 After taking a sabbatical for one year, he started two films "Touch Chesi Chudu" and "Raja the Great" (2017).While Raja The Great was a huge hit, becoming Ravi Teja's career's highest grosser, Touch Chesi Chudu was a big flop in both domestic and overseas.His next film was "Amar Akbar Anthony" directed by Sreenu Vaitla.