 Vijayakumar's family consists of wives Muthukannu and Manjula, daughters Kavitha, Anitha & son Arun Vijay from his first wife and daughters Vanitha, Preetha & Sridevi from his second wife.So far, Arun and his father have appeared together on screen four times – in "Pandavar Bhoomi", "Malai Malai", "Maanja Velu" and "Kuttram 23".He was the vice-president of South Indian Nadigar Sangam until 18 October 2015.