He made his debut with the 1996 romantic drama film, Coimbatore Mappillai starring Vijay and Sanghavi.
[4] He then became a director and made three consecutive successful Tamil films between 1996 and 1997 with the Vijay-starrer Coimbatore Mappillai, Tata Birla and Aahaa Enna Porutham all ending up as profitable ventures.
By late 1997, he had started work on a new film titled Indru Mudhal Happy featuring Jayaram, Goundamani and Senthil in leading roles.
[6][7] He then launched another project titled Saamy Koduththa Varam in August 1998, with Napolean, Vignesh and Preetha starring.
[8][9] Similarly the film, Love Pannunga Sir featuring Livingston and Preetha, did not progress despite being announced in mid-1998.