Vijay sethupathi father happens to be late shri gurunath. Gurunath was a civil engineer at water board. HAving worked in different parts of tamilnadu starting with rajapalayam the southern part of tamilnadu Gurunath later shifted to chennai to support education of vijay his elder son who is makkal selvan most popular tamil actor vijay sethupathi now. Vijay sethupathi had always admired his father as one who had been supporting him from early days of his childhood including school days, college days and even he was pillar of support when vijay sethupathi quit his dubai job and was seeking movie chances in chennai after his marriage to jessie. However, gurunath passed away before success of his son vijay sethupathi
