{"id":841440,"date":"2026-08-03T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841440\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:17:10","slug":"who-is-jason-sanjay-all-about-cm-vijays-son-who-is-set-to-make-his-directorial-debut-with-sigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841440\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Jason Sanjay? All about CM Vijay\u2019s son who is set to make his directorial debut with \u2018Sigma\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Who Young and upcoming filmmaker Jason Sanjay<\/a> who is the son of superstar and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu<\/a> Vijay is gearing up for the release of his directorial debut. While many fans expected that Jason might follow the path of his father and will act, he seems to have a preference at taking the seat behind the camera.<\/p>\n

Jason Sanjay\u2019s journey from film school to director<\/p>\n

Jason Sanjay as he marks his entry with the film \u2018Sigma\u2019, he studied filmmaking abroad in Canada and London to learn the art of storytelling. In a conversation with Cinema Vikatan, CM\u2019s son shared that he wrote a 120 page script when he was studying filmmaking in Canada. \u201cWhile studying filmmaking in Canada, I wrote a 120-page script. I couldn’t make it into a feature then, so I turned it into a 20-minute short film to understand what I could do as a director,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Family\u2019s support gave Jason Sanjay the confidence<\/p>\n

During the same conversation he shared that his family\u2019s support gave him the confidence to pursue this career. \u201cI told my parents, my sister, and my friends that I wanted to enter cinema. Everyone responded positively, and that became a huge source of energy for me. Only then did I realise how much faith they had in me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Jason on his close bond with sister Divya Saasha<\/p>\n

Currently, he is the news as he has been promoting his upcoming film. During one of those interviews with Behindwoods TV, Jason spoke about the bond with his sister which only grew stronger after both left home for their higher education. While he moved to London to study filmmaking, they stayed connected through regular video calls.In addition to it, he also revealed that Jason\u2019s sister Divya Saasha was the first person to hear the story of his upcoming film and her opinion helped him polish it.Jason also shared his reaction upon his father becoming the CM of Tamil Nadu. He called his father\u2019s success a “historic revolution,” and shared that being part of such a public family comes with added responsibility, caution, and a legacy to safeguard.<\/p>\n

About \u2018Sigma\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking about \u2018Sigma\u2019, the film features Sudeep Kishan in the lead which was earlier set to release in July, but was pushed ahead after Vijay\u2019s last film \u2018Jana Nayagan\u2019 release in theaters on July 23.\u2018Sigma\u2019 is now set to release in late August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young and upcoming filmmaker Jason Sanjay who is the son of superstar and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,314270,62001,134,413744,159671,344,413745],"class_list":["post-841440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cm-vijay","tag-directorial-debut","tag-entertainment","tag-film-sigma","tag-jason-sanjay","tag-movies","tag-tamil-nadu-cinema"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}