 From 2008 til 2010, he worked as an assistant to director S. Shankar in his magnum opus "Enthiran".Since 2007, it has been reported that Manoj was set to remake his father's "Sigappu Rojakkal", but the film still remains in pre-production.In 2012, his father signed him up to replace Ameer in his production "Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum", as an antagonist, thus marking a return to films after a seven-year sabbatical.