Vivek Oberoi who was last seen in Indra Kumar's multi-starrer comedy Great Grand Masti last year, kicked off shooting for the Tamil film, Vivegam, last week in Serbia. The action-thriller, co-written and directed by Siva, features South stars Ajith, Kajal Aggarwal and Akshara Haasan, as leads with Vivek stepping into the role of the villain. “It's more of an anti-hero character,“ Vivek pointed out, adding that he has been riding battle tanks and shooting high-voltage stunts at the Belgrade Air Force base in minus 12 degrees.

The unit's ongoing 30-day schedule was preceded by a shoot that had taken place in Slovenia in August 2016 with leading man Ajith. Made at a whopping budget of Rs 120 crore with action sequences being choreographed by an international crew, Vivegam is expected to be one of the biggest projects rolling out of the Tamil film industry this year.