Following this, he was sent to Sanduru to complete his Pre-university course by his father who then wanted him to pursue a career in Computer science.
He also assisted Ashok Kashyap, P. Rajan, H. C. Venu, P. K. H. Das, Surendranath Begur, and Krishna.
During the time, he worked in making corporate videos, documentary films, television advertisements and in soap operas such as Ankura and Swarnarekhe.
He worked as a camera operator and an assistant cinematographer in the Kannada language films Sparsha (2000), Parva (2002) and H2O.
He received praise for his work in Rhaatee, with critics calling it a "visual poetry"; it involved frames of Bangalore and Muthathi forest.