Arun Vijay was last seen playing the role of a cop in director Karthick Naren's second film, Mafia, which also starred Prasanna, Priya Bhavani Shankar among others in important roles. The film was bankrolled by Lyca Productions.
In a recent video, Arun Vijay was seen tasting the fire paan. This incident happened during the shoot of his forthcoming project Zindabad, directed by Arivazhagan of Eeram and Kuttram 23 fame. The fire paan consists of an ordinary paan, made with betel leaf with fire doused on it.
Zindabad also stars Regina Cassandra, Bagavathi Perumal among others. Arun Vijay's other projects in the pipeline include Boxer, Sinam and the Naveen-directed dual hero film Agni Siragugal, which also stars Vijay Antony in a central role.