 He worked for seven years as an assistant director to Sivan in Mumbai besides playing roles in his films "Fiza", "Malli" and "Asoka".After Vishnuvardhan returned from Mumbai, Gemini Color Labs that had produced "The Terrorist" offered him to remake the Telugu comedy film "Allari" in Tamil.Although he did not want his first film to be a remake, he accepted since he felt he shouldn't "ruin the chance".