Actor Vijay, who is fondly called Ilayathalapathy by his fans, recently celebrated International Workers’ Day. Yes, the actor, who has given Tamil hits like like Thuppakki, Puli, Theri, Mersal and Sarkar, won many hearts not for his acting chops but his sweet gesture. Confused? Vijay, who is known as the darling of the masses, recently treated auto rickshaw drivers to lunch and gifts. Yes, you read that right! The actor, who every year on May 1 (that is marked as International Workers' Day) celebrates the occasion with an annual lunch event, on Sunday too celebrated the day with auto-drivers. However, this year, the actor's his yearly event got delayed owing to Lok Sabha Elections.

Talking about the annual lunch event, Vijay is currently shooting for his film Thalapathy 63 and therefor, the actor's fan club members in Chennai carried out all the work for the actor while secretary Bussy Anand organised the lunch on the actor's behalf.  A while ago, film trade analyst took to the micro-blogging to share the pictures from the venue, which within seconds went viral on Instagram.

His tweet read, "#Thalapathy #Vijay's auto driver fans were treated to a sumptuous lunch and given gift items.. It was a delayed May Day special treat for them.. @BussyAnand was the Chief guest at this initiative on behalf of the star who is shooting for #Thalapathy63 now. Nice to see 👌👍"'

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On the professional front, Vijay, who was last seen in Sarkar, will next be seen in the Tamil sports-film Thalapathy 63, alongside Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff and others. The music for the film has been composed by A R Rahman. Helmed and written by Atlee, the film is bankrolled by Kalpathi S. Aghoram under the banner AGS Entertainment and the film is scheduled to release on October 27, 2019. Watch this space for further updates.

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