) would contend on an equal footing with liberals for control of the Democratic Party.
DAUGHTER: '''DIVYADARSHINI''' (JUST BORN)
==Some positions associated with American Liberalism==
In the early [[21st century]], the term "liberalism" in the United States has been applied to a broad spectrum of viewpoints. As the Democratic Party, generally seen as the standard-bearer of liberalism, adopted the more centrist outlook of the DLC, the term "liberal" (applied to the party as a whole) became associated even with more centrist candidates and issues who, for example, support the [[death penalty]] or take pro-business positions. For this reason, and because many on the right have so heavily used "liberal" as a pejorative, some Americans on the left of the political spectrum have moved to [[Progressivism|progressivism]].
FIRST FILM: VETRI (AS CHILD ARTIST)
Some Americans define liberals as those who support the use of government power to promote equality.
FIRST DEBUT FILM AS HERO: '''NALAYA THEERPU'''
The following views could be considered typical of American liberalism today:
* Support for government social programs such as welfare, medical care, unemployment benefits, and retirement programs.
* Support for increased funding for public education.
* Support for trade unions, teachers' unions, and government protections for organized labor.
* Regulation of business - OSHA, against child labor, monopolistic practices, etc.
* Support for civil rights (examples):
** Support laws against discrimination based on [[gender]], [[race]], [[age]], [[religion]], [[sexual orientation]], or disability.
** Support laws guaranteeing rights of women and minorities, particularly racial and religious minorities, the disabled, and homosexuals.
** Support for such programs as [[affirmative action]] and transitional multi-lingual educational programs for children whose first language is not [[English]].
** Support broad voting rights.
** Support for the legality of [[abortion]].
* Support for strong environmental regulations.
* Support for public transit.
* Support for [[minimum wage]] requirements.
* Support for government funding to [[alternative energy]] research.
* Opposition to the death penalty.
* Some further support for [[animal rights]] – as an issue of ethical human behavior.
* Support for [[gun control]]s.
* Support for a [[progressive]] [[tax]] system.
=== Contemporary use of the term "liberal" as a pejorative ===
The term ''liberal'' is sometimes used as a derogatory or politically undermining label by those on the more conservative end of the political spectrum. When used in this politically-motivated sense, it implies an overly free-spirited, unaccountable, and compromised character, (a [[libertine]]), or someone in favor of vast and needless government intrusion into peoples lives (see ''[[Big government]]'').
'''''FILMOGRAPHY:'''''
U.S. conservatives in recent years, often those of the Republican Party, sometimes use ''liberal'' as a subversive adjective for anyone who is a member of or supports any policy of the Democratic Party.
Nalaya Theerpu, Dec 4th, 1992
Some think that conservatives have been successful in undermining liberals by deliberate [[public relations]] campaigns, and through repeated use of the word in ways that associate it with irresponsibility. (See, for example, ''[[Limousine liberal]]''; another commonly-used phrase is ''[[tax]]-and-spend liberal''.) Republican [[talk radio]] personality [[Rush Limbaugh]] is often credited with the perpetuation of these phrases. (''See also [[Politicized issues]], [[propaganda]]''). Republican political consultant [[Arthur J. Finkelstein]] took this technique to its fullest extent, repeating the word "liberal" in negative television commercials as frequently as possible, such as in this mid-1990s example:
:That's liberal. That's Jack Reed. That's wrong. Call liberal Jack Reed and tell him his record on welfare is just too liberal for you. [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9610/10/karl.finkelstein/index.shtml]
Senthoorapandi, Dec, 1993
==American Liberal thinkers==
In the [[Contributions to liberal theory]] the following American liberal thinkers are included:
Rasigan, 1994
*[[John Dewey]] (1859–1952)
Deva , Feb, 1994
*[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] (1882–1945)
*[[John Kenneth Galbraith]] (1908– )
*[[John Rawls]] (1921-2002)
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Jr.]] (1917- )
*[[Ronald Dworkin]] (1931– )
*[[Richard Rorty]] (1931– )
Rajavin Parvailae, 1995
==Notable American Liberal leaders==
Vishnu, 1995
Notable proponents of American Liberalism include:
Chandralekha, 1995
*[[Barbara Boxer]]
*[[Ralph Bunche]]
*[[Jimmy Carter]]
*[[Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm]]
*[[Bill Clinton]]
*[[Howard Dean]]
*[[William O. Douglas]]
*[[Al Gore]]
*[[Hubert H. Humphrey]]
*[[John F. Kennedy]] and, perhaps more notably, the [[cabinet]]s of the Kennedy-[[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] era.
