 He is an excellent cricketer, during his college days, he represented JJCET as an all-rounder and won many university trophies and cups, he is nicknamed as "Tikolo" by the team mates in reference to the Kenyan cricket captain Steve Tikolo.He worked as an assistant director in Nelson Dilipkumar's Kolamavu Kokila.Later, he went on to name a character in his movie Kanaa after Nelson Dilipkumar which was played by Sivakarthikeyan.