[4] Lingusamy made his directorial debut with the Tamil family drama Aanandham, starring Mammootty.

After the success of Run, Linguswamy announced his plans of re-collaborating with Madhavan in Sathyam, a film about student politics.

[12] Owing to Madhavan's unavailability, the role went to Ajith Kumar, with the film being newly re-titled Ji.

[15] The film took a large opening all over Tamil Nadu,[16] but later turned out to be a box office failure and sustained a considerable loss for the producer.

[18] A critic from Sify in his review wrote: "Lingusamy lives up to his reputation as a director who makes racy action packed family entertainers with his new release Sandakozhi.

[23] Similarly the review from The Hindu was critical of the excessive violence and mentioned that "as narration gives way after a point, Vikram can only appear helpless".

[25] In 2008, Lingusamy began filming his sixth project, Paiyaa featuring Karthi and Tamannaah in the lead roles.

Sify described the film as a "road movie laced with mass elements and extraordinary songs", adding that it is a "jolly good ride" and naming it "technically [...] Linguswamy's his best".

[28] Lingusamy's next made the action masala film Vettai with Arya and Madhavan in lead roles.