[5] Vijay was born on 18 July 1983 in Panchanahalli, a village in Kadur taluk of Karnataka's Chikmagalur district.

[7] After graduating, Vijay began working as a lecturer in a college teaching computer science to diploma students.

Yes, I did have some qualities like enacting my favourite roles after watching a film or a drama, but all of this was in the past, as later, I started getting serious about education.

In Nathicharami (2018), a film that explores a widow's sexuality, Vijay played Suresh, a middle-aged man, a character with "two very different shades", troubled by an unhappy marriage.

"[17] The News Minute wrote, "Sanchari Vijay pulls off a strong performance, capturing the texture of a variety of emotions.

[5] Vijay's upcoming releases include Melobba Mayavi, a film based on organized crime in the coastal Karnataka region.

[20][21] In Taledanda, he plays Kunnegowda, a boy obsessed with trees and plants, belonging to the Soliga tribe of South Karnataka.

[4] In the psychological thriller Phirangipura, he portrays three different shades depicting a person's transition from childhood to old age as he travels from Bengaluru to Rajasthan.

[24][25] The motorcycle, a Yamaha FZ1, skidded and hit a light post in the JP Nagar locality of Bengaluru.

[26] Vijay suffered severe brain injuries from the accident and was operated on at the Apollo hospital in the city.