Shiju made a comeback to Malayalam mini screen through Neeyum Njanum serial in Zee Keralam.
In 1996 was his debut and first success in a Tamil movie named Mahaprabhu As a Villain, directed by A. Venkitesh.
Moving on to Mollywood, he worked in IIshtamanu Nooru Vattam, King Solomon,Kalachakram, Sidhartha, Vachalam, etc.
Further, he had done Malayalam movies Sound Thoma, Polytechnic, Dolphin Bar, Cousins and Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum etc.
Of late he had appeared in roles in Telugu movies, including Kirrak Party, Supreme, bluff master, sathamaanam bhavathi, taxiwala and Godse.