 In 2012, he was first seen in S. Shankar's comedy-drama "Nanban", which featured him as part of an all-star cast including Vijay, Jiiva, Ileana D'Cruz and Sathyaraj.The movie is released to highly positive reviews.He also started in Telugu film "Nippu" (2011), a Malayalam film "Hero" (2012) and comedy film "Paagan" (2012).