Vijay won accolades for a bravura performance, but the film did not do well. He was then seen in Sumana Kittur's "Slum Bala" towards the end of 2008, which also did average business. The consensus was that both films lacked action, which was Vijay's forte. In 2009, Vijay was seen in action oriented films, namely, MR Ramesh's "Thaakath" and "Junglee" directed by Soori and also in Sadhu Kokila's "Devru". The year 2010 continued to be a mixed luck for Vijay with three releases, out of which, one film "Kanteerava" managed to fetch average business and reviews. The other two, "Shankar IPS" and "Kari Chirathe", went on to become failures at the box-office. However, he made a comeback with successful films which were also critically acclaimed "Jarasandha (film)", "Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam" and "Veerabahu" in the year 2011. In 2012, Vijay starred in the critically acclaimed "Bheema Theeradalli" which also found the commercial success. Vijay was lauded for his performance in the movie. In early 2013, the film "Rajanikantha" was released and it was a disaster in Box-Office. His subsequent release, which was under his production "Duniya Talkies" "Jayammana Maga", a psychological thriller and his first production venture, met with rave critical reviews with his performance getting noticed. While his movie Shivajinagar was average at box office. In 2014, his only movie was Simhadri. In 2015 he went with four movies Jackson, Rx Suri, Ring road were hit, however Cobra is delayed. In 2016, his first release was Yogaraj Bhat's much hyped film "Dana Kayonu" alongside Priyamani. The film went on to become a success commercially and resurrected his career. His upcoming release is Nagashekar's "Masti Gudi".