Badri started his career by directing a television series such as Aadugiran Kannan and Malargal for Sun TV.
He then shifted to cinema by working as an assistant to Sundar C and also made his directorial debut by directing him in Veerappu, remake of Malayalam film Spadikam.
[4][5] He then written and directed Thambikku Indha Ooru with Bharath, the film received negative reviews and became unsuccessful at box office.
Celebs included Karthi, Sneha, Prasanna, Meena, S. A. Chandrasekhar, Ambika, Vijay Antony, K. Balachander, Vaali and Dharani were present at the launch.
M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 3.5/5 and said, "Much of the credit for this (film) should go to director Badri, whose script clearly suggests that some amount of thought has gone into reworking a cult classic for present-day audiences.