[3] In 2016, his directorial Pulimurugan starring Mohanlal and Jagapathi Babu became the first Malayalam film to gross around ₹100 crore at the box office.

Later he began working as an associate director to Johny Antony in films such as CID Moosa, Kochi Rajavu, Thuruppugulan and Inspector Garud.

[citation needed] He debuted as an independent director in 2010 through the action masala film Pokkiri Raja starring Mammootty and Prithviraj.

He also directed the Mohanlal starrer Monster (2022) which received mixed to negative reviews, heavily panned by the critics and the audience alike.

His next film was Turbo, written by Midhun Manuel Thomas starring Mammootty, Raj B. Shetty, Sunil and Kabir Duhan Singh in the lead roles.