 His next venture was "Kaalai" (2008) featuring Silambarasan and Vedhicka, which fared poorly at the box office and received negative reviews.During the making of the film, Tarun fell out with Silambarasan, with the pair reported to have had a brawl on the location of the shoot.Also during 2007, he announced that he would act as the antagonist in Silambarasan's directorial venture "Kettavan" and would work on a bilingual film, "Nee Oda Naan Thuratha", with Prabhas, Lekha Washington, Ravi Krishna and Nila in the lead roles.