 He is best known for his performances in box office hits like "Neti Siddhartha" (1990), "Money" (1993), "Money Money" (1995), "One by Two" (1993), "Gulabi" (1996), for which he received the 
state Nandi Special Jury Award, "Mrugam" (1996), "Bombay Priyudu" (1996), "Anaganaga Oka Roju" (1997), "Egire Paavurama" (1997), "Nenu Premista" (1997), "Wife of V. Varaprasad" (1998), "Premaku Velayara (1999)", "Pape Naa Pranam" (2000), "Kannathil Muthamittal" (2002), "Premaku Swagatam" (2002), "Madhyanam Hathya" (2004), "Dubai Seenu" (2007), "Homam" (2008), "Siddham" (2009), "Josh" (2009), "Sarvam" (2009), "Samar" (2013), "Arima Nambi" (2014), "Ice Cream 2" (2014), "Bhaskar The Rascal" ( 2016) and "Shikhamani" (2016).He also starred in Hindi films like "Vaastu Shastra" alongside Sushmita Sen, "Bhoot Returns", alongside Manisha Koirala, and "Aag".He made his film directing debut, with "Darwaza Bandh Rakho" and his story in the film, "Darna Zaroori Hai" got archived at the most prestigious institution New York Institute of Technology, New York, America as part of the film course  He then went on to direct "Darna Zaroori Hai", "Homam" and "Sidham".