[3] He worked as an associate director for films like Neram Vandhachu, Janani and Oomai Vizhigal.
[4] His next venture Chinna Gounder featured Vijayakanth as a soft-spoken village chieftain which was radically different from larger than life action roles which he was used to play, it was another successful film for both actor and director.
Meena was selected as heroine, Rajini was initially reluctant to have her as heroine as she appeared as child artist for his film Anbulla Rajinikanth and he felt that his fans might not accept this combination but eventually Rajini agreed to do so.
He then directed Prabhu's 100th film Rajakumaran which became a flop but featured a successful soundtrack.
He made his debut in Telugu with Tarakaramudu starring Srikanth and Soundarya, became a flop and was dubbed in Tamil as Velli Malare.
[6][7][8] He was announced to direct Telugu remake of Nandha with Kalyanram which failed to proceed after launch.
[9] He then made a comeback with Karka Kasadara introducing actor Vijay's cousin Vikranth in lead role.