Art-director, director and a multi-talented Sandalwood personality Arun Sagar has acted in a Tamil film. His debut Tamil film is Sandamarutham in which he plays the villain opposite Sarath Kumar. In a surprising development Sandamarutham is releasing on February 20, the same day as his Kannada film Benkiponta in which he plays a pivotal role.

Arun Sagar plays the character of Selvan in the film which is a home production of Sarath Kumar. Sarath Kumar has also written the story for the film. Another Kannada actor Avinash also plays an important role in the film.