Actor Jayaram has done a number of successful movies in the Tamil industry; Panchathanthiram, Thenali, Saroja, Aegan to name a few. Besides comedy, he has also done some memorable negative roles.Now he has been roped in to perform an important role in A.R. Murugadoss' next venture Thuppakki, starring Vijay in the lead role. Santhosh Sivan is the cinematographer of this movie which will feature Kajal Aggarwal as the female lead. Thuppakki, produced by S. Dhanu under the banner of V-creations will hit screens by the end of this calendar year.