 He then gave lyrics to many songs from the films such as "Swarakalpana", "Anna Thammudu", "Indrudu Chandrudu", "Alludugaru", "Antam" with all songs gaining high critical reception.His lyrics for the film "Gaayam" were considered as a path-breaking effort and gained him, his fourth Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for the song "Surajyamavaleni", in 1993.He then wrote lyrics for many songs for films such as "Kshana Kshanam", "Swati Kiranam", "Money", "Govinda Govinda", "Criminal", "Gulabi", "Love Birds" (Telugu Version), "Taraka Ramudu", "Shubhalagnam", "Srikaram" and "Little Soldiers".