sentences:  His first starring role was in "Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran" (1988).He started out playing villains and graduated to playing lead roles with "Sundara Purushan" (1996), "Sollamale" (1998), "Viralukketha Veekkam" (1999), "En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri" (2001) and "Engalukkum Kaalam Varum" (2001) are other films in which he has appeared in lead roles.He also wrote the screenplay for the movies "Kanni Rasi" (1985) and "Kaakki Sattai" (1985) along with G.M Kumar.