Followed by his appearance in ZEE5's Gods of Dharmapuri (G.O.D), Rathnam reprised his role in Tamil remake of C/o Kancharapalem.
[4] He then discontinued his education and went on to perform 30 plays in various cities.
[5] After being an artist, dancer and actor at theatre, he was offered his first role C/o Kancharapalem's Joseph,[6] which was one of the most critically acclaimed Telugu films of 2018.
[9][10] Rathnam later appeared as Ravi Reddy[11] with actor Satyadev Kancharana in ZEE5's Gods of Dharmapuri.
[11][12] He reprised his role as Joseph in Tamil remake of C/o Kancharapalem, titled C/o Kaadhal.