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Arun Vijay (born 19 November 1977) 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.

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.

2009, Arun Vijay opted against starring in low budget films and collaborated with his father-in-law\'s production house Feather Tocuh Entertainment for his future projects. The first venture, Malai Malai directed by A. Venkatesh, became a commercial success. The next film, Maanja Velu (2010) by the same team, was a moderate success.

In 2012, Arun Vijay appeared in Magizh Thirumeni\'s action-thriller, Thadaiyara Thaakka, marking a move away from his previous two masala films. The film, which featured Mamta Mohandas alongside Arun Vijay, opened to rave reviews. The actor is currently featuring in his fourth successive film under the Feather Touch Entertainment banner, Deal co-starring Karthika Nair.