 In 2012, he starred in the medical thriller "Dream", for which he won the Royal Reel Award along with director K. Bhavani Shankar at the Canada International Film Festival

He has been honoured with the title "Hasya Kireeti" by the Telugu Alliances of Canada, held at Mississauga.He was also honoured to walk the green carpet at the IIFA film festival held in 2009, marking his performance in the Hollywood film, "Quick Gun Murugun".The film was also screened at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York.