antics" as excellent, while Sify wrote of Trisha that she was "amazing as Siri [...] It is her career-best performance and she has excelled throughout." The film eventually won eight Filmfare Awards South, the most ever by any Telugu film, while also emerging as a major commercial success at the box office. She then starred alongside Mahesh Babu in the action thriller Athadu, which proved to be a critical and commercial success, and her performance earned her third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu. Trisha later went on to reprise the role in its Tamil remake as well. Her subsequent releases, N Lingusamy's Ji and Aathi, which saw her pairing with Ajith Kumar and Vijay, respectively, were both critical and economical failures, while Aaru was a moderate success. The successes of Varsham and Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana led to Trisha being cast in the third consecutive M. S. Raju film, with the producer stating that she was "one of the most talented and beautiful actresses I have ever worked with", going on to draw comparisons to the works of Savitri, Nargis and Sophia Loren. The film, Pournami, directed by Prabhu Deva again, featured her in the titular role alongside an ensemble cast and bombed at the box office. Her sole Tamil release of 2006, Unakkum Enakkum, the remake of Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, where she acted opposite Jayam Ravi, did well at the box office. She starred in the Telugu film Stalin with Chiranjeevi, following which her Telugu film Sainikudu with Mahesh Babu was released. Her next release was Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule where she was cast opposite Venkatesh. The film, Selvaraghavan's first Telugu venture, was a family entertainer and received positive reviews from critics. Trisha received her third Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in the film. She next starred in Kireedam alongside Ajith Kumar, where Trisha was stated as playing “her usual role and [not] bringing anything special to the table”. Her 2008 Tamil films, Bheema and Kuruvi failed at the box-office. In the Telugu film Krishna with Ravi Teja became a blockbuster. Her other release Bujjigadu starring Prabhas, directed by Puri Jagannadh, had a decent run. Trisha was praised for her performance in Radhamohan's Abhiyum Naanum. King starring Nagarjuna directed by Sreenu Vaitla emerged as a blockbuster at the box office. She received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu,