 In 2001, he made further supporting appearances in the commercially successful films, "Minnale" by Gautham Menon and "Aanandham" by N. Linguswamy, as well in "Pammal K. Sambandam" (2002) with Kamal Haasan again, and critics labelled the period as a "career high".He appeared in a music video for Rajshri Pictures and was subsequently given the opportunity from producers to appear in Hindi films, then made his debut with "Ansh" (2002).The failure of the film prompted two further films, including "Aur Phir" with Bipasha Basu to be shelved, and he continued to appear in Tamil films in supporting roles through the mid 2000s.