He made his debut as a script writer for the blockbuster Kannada film Mungaru Male in 2006.
Preetam followed it up with two more simple tales - Geleya, directed by the long-time choreographer Harsha and the Ganesh starrer Aramane.
The film was supposed to have Ganesh and Ramya in the cast, however, both leads rejected the script that resulted in the shelving of the project.
Preetam then picked up the script of Haage Summane for his debut, he cast relative newcomers as his lead pair - Kiran Srinivas and Suhasi.
Preetham cast an entire group of emerging actors including the child-artist turned Radio Jockey, Vinayak Joshi among others.