 Krishna was also selected to play the lead role in Sunderlal Nehta and Doondee's hit movie"Gudachaari 116", which brought the detective genre of films to the forefront in Tollywood (Telugu cinema).Though action films were his standard, Krishna also acted in films such as "Marapurani Katha", "Atthagaaru Kotthakodalu" and "Undamma Bottu Pedathaa".He also worked with more established actors, such as N. T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, in films such as "Sthree Janma", "Niluvu Dopidi", "Vichithra Kutumbam", "Akka Chellellu" and "Manchi Kutumbam" during this period.