[4][5][6] He made his debut with the Telugu films Sambayya (1999) and Ide Naa Modati Premalekha (2001) with the stage name Jayaram, both of which feature his brother-in-law Srihari.
Regarding his performance in the latter film, Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that he "displays ease in drama and dance".
[1] He made his Tamil debut with Naam (2003), which featured his then brother-in-law Prakash Raj (through Lalitha Kumari) and four other newcomers.
[7] He played the antagonist in Seshadri Naidu starring his brother-in-law Srihari and produced by Disco Shanthi.
[9] After a more than ten year hiatus, he played one of Vijay Sethupathi's friends in Laabam (2019) and one of his family members in Vikram (2022).