Comedian Vivek has been regularly making an impact this year, with movies like Viswasam and Vellai Pookal where he played the lead role, and next he will be seen in Bigil with Vijay and Dharala Prabhu starring Harish Kalyan, which is the remake of Hindi hit Vicky Donor.

Recently, the actor was signed to act in Kamal Haasan's upcoming big budget entertainer Indian 2, the sequel to his 1996 movie India. Directed by Shankar, this movie is produced by Lyca Productions and also stars Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Siddharth and has music by Anirudh.

In a recent interview, Vivek has revealed that he will be playing a CBI officer in Indian 2. It must be noted that in Indian, Malayalam actor Nedumudi Venu had played a CBI officer. This is Vivek's fourth movie with Shankar after Boys, Anniyan and Sivaji, and first movie with Kamal.