As the actor, who debuted in 1995 in Sundar C's Murai Maapillai, completes 25 years in the industry, we give you ten of his most unforgettable performances. 
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25 Years of Arun Vijay: 10 memorable performances of the talented actor

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Arun plays a good-for-nothing youth, who turns a new leaf, after learning the ways of life in Balasekaran's follow up film to Love Today, Thulli Thirindha Kaalam.
As the architect who's commissioned to build a bungalow near their ancestral home by a village bigwig, Arun Vijay is super-convincing in Cheran's Paandavar Bhoomi.
Arun nails the small but significant role of the ship-captain, who returns to the shore, only to find his lady-love engaged to another ship-mechanic in S.P.Jananathan's Iyarkai.
Arun brings alive an angry young educated man with anger issues, who morphs into a rallying point for the youths who are fighting unemployment because of a series of events, in Ramesh Selvan's Jananam
Arun Vijay's first commercial blockbuster came in the form of Malai Malai, directed by A Venkatesh. The film has him playing a happy-go-lucky youth, who locks horns with a dreaded don.
As the young man, all set to start a new family in Chennai, whose life turns topsy-turvy after his lover gets murdered, Arun brings your worst fears come alive in Magizh Thirumeni's Thadayara Thaakka.
As Victor Manoharan, the dreaded gangster, who finds his equal in DCP Sathyadev, Arun Vijay gives you the chills in GVM's Yennai Arindhaal. Arguably, the actor's best performance till date.
Arun ably portrays the brains-over-brawn cop ACP Vetrimaaran IPS, who gets to investigate a series of medical crimes in Arivazhagan's Kuttram 23.
Arun is in his natural best as Thyagu, one of the three brothers of a crime family, who schemes to get rid of his brothers to take over the throne, in Mani Ratnam's Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
Arun plays identical twins, who get caught in a web of crime and conceit, in Magizh Thirumeni's Thadam. Arun, notably, shows variations in body language and dialogue delivery between the characters.

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