 He received the Kala Bhushana Award, for his contribution to cinema, by "TSR Lalitha kala Parishat".He has worked with noted directors like S.V.Krishna Reddy, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Guna Sekhar, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, A. M. Rathnam, K. Raghavendra Rao, Radha Mohan, M. Raja, and J. D. Chakravarthy.