Viji made her debut in
Gangai Amaren's
Kozhi Koovuthu. During shooting for a song sequence in the
Vijay-starrer
Poove Unakkaga, Viji experienced hip and back pain and she underwent an operation on her
spinal cord in 1996 at the Chennai
Apollo Hospitals. The operation failed and doctors found an
acute infection in the wound caused by the surgery. After more surgeries, and made a comeback to films in 2000 with
Simmasanam.
Vijayakanth, who had acted with Viji in many films, gave her an opportunity to star in the film and had promised to give her a role in his next film
Vaanchinathan also, but
Simmasanam ultimately remained her last film. On 27 November 2000, Viji committed suicide in her home in Chennai. Her suicide note blamed a failed love affair with director
A R Ramesh, who was already married.
The Hindu reported that the prosecution case was that Ramesh promised to marry her but declined later and that three days prior to her death, Ramesh met Viji at a function and abused her. Ramesh, his wife, A R Sumathi, and his friend Chinnasamy were charged with "abetting the suicide" of Viji and prosecuted by the Mahila Court and acquitted. ==Filmography==