Captain Vijayakanth is back to tinsel town after five years and this time, he will be acting with his son, Shanmuga Pandian. The duo will be starring in a film titled Tamizhan Endru Sol, reportedly directed by Arun Ponnambalam. Shanmuga, who made his acting debut withSangaptham in February 2015, will now be acting with his father. His debut film, however, did not perform very well at the box office.

Though Vijayakanth has played cameo roles this year, the last movie in which he starred as a hero was Virudhagiri in the year 2010, with which he also made his directorial debut.

His last hit film was Ramanaa (2002) directed by A.R Murugadoss, in which he played a role of a professor who is the head of an anti-corruption vigilante group. After the film, the actor went on to form a regional political party DMDK in Tamil Nadu in 2006.