Actor Jeevan, who had played the lead role in University, later played the villain in Suriya - Jyothika starrer Kaaka Kaaka directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and the movie got him recognition for his performance. After this movie, the actor went on to star in anti hero roles.

Jeevan was seen in hits like Thiruttu Payale, Naan Avanillai, Naan Avanillai 2, Machakaaran and few more movies, and his last release was Adhibar released in 2015. Now the actor is all set to return as a hero with a multilingual movie.

Jeevan will be playing lead role in the movie Pambattam directed by VC Vadivudaiyaan who has earlier directed movies like Thambi Vettothi Sundaram, Pottu, Sowcarpettai and is directing the Sunny Leone starrer Veeramadevi. This movie will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.