Failure not an option for Jeevan - Jeevan’s latest deepavali release machakkaran bombed at the box office, yet the young actor is unfazed by this and is instead gearing up for his forthcoming film "Thotta" that has been waiting in the queue for long. Selva is directing this film that pairs him with actress Priya Mani. The story of thotta is about a go-getter girl and a guy, who is bogged down by failures. Recently Thotta was in news with actor Vagai Chandrasekhar stabbed during the shooting of the movie ‘Thotta’. He was immediately rushed to a hospital and was said to be out of danger.

His next project Payanigal Gavanathirku is produced by E.L.K. Productions and is directed by S A Vijaykumar. This film, which is to be shot entirely on train, treats the story of how an unanticipated event during a train journey happens to win Jeevan the hearts of all its commuters. As reported in chennai365 leading actresses including Shirya Saran were approched to act opposite to Jeevan, but Shriya refused citing date problems. The crew of Payanigal Gavanathirku have approached many top actresses and they are optimistic of signing one soon.