Aug 10, 2026 2:06pm IST
Jason Sanjay on Father Vijay’s Support for His Filmmaking Dreams: ‘He Was the First One to Give Me a Green Signal’
Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister’s son Jason Sanjay is venturing into filmmaking with “Sigma,” starring Sundeep Kishan in the lead. Speaking about his parents to Telugu anchor Suma for her YouTube channel, Sanjay spoke about his early exposure to cinema, his father’s support for his filmmaking ambitions and how growing up around film sets helped shape his decision to pursue direction.
Opening up about his interest in cinema, and his family’s role in nurturing it, Sanjay shared that watching his father work while he was growing up helped him become comfortable with film sets.
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Sharing further, Sanjay remembered how his father supported him when he wanted to pursue filmmaking abroad. He added, “But then, when I told him I wanted to go overseas, be independent and pursue filmmaking as a course, he didn’t hesitate. He was the first one to give me a green signal because he has been in the industry for so long. More than my mother and my sister, he actually understood the importance of it.”
Jason further mentioned, “He said, ‘You go do the course, then only you will understand what you like, what is working for you, and whether you even like this profession. So you get an understanding of yourself.’ So he’s very supportive of that."
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While he is into direction now, Jason worked as a child artiste alongside Vijay in the 2009 film “Vettaikaaran.” He added, “I think I was eight or nine years old. We shot in Rajahmundry. And I remember my father came and told me he had an idea, he wanted me to be a part of it. I said okay.”
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