However, he started taking acting more seriously and joined an amateur theatre group called GPIER which was headed and mentored by a senior Rangayana artist named Mime Ramesh.

Dhananjaya underwent harsh training to master the musical instrument Mridanga and also the classical dance for the role and received great reviews for his performance.

Although his movies did not make a big impact on the box office collection, he constantly received good reviews from the audience and critics for his acting skills.

His biggest breakthrough came when he was offered a negative role named "'Daali" opposite Shiva Rajkumar In Tagaru directed by Duniya Suri.

[18] He then starred in the film Rathnan Prapancha directed by Rohit Padaki and produced by KRG Studios which was their maiden production venture.

[22] The film directed by Debutant Shankar Guru opened to positive to mixed reviews but became a sleeper hit at the box office.

[23][24][25] His next production venture was named Head Bush directed by Debutant Shoonya and story by Agni Shridhar under his home banner Daali Pictures.

[27] The film opened to mixed reviews and fared averagely at the box office and attracted controversy over the Veeragase scene in the movie.

[28][29][30] His third production was Tagarupalya, a rural comedy drama movie directed by Debutant Umesh Krupa, starring Nagabushana, Debutante Amrutha Prem, Rangayana Raghu and others.

[34][35] He has also written multiple songs for his production movies Badava Rascal, Head Bush, Tagru Palya among which many of them were a huge hit.