[2] Shihan Hussaini rose to fame by his achievements as a karate instructor and set up a school to help young martial arts fighters.
[3] Hussaini made his acting debut through K. Balachander's romantic drama Punnagai Mannan, where he played a dancer who treats Revathi's character harshly as a result of her Sri Lankan heritage.
The success of the film prompted filmmakers to sign him on to play the antagonist in Rajinikanth's Velaikaran (1987) and in R. K. Selvamani's shelved Moongil Kottai, which featured him alongside Vijayakanth.
His most recent on-screen appearance was in Badri, where he played Vijay's fitness coach and helped contribute to the making of the "Travelling Soldier" song.
[4] In March 2014, he revealed that he was working on the pre-production of a film titled Mudivu, while denying rumours that he was approached to act in Gautham Vasudev Menon's Yennai Arindhaal (2015).