He debuted in 1989 through
Ram Gopal Verma's debut
Telugu film,
Siva as J.D., as one of the student leaders, and in the same year appeared in a supporting role in the
Malayalam film
Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo before devoting all his time to films under his mentor's
Ram Gopal Varma 's production. He has worked in many Telugu films directed by ace film makers of the time like
Mani Ratnam,
Krishna Vamsi,
S. V. Krishna Reddy,
K. Raghavendra Rao,
Kodi Ramakrishna,
E. V. V. Satyanarayana,
Siva Nageswara Rao,
Gunasekhar, and
Vamsy. His first
Hindi film in a lead role,
Satya, was critically acclaimed and became a commercial
blockbuster. In 2002, he played a role of Sri Lankan
Tamil Eelam fighter
Dileepan, in
Mani Ratnam's
Tamil film,
Kannathil Muthamittal. He also starred in
Hindi films like
Vaastu Shastra, and
Aag alongside
Sushmita Sen, and
Bhoot Returns alongside
Manisha Koirala. He made his film directing debut, with
Darwaaza Bandh Rakho and anthology film
Darna Zaroori Hai got archived at the
New York Institute of Technology, New York, America as part of the film course He has returned to Telugu film industry with
Homam as a director and actor in the year 2008. He then went on to direct
Siddham. In 2016, he has appeared in the Malayalam film
Bhaskar the Rascal pairing with
Nayanthara also starring
Mammootty. Then he played a young army officer in another Malayalam film
Shikhamani, and made his Kannada film debut with the unreleased
Raavani alongside
Pooja Gandhi. ==Filmography==