 As a child artist, Tarun starred in super hits such as "Manasu Mamatha" (1990), "Surya IPS" (1991), "Aditya 369" (1991), "Teja" (1992), "My Dear Muthachan" (1992), and "Johny" (1993).After a seven-year break, Tarun was the lead actor in the blockbuster "Nuvve Kavali" in 2000, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year, and Tarun won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for his work in the film.He then starred in successful films such as "Priyamaina Neeku" (2001), "Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu" (2002), "Nuvve Nuvve" (2002), "Punnagai Desam" (2002) (Tamil), "Ninne Istapaddanu" (2003), "Ela Cheppanu" (2003), "Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu" (2003), "Sakhiya" (2004), "Bhale Dongalu" (2008), "Sasirekha Parinayam" (2009), "Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi" (2013), "Yuddham" (2014), and "Idhi Naa Love Story" (2018), and established himself as one of the successful actors of Telugu cinema.