Udhayamagirathu (1981), Manjal Nila (1982), Kunguma Pottu (1982), Anbe Odi Vaa (1984) and Ungalil Oruvan (1985) were made in quick succession.
[2] In the late 1990s, he launched two films where he was set to be director and actor, Getti Maellam alongside Khushbu and then Rukkumani opposite Sri Kanya.
The name change was reportedly as a result of his close ties with actor M. G. Ramachandran, who had advised Nambirajan to join the Adyar Film Institute as a teenager.
Similarly another film titled Sudalai Mannan, a tale on a revolutionary who fought against the British empire, failed to materialise.
[5] He then launched an audacious project titled Kaala Bhairavi, a multilingual film reportedly with a budget of 100 crores, which was to feature foreign actors Robert Johnson and Alicia, along with Bharath Reddy.