[2] Ashwin Kakumanu later featured in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha alongside Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja and Vaibhav Reddy.

Ashwin appeared as a local Dharavi police officer, replacing Ganesh Venkatraman who had pulled out of the film.

[3][4] Ashwin next played a young scientist in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu, alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan.

[5] He also appeared in a supporting role in Gautham Menon's Ekk Deewana Tha featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson.

[6] Ashwin had his first leading role in the 2013 comedy film Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara and went on to star in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Megha.