 The romantic comedy film "Niram" in which he had a leading role was 1999's the highest-grossing Malayalam films and a sensation.He continued to do films and established himself as a leading actor in the following years with filmmakers like Fazil, Sathyan Anthikad, Sibi Malayil, Lohithadas, Hariharan, P. G. Viswambaran, Joshiy, Lal Jose, Kamal, Vysakh, Roshan Andrews, Rajesh Pillai, Dr. Biju etc.Many leading heroines like Asin, Shalini, Sneha, Namitha Pramod, Mamta Kulkarni, Janani Iyer, Ann Augustine made their debut in Malayalam with Kunchako Boban.