Arun Vijay
Alias | Arun Kumar |
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Age | 41 years |
Height | 5'8" |
Weight | 68.00 Kgs |
Occupation | Actor |
Language Worked in | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
Spouse | Aarathi Mohan |
Children | Arnav Vijay |
Birth Place | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Marital Status | Married |
Parents | Vijayakumar, Muthukkannu |
Sisters | Kavitha |
Favourite Actors | Kavitha |
Favourite Actresses | Kavitha |
Favourite Cuisine | South Indian |
Favourite Color | Blue |
City | Chennai |
Arun Vijay (Tamil: அருண் விஜயகுமார்; born 19 November 1976) is a Tamil film actor. He is the only son of veteran film actor Vijayakumar and has been active in the Tamil film industry since 1995. He is also a stunt coordinator in most of his films. An adventurous person by nature, he has his license to skydive from the United States Parachute Association and is proudsjly the first south Indian actor to hold one.
Arun Vijay was born into a film family as the only son to actor Vijayakumar and his first wife Muthukannu. He has two elder sisters Kavitha, who has acted in a single film, Coolie, and Anitha. Arun Vijay's step mother is actress Manjula Vijayakumar, who had essayed lead roles in over 100 films in the 1970s, while his half-sisters Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi have also appeared in several films.
In 2006, Arun Vijay married Aarthi, daughter of film producer Dr. N. S. Mohan and a post-graduate in Psychology, with whom he has a daughter, Purvi and a son, Arnav Vijay. In 2010, Kavitha's daughter Hasini married N. S. Mohan's son Hemanth, who is a co-producer of Feather Touch Entertainments and has also acted alongside Arun Vijay in Malai Malai.
Arun vijay's Malai Malai directed by A. Venkatesh, became a commercial success, running for 100 days in theaters, following which he starred in Maanja Velu. The film, which saw him rejoining the Malai Malai team, was a moderate success. After that Arun Vijay worked in a film titled Thadaiyara Thaakka, an action thriller, for which he collaborated with Feather Touch Entertainments for the third time. The film, directed by Magizh Thirumeni, featured Mamta Mohandas alongside Arun as the female lead.