Vadivelu needs no introduction to the Tamil speaking world as he has become a part of their everyday lives. Hundreds of moments and his dialogues from his various film characters are the main fodder for meme creators and his one liners have also come into daily use.

Vadivelu was out of the limelight for the past decades due to his political ambitions and also issues with film producers including Shankar. Recently his issues were sorted out and the red card was lifted paving way for a grand comeback. The ace comedian's comeback film is 'Naai Sekar Returns' directed by Suraaj that has Shivani Narayanan as the female lead.

Meanwhile Vadivelu is also playing a major role in Mari Selvaraj's 'Mamannan' starring Udayanidhi Stalin and Keerthy Suresh in the lead with Fahadh Faasil as the chief antagonist. Unofficial sources have reported that in this exciting project the usual Vadivelu will not be seen.

The souces add that Vadivelu is playing the role of the father of Udayanidhi Stalin in 'Mamannan' and that his will be a serious character with a few laughs here and there. Earlier Mari Selvaraj had given a serious role for Yogi Babu both in his 'Pariyerum Perumal' and 'Karnan'. It will be interesting for the Vaigai Puyal fans to see him in this new avatar. Lets await the official confirmation on this one.