 In 2005, he acted in three more films "Annavru", "Shashtri" and "Ayya".He starred again in Anaji Nagaraj's "Swamy" (2005), "Suntaragaali" (2006), "Dattha" (2006), "Bhoopathi" (2007), "Snehana Preethina" (2007) and "Anatharu" (2008), where he starred with Upendra.In 2008, "Gaja" helped him to establish a niche as a well built, rustic yet "posh" young man.