Famous People with Name Vijay

Vijay Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Anand: was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor, who is known for acclaimed films like Guide (1965) and Johnny Mera Naam (1970) [1].Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the four Anand siblings, including producer and director Chetan Anand and Dev Anand, a very popular Bollywood actor.Though Vijay Anand has had a career as an actor, screenwriter, editor, and producer, he will primarily be remembered as a director. In 1957, he made his directorial debut with Nau Do Gyarah, which he shot in 40 days [2].

Vijay Bhatt            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Bhatt: was a noted producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as Ram Rajya (1943), Baiju Bawra (1952) and Himalaya Ki God Mein (1965).Vijay made his debut in Indian film industry by as a screenwriter, for director K P Bhave’s silent film, Vidhi Ka Vidhan. He eventually producing his first silent film, Delhi Ka Chhela in 1929, and went on to direct many notable films, in Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi cinema.His early film Ram Rajya (1942) was a bit hit, and also made news, when it was shown to Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 [3]. In 1947, he took the film to US, where it was first shown at Museum of Modern Art, New York on 5 May 1947, later he also met noted Hollywood director, Cecil B. DeMille [4]

Vijay Vasant Tambay            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Vasant Tambay: was an officer of the Indian Air Force whose aircraft was shot down on December 5, 1971 over West Pakistan while on a strike against the Pakistani airbase of Rafiqui, during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Officially recorded by the Indian Air Force as killed in action,[1] Flt Lt Tambay is believed to have been one of the five pilots reported by Pakistan Observer to have been captured alive on 5 December 1971.[

Vijay Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Kumar: a sport shooter from India. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he won the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition as well as the pairs competition in the same event together with Pemba Tamang. The same year, he won a bronze medal in the Asian Games despite actually finishing fourth because of a rule that prevented China from winning all three medals. [1] The next year, he finished second at the Asian Championship in 25 metre center-fire pistol.

Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande: was an Indian-American physicist, who played a leading role in the development of the nuclear many-body problem.Pandharipande obtained his bachelor's and master's degree from Nagpur University in 1959 and 1961 respectively. He earned his PhD degree from University of Bombay in 1969. After working at Niels Bohr Institute and Cornell University, Pandharipande joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1972, becoming a faculty member there in the next year. He became a full professor in 1977 and stayed there the rest of his life.