 He starred in Prem's directorial debut, the 2003 action film "Kariya".He played a budding musician in "Laali Haadu", a journalist in "Lankesh Patrike" and a blind poor man in "Namma Preethiya Ramu".In 2004, he starred in "Kalasipalya", directed by Om Prakash Rao and in P. N. Satya's "Daasa".