sentences:  In 1977, he acted in 15 films, playing negative characters in most of them, including "Avargal", "16 Vayathinile", "Aadu Puli Attam" and "Gaayathri".He had positive roles in "Kavikkuyil", the Kannada film "Sahodarara Savaal", and the Telugu film "Chilakamma Cheppindi", in which he played the protagonist for the first time in his career.His role as a failed lover in S. P. Muthuraman's "Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri" (1977) won him critical acclaim.