In the 1976 Tamil film Panayam, he played the role of an Indian Army officer named Captain Murali. In the same year, he played the role of a character named Tilak in Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, a Tamil film. In 1974, he played the role of a drunkard doctor in the Tamil film Samarpanam. Vijayakumar played the role of a collector named Shankar in the 1973 Kollywood film Ponnukku Thanga Manasu.
Vijayakumar as Bala Murugan in the film Sri Valliįor the remainder of the 1960s, Vijayakumar appeared in several Tamil films like Mahaveera Bheeman (1962), Thaaye Unakkaga (1965), and Kandhan Karunai (1967).