 In 2012, Karuppu was set to enter Bollywood with a role in the Hindi remake of Samuthirakani's "Poraali" (2011), but the film eventually did not materialise.He had revealed that he would change his name to "Ganja Khan" for his stint in the Hindi film industry.Karuppu chose to turn film producer with "Velmurugan Borewells" (2014) but the film went through production delays and had a low profile theatrical release, losing him a significant amount of money.