 The success of "Ponnuku Thanga Manasu" got him a permanent place in Tamil cinema.Vijayakumar was a popular actor the seventies, who acted alongside leading actors such as M. G. Ramachandran, in "Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga", with Sivaji Ganesan in "Dheepam" and Kamal Haasan in "Neeya".While Vijayakumar was a popular supporting actor, he did play the lead role during the 1970s, in films such as "Aval Oru Thodarkathai", "Mathura Geetham" and "Azhage Unnai Arathikkiren".