Son of producer A. M. Rathnam, he made his acting debut in Selvaraghavan's critically acclaimed 7G Rainbow Colony.
[3] He completed his diploma in Interactive communication at Pentamedia, while also concentrating on his career in multimedia with non-linear film editing at Sam Media.
[8][9] Following that, he acted in S. A. Chandrasekhar's Sukran, sharing screen space with Vijay, the Radha Mohan-directed family drama Ponniyin Selvan,[10] and the action-masala flick Kedi, under his brother Jyothi Krishna's direction.
His first Telugu venture, Brahmanandam Drama Company, was also a box office bomb, with Ravi Krishna lamenting that the film failed to succeed due to poor budgeting and publicity.
[3] His next release was the bilingual Netru Indru Naalai / Ninna Nedu Repu and in 2009, he starred in Kadhalna Summa Illai, a partial reshoot of the Telugu film Gamyam.