Directed by Suresh Krishna · Music by Deva · 1995
Action drama. Early big-budget attempt. Average box office.
This was Vijay's film 4 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 1995 during the 1990s.
One of several mid-90s films directed by his father S. A. Chandrasekhar that steadily built Vijay's fanbase.
Deva (1995) remains a notable chapter in Vijay's long cinema journey — part of the wide-ranging, genre-spanning filmography he built during the 1990s on the way to becoming one of Tamil cinema's most enduring icons and, eventually, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.