*[[Robert Kennedy]]
*[[Edward Kennedy|Edward "Ted" Kennedy]]
*[[Jesse Jackson]]
*[[Lyndon Johnson]]
*[[Barbara Jordan]]
*[[Fiorello LaGuardia]]
*[[John V. Lindsay]]
*[[Allard K. Lowenstein]]
*[[Thurgood Marshall]]
*[[Walter Mondale]]
*[[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]]
*[[Nancy Pelosi]]
*[[Ann Richards]]
*[[Nelson Rockefeller]]
*[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
*[[Franklin Roosevelt]]
*[[Adlai Stevenson]]
*[[Paul Wellstone]]
*[[Woodrow Wilson]]
*[[Ralph Yarborough]]
Coimbatore Mapple, Jan 14th, 1996
==References==
Poove Unakkagha, Feb 15th, 1996
* Lewis H. Lapham, "Tentacles of Rage" in ''[[Harper's]]'', September 2004, p. 31-41.
Vasantha Vasal, 1996
Manbumigu Manavan, 1996
Selvaa , Dec, 1996
Kalamelam Kathiruppen,Jan 14th,1997
[[Category:Liberalism by country|United States]]
Love Today, May 1997
[[Category:Politics of the U.S.]]
Once More, Jun 4th, 1997
Neeruku Ner, Sep 5th, 1997
Kadalukku Mariyadhai, Dec 19th, 1997
Ninaithen Vandai, Apr 10th, 1998
Priyamudan, Jun 12th, 1998
Nilaave Vaa, Augt 14th, 1998
Thulladhamanamum Thullum, Jan 29th, 1999
Endrendrum Kaadhal, Mar 05th, 1999
Nenjinile, Jun 25th, 1999
Minsara Kanna, Sep 09th, 1999
Kanukkul Nilavu, Jan 14th, 2000
Kushi, May 19, 2000
Priyamanavale, Nov 26th, 2000
Friends, Jan 14th, 2001
Badri, Apr 16th, 2001
Shahjahan, Nov 14th, 2001
Tamizhan, Apr 14th, 2002
Youth, July 19th, 2002
Bhagavathi, Nov 04th, 2002
Vaseegara, Jan 15th, 2003
Pudhiya Geethai, 2003
Thirumalai, Oct 24th, 2003
Udhaya, Mar 28th, 2004
Ghillli, Aprl 17th, 2004
Madurey, Aug 27th, 2004
Thirupachi, Jan 14th, 2005
Sachien, April 14th, 2005
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FORTHCOMING FILM: '''SIVAKASI''' (TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER)
FAV COLOR: BLACK AND BLUE
FAV OUTFIT: BANIYAN AND JATTI
FAV ACTOR: JOHN TROVOLTA
FAV FOODS: NON-VEGETARIAN
FAV SPORTS: TENNIS
FAV TOURIST SPOT: LONDON AND LOS ANGELES
ADDRESS: 47, DHANALAKSHMI AVENUE, KBNGR. ADYAR P.O. 60020 CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
NOW DRIVING: NISSAN XXX-TRAIL SUV
TIME PASS: PLAYING WITH HIS SON SANJAY
FUTURE PLANS: PRODUCE FILMS AND DIRECT OWN FILMS
FRIENDS: SAJAI, SRINATH, SANJEEV, MANOJ & RAMKUMAR
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.ilayathalapathivijay.com
OFFICIAL ONLINE FAN CLUB: http://movies.group.yahoo.com/group/actorvijay_fans
SKILLS AND TALENTS: ACTING, CRYING, WANKING, SINGING, DANCING, ACTION STUNTS, COMEDY SENSE AND ETC...
==External links==
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