 In early 2012, he accepted Soundarya's offer for an important role in the film "Kochadaiiyaan", starring Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone.He played lead role in the Malayalam film "Achante Aanmakkal" as an IPS officer.He then starred in his first Kannada film "Saarathi", which was a blockbuster, followed by the Telugu film "Genius".