Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi is acting in more than 10 exciting projects which are in various phases, and the actor is not just acting in Tamil, but is entering Malayalam and Telugu industries as well this year. He is debuting in Malayalam with Marconi Mathai starring Jayaram and Athmiya.

In Tollywood, he was first signed to play an important role in Megastar Chiranjeevi's Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy and was next signed to play an important role in another Telugu movie which will feature debutant Pancha Vaisshnav Dev (Chiranjeevi's sister's son) and Keerthy Shetty in lead roles.

This movie has been titled as Uppena, and it has been revealed that Vijay Sethupathi will be seen playing heroine Keerthy Shetty's father in the movie. The movie is a romantic story with the hero playing a fisherman, and Vijay Sethupathi is the villain as well.