Career
His first independent film was Sathya (Tamil). He found fame in Kavithalaya"s Annamalai, starring Rajinikanth. Since then, he has directed Veera, Baashha and Baba with Rajinikanth in the lead.
He has also worked with actors like Mohanlal, Vishnuvardhan, Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Salman Khan, Venkatesh and Upendra.
He worked as Assistant Director under K. Balachander. He wrote a book called My Days with Baasha about his experiences working with Rajinikanth.
In 1999, he began directing the Telugu production of Abu Baghdad Gajadonga, a fantasy film with Chiranjeevi in the lead role and A. R. Rahman as composer. A further project in the early 2000s featuring Ajith Kumar and Sneha was also shelved after pre-production works.