Arvind SwamI's portrayal as the shady, suave businessman Siddharth Abhimanyu in director Mohan Raja's thriller Thani Oruvan is one of the watershed moments in Tamil cinema, when it comes to portraying a villain. The character was perfectly cast, as Aravind Swamy's terrific screen presence and deceiving look helped create a facade that manages to create an unassuming aura for the demon beneath him. The actor went on to play an engrossing role in director Lakshman's Bogan, where the lines between hero and villain blurred